Vladimir Yegorov

Vladimir Yegorov
Vladimir Yegorov
Native name	Владимир Григорьевич Егоров
Born	November 26, 1938 (age 82); Moscow
Allegiance	Soviet Union; Russia;
Service/branch	Soviet Navy, Russian Navy
Years of service	1961–1992
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	Baltic Fleet
Awards	Order of Merit for the Fatherland; Order of Military Merit; Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd and 2nd class.;
Other work	governor of Kaliningrad Oblast 2001–2005

Vladimir Grigor'evich Yegorov (Russian: Владимир Григорьевич Егоров) was the governor of Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia in 2001–2005. He was Admiral commanding the Baltic Fleet before he became governor. He was born in Moscow in 1938.^[1]

Naval service[]

Yegorov with Putin in July 2000

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 Bditelnny and the Kashin-class destroyer . 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 at Baltiysk and commander of the Soviet Mediterranean squadron of the Black Sea Fleet. 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.^[2] Yegorov's candidacy was supported by Russian President Vladimir Putin.^[2] He retired from office in 2005.

Yegorov was seriously injured in a car accident on 7 May 2009.^[3]

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

Honours and awards[]

Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class
Order of Military Merit
Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 2nd class and 3rd class
Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st, 2nd and 3rd class

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 6, 2007. Retrieved August 18, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link), undated (accessed 2 February 2007)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Huisman, Sander (March 2002). "A new European Union policy for Kalinigrad" (PDF). Institute for Security Studies. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
^ "Экс-губернатор Калининградской области Владимир Егоров попал в аварию" [Ex-governor of Kaliningrad Oblast Vladimir Yegorov in accident]. REGNUM News Agency (in Russian). 8 May 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 6, 2007. Retrieved August 18, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link), undated (accessed 2 February 2007)

[iss-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Huisman, Sander (March 2002). "A new European Union policy for Kalinigrad" (PDF). Institute for Security Studies. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

[3] "Экс-губернатор Калининградской области Владимир Егоров попал в аварию" [Ex-governor of Kaliningrad Oblast Vladimir Yegorov in accident]. REGNUM News Agency (in Russian). 8 May 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

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