<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Yegipko akadzokera kuUSSR muna August 1938, achiita basa romukuru weSecond Submarine Brigade yeBlack Sea Fleet. Akabata chinzvimbo ichi kusvikira muna December 1939, paakava mutungamiriri weboka revasungwa veBaltic Fleet. Akabata chinzvimbo ichi munguva ye  <response>: Hondo yeSoviet-Finnish, achisiya muna May 1940 kuti atangezve zvidzidzo zvake paNaval Academy. Akapedza kudzidza muna April 1941, achisimudzirwa musi wa 26 April kuva kaputeni 1st rank. Kubvira mumwedzi iwoyo kusvikira muna September akanga ari mutungamiriri we1st Submarine Brigade yeBaltic Fleet. Yegipko akatora rutivi mumibato yehondo pashure pokupinda kweGermany muSoviet Union muna June 1941. Munguva yokubuda kweSoviet muTallinn muna August 1941, ngarava yake yepasi pegungwa, S-5, yakarova chimbambaira, uye Yegipko akafuridzirwa achibva panhare yokudzora achienda mumvura. Akaponeswa, aine kugwinha kwakakomba, nechimwe chikepe. Kubvira muna September kusvika muna October 1941 akanga ari mubasa reMasoja eKanzuru yeBaltic Fleet, asati agadzwa somumiririri wehondo kuSoviet embassy muUnited Kingdom. Sezvo naval attaché Yegipko kazhinji aishanda somutariri pazvikepe zvehondo zveBritain, uye akafamba nechikepe cheBritain pamabasa eArctic convoy. 