Vladimir Yegorov (politician, born 1938) explained

Vladimir Yegorov
Native Name:Владимир Григорьевич Егоров
Native Name Lang:rus
Birth Date:26 November 1938
Birth Place:Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Death Place:Kaliningrad, Russia
Branch:Soviet Navy, Russian Navy
Serviceyears:1961–1992
Rank:Admiral
Commands:Baltic Fleet, 5th Operational Squadron
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Order:3rd
Office:Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast
Term Start:8 December 2000
Term End:28 September 2005
Successor:Georgy Boos

Vladimir Grigoryevich Yegorov (Russian: Владимир Григорьевич Егоров; 26 November 1938 – 8 June 2022)[1] was the governor of Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia from 2001 to 2005. He was Admiral commanding the Baltic Fleet before he became governor. He was born in Moscow in 1938.[2]

Naval service

Yegorov was born in Moscow in 1938, after completing high school he worked as a lathe operator in a factory in Leningrad before entering the M.V. Frunze Higher Naval School. Yegorov graduated with the gold medal in 1962 and joined the Northern Fleet. In 1964 he transferred to the Baltic Fleet and was torpedo officer on a destroyer. He completed the higher officers course in 1971 and commanded the Krivak-class frigate Bditelnyy and the Kashin-class destroyer Obraztsovyy. Between 1974 and 1984 Yegorov commanded squadrons of destroyers and a flotilla of missile boats of the Baltic Fleet. In 1984 he completed the General Staff Academy and was subsequently base commander of the Baltiysk Naval Base and then commander of the Soviet Mediterranean squadron. Yegorov was promoted to Admiral and commanded the Baltic Fleet from 1991.

Politics

Yegorov was elected Governor of the Kaliningrad Oblast in November 2000, defeating incumbent Governor Leonid Gorbenko in the gubernatorial election.[3] Yegorov's candidacy was supported by Russian President Vladimir Putin.[3] He retired from office in 2005.

Yegorov was seriously injured in a car accident on 7 May 2009.[4]

Yegorov was an honorary citizen of Kaliningrad and an honorary member of the Swedish Royal Marine Society. He was also an honorary member of the Saint Petersburg Maritime Council and the Society of Military Attaches.

Honours and awards

Notes and References

  1. https://vesti-kaliningrad.ru/skonchalsya-vladimir-grigorevich-egorov-byvshij-komanduyushhij-baltflotom-tretij-gubernator-kaliningradskoj-oblasti-pochyotnyj-grazhdanin-kaliningrada-i-oblasti/ Скончался Владимир Григорьевич Егоров — бывший командующий Балтфлотом, третий губернатор Калининградской области, почётный гражданин Калининграда и области
  2. Web site: Yegorov Victory in Kaliningrad Gubernatorial Election . 18 August 2013 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20070106135411/http://www.fas.org/irp/world/russia/fbis/YegorovAdmVladimir.doc . 6 January 2007 ., undated (accessed 2 February 2007)
  3. News: Sander. Huisman. A new European Union policy for Kalinigrad. . March 2002 . 10 August 2010.
  4. News: Экс-губернатор Калининградской области Владимир Егоров попал в аварию. 8 May 2009. REGNUM News Agency. 21 April 2020. ru. Ex-governor of Kaliningrad Oblast Vladimir Yegorov in accident.