[1] Born on 14 January 1912 in the village of Struhivka, which belonged to the Suraz district of then Chernihiv Governorate (now the Bryansk Oblast of the Russian Federation).

[1] In 1935, after graduating from the Kryvyi Rih Pedagogical Institute, Skopenko was sent to the Verblyuz village school of Novgorodkivskyi district, Kirovohrad Oblast.

[3] Under Skopenko's leadership, the regiment crossed the Vistula river in the area of the settlement of Lonjakh, Poland using improvised means.

[4] By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 23 September 1944, for the "exemplary performance" of the combat tasks of the command on the front of the "struggle against the German-fascist invaders" while demonstrating "courage and heroism at the same time", Lieutenant Colonel Vasyl Fedorovych Skopenko was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No.

In 1990, Skopenko's remains were reburied at the military cemetery of Soviet soldiers (near Mickiewicz Street), and the monument was also moved there.