Victor Andreevich Skumin (Russian: Ви́ктор Андре́евич Ску́мин) (born August 30, 1948) is a Russian and Soviet scientist, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychologist, Professor, Doktor Nauk (Doctor of Medical Sciences - Dr.scient.med. - a higher doctoral degree in the USSR and Russia).Skumin was born in Penza Oblast, Russia. After graduating as a physician in Kharkov National Medical University in 1973, in 1976, he became a psychotherapist in Kiev Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery.