Among the names Yad Vashem honours as Righteous Among the Nations is Yurii Dmitrievich Sokolov.
The record lists Yurii Dmitrievich Sokolov as Russian mathematician (1896-1971).
Yurii Dmitrievich Sokolov was born at Labinsk in 1896. His recorded nationality is Soviet Union. He was educated at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
By occupation Yurii Dmitrievich Sokolov was mathematician and university teacher - which is the point worth holding onto: the rescuers were not a special class of person.
Most rescuers said afterwards that they had done nothing remarkable. The historical record disagrees, which is the point of recording it.
Recognition: Medal "For the Defence of Kyiv" (1968), Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1967) and Righteous Among the Nations (1984).
Yurii Dmitrievich Sokolov died in 1971, aged 75. The people saved, and their descendants, are the part of the record that continues.
Achievements
- Medal "For the Defence of Kyiv" — 1968
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour — 1967
- Righteous Among the Nations — 1984
- Worked as mathematician and university teacher
- Educated at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
