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 panguva yeHondo yeSoviet-Finnish, achisiya muna Chivabvu 1940 kuti atangezve zvidzidzo zvake kuNaval 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. Mukati
Pakubviswa kweSoviet kuTallinn muna August 1941, ngarava yake yepasi pemvura, "S-5", yakarova chimbambaira, uye Yegipko akafuridzirwa kubva mushongwe yekudzora 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.