Boris Kabur (15 September 1917 – 28 January 2002) was an Estonian writer and translator, he was of Mordovian origin on his father's side.
[1] In 1941, he received his master's degree in mathematics and natural sciences from the University of Tartu.
In 1947, he was imprisoned by Soviet authorities and sent to a prison camp in Siberia.
In the course of working in a prison camp, he co-constructed the handheld chainsaw Druzhba [Wikidata].
His first wife was journalist, writer and translator Salme Kõiv [et].