Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Yegipko laghachiri USSR n'August 1938, na-ewere ọkwa nke onye isi nke ndị agha ụgbọ mmiri nke abụọ nke Black Sea Fleet. Ọ nọ n'ọkwa a ruo Disemba 1939, mgbe ọ ghọrọ ọchịagha nke ndị agha ụgbọ mmiri Baltic. O nwere ọkwa a n'oge agha Soviet-Finnish, na-ahapụ na Mee 1940 iji maliteghachi ọmụmụ ya na Naval Academy. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ n'April 1941, na-akwalite ya na 26 Eprel ka ọ bụrụ onye isi nke mbụ. Site n'ọnwa ahụ ruo Septemba ọ bụ onye isi nke 1st Submarine Brigade nke Baltic Fleet. Yegipko sonyere n'ọrụ ndị agha mgbe mwakpo ndị Germany nke Soviet Union na June 1941. N'oge
N'oge ndị Soviet na-apụ na Tallinn n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 1941, ụgbọ mmiri okpuru mmiri ya, "S-5", kụrụ ogbunigwe, Yegipko si n'ụlọ elu na-achịkwa ụgbọ mmiri ahụ banye n'ime mmiri. Ụgbọ mmiri ọzọ zọpụtara ya, nke nwere nnukwu nsogbu ụbụrụ. Site na Septemba ruo Ọktọba 1941 ọ nọ na Ngalaba Ndị Agha nke Baltic Fleet, tupu a họpụta ya dịka onye nnọchi anya ụgbọ mmiri na ụlọ ọrụ Soviet na United Kingdom. Dị ka onye na-ahụ maka ụgbọ mmiri Yegipko na-arụkarị ọrụ dị ka onye na-eleba anya na ụgbọ agha ndị Britain, ma na-aga n'ụgbọ mmiri ndị Britain na ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri Arctic.