{{short description|Russian electrical engineer}} '''Boris Ivanovich Ugrimov''' ({{langx|ru|Борис Иванович Угримов }}; {{OldStyleDateDY|16 October|1872|28 October}} – 10 May 1941)<ref name="NTB Ugrimov">{{cite web |last1=Баумана |first1=Н. Э. |title=Угримов Борис Иванович |url=https://library.bmstu.ru/Authors/Details/7b32ceb3-7cc0-43f3-8605-fd6e20ec1c44 |website=library.bmstu.ru |access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref> was a [[Russian people|Russian]] electrical engineer who played a significant role in the development of electrification in the [[Soviet Union]].
==Early years== Boris was the elder brother of [[Alexander Ugrimov]] (1874-1974)<ref name="Coopersmith 1992">{{cite book |last1=Coopersmith |first1=Jonathan |title=The Electrification of Russia, 1880 - 1926 |date=1992 |publisher=Cornell Univ. Press |location=Ithaca, NY |isbn=978-0-8014-2723-7}}</ref> who became president of the [[Moscow Society for Agriculture]] before the [[October Revolution|Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917]]. Ugrimov graduated from the [[Imperial Moscow Technical School]] in 1897.<ref name="NTB Ugrimov"/>
==GOELRO== Boris Ugrumov was one of the eight people appointed to lead the development of [[GOELRO]], the State Commission for Electrification of Russia established on 27 February, 1920. He represented the [[People's Commissariat of Agriculture]].<ref name="Coopersmith 1992"/>
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