Egorov Boris Borisovich
(26.11.1937–12.09.1994)
Soviet
cosmonaut, Hero
of the Soviet Union (medal
No. 11228).
Born in Moscow,
in the family of academician of
the Academy of Medical Sciences Boris Grigorievich Egorov. The
profession of the father predetermined the future profession,
and the fate of his son. After
school, he entered the Moscow Medical Institute named after I.M.
Sechenov and even in his
student years was among those who worked with the first
candidates for the detachment of Soviet cosmonauts. After
receiving a diploma in 1961, he began working as a junior
researcher at a medical research institute, and in 1964 he moved
to the Institute of Biomedical Problems, which also dealt with
problems of space medicine. In
the same year, he was enlisted in the Soviet cosmonaut
detachment, in the group of medical cosmonauts No. 1. Having
completed a full course of flight preparation on the Voskhod
type, on October 12–13, 1964, Egorov made a space flight on the
world's first multi-seat spacecraft "Voskhod 1" in the crew of
V.M. Komarov
and K.P. Feoktistov. The
duration of stay in space was 1 day 17 minutes 3 seconds.
After completing the space flight, Egorov worked as head of
the department of the Institute of Medical and Biological
Problems of the USSR Ministry of Health; he
was the head of the Center for the collection and processing of
medical information of the Institute of Medical and Biological
Problems of the USSR Ministry of Health; worked
as director of the Institute of Biomedical Technology of the
USSR Ministry of Health; Director
of the Scientific-Production Center for Medical Biotechnology of
the USSR Ministry of Health. worked
as director of the Institute of Biomedical Technology of the
USSR Ministry of Health; Director
of the Scientific-Production Center for Medical Biotechnology of
the USSR Ministry of Health. He
officially remained in the cosmonaut detachment until 1982,
although he was not trained in space flight missions.
In addition to the Star of Hero and the Order
of Lenin, Egorov was awarded the Order
of the Red Banner of Labor, a gold
medal named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky,
the gold medal "Cosmos" and de Lavaux FAI, the gold medal of the
International Academy of Astronautics. Among
foreign awards the title is Hero of Labor SRV and the Order
of the Order of the National Standard of Hungary I degree with
diamonds. He
is an honorary citizen of the cities of Kaluga, Clermont-Ferrand
(France), Debrecen (Hungary). MD
Humboldt University of Berlin.
He died in Moscow and was buried at the Novodevichy
cemetery.
Cape north
of Cape Isachenko in the Yenisei Gulf. The
name was given by the decision of the Dikson regional executive
committee of October 16, 1964.
