Background
Yegorov was born in a peasant family and graduated from the Frunze Higher Naval School in 1936.
Yegorov was born in a peasant family and graduated from the Frunze Higher Naval School in 1936.
At the start of Operation Barbarossa, Yegorov was a Senior Lieutenant and navigating officer of a Shchuka class submarine, SCH-310. In 1942 this submarine managed to break through into the central Baltic from its base in Leningrad and sink a German transport ship. On returning to base the boat hit a mine and grounded 60 metres (197 ft) underwater.
Yegorov managed to refloat the submarine and return her safely to port.
In 1944 he commanded the Soviet M class submarine, M90 in which he completed four war patrols. After the war Yegorov commanded the submarine divisions of the Northern and Pacific Fleets.
In 1963 he became chief of staff of the Northern Fleet and he was deputy fleet commander between 1972 and 1977. Yegorov retired in 1992 and died in February 2008.