[1] Borisov was born in Churapcha District, on 15 August 1954 to ethnic Yakut parents, to a family of eight children.

When Borisov was 12, he said that his father took him hunting in the Taba area, located approximately in 20 kilometers to the west of Churapcha District.

From 1971, Borisov joined as a worker at Agricultural Equipment shop to help him survive financially.

Upon graduation from university, Borisov became the head of the shop he worked in, and ended up joining the Communist Party, where he then became the Deputy Chief of Churapcha Regional Administration of Agriculture.

[1] In April 2014, President Vladimir Putin accepted Borisov’s request to step down from his post and agreed to end his mandate ahead of term.