alexei fyodorovich bogomolov was born on 20 may 1913 (2 june new style) in the village of sitskoye, smolensk governorate. since 1923 he lived in moscow. in 1927 he graduated from a secondary school, and in 1929 — from the 1st moscow institute of labor education. in 1929—1932 he worked in ""stroyelektro"" as electrician, brigadier and senior electrician. in 1937 he graduated from moscow power engineering institute and began working on his doctoral thesis on the topic of power line lightning protection, but his research was interrupted with the beginning of great patriotic war.