Boris Mikhailovich Malinin (1889-1949) was the chief designer of the I-series submarines (of the Decembrist type).
On March 5, 1927, at the Baltic Shipyard in Leningrad, the first three submarines: Dekabrist, Narodovolets and Krasnogvardeyets were solemnly laid down.
The first rivet in the bilge of the forerunner was nailed by S.M Kirov. A silver plate was fastened to the submarine's buoyancy control tank, where B.M. Malinin was named as the submarine construction manager. On November 3, 1928 Dekabrist was launched; on May 19, 1929 submarine Narodovolets was launched, and on October 12, 1931 it became part of the Baltic Sea Naval Fleet.
