Born in Leningrad in 1915. 1946 graduated from the Department of oil painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Repin. 1949 graduate, began to work in the Department of oil painting in the hospital until now. Professor of the college. In 1946, he became a member of the Russian Artists Association, and participated in Russia and St Petersburg art exhibition. His works are collected by many museums at home and abroad. Sokolov with full enthusiasm is committed to the realistic painting creation, the nature of the constant exploration, so that he never satisfied, never calm. He said: "everything in nature is beautiful.". Man and nature is the inexhaustible source of artistic creation." Because of this, he tried to express his admiration for the things he saw through the art of expression in his works, to pay a lifetime of energy. As a result of Sokolov's achievements in painting and teaching, was awarded the title of "the Russian people's artist".