Yevgeny Khrunov

Yevgeni Vassilyevich Khrunov
Cosmonaut
Nationality Soviet
Born September 10, 1933(1933-09-10)
Tula Oblast, USSR
Died May 19, 2000(2000-05-19) (aged 66)
Moscow, Russia
Other occupation Engineer
Rank Colonel, Soviet Air Force
Time in space 1d 23h 45m
Selection Air Force Group 1
Missions Soyuz 5, Soyuz 4
Mission insignia

Yevgeni Vassilyevich Khrunov (Russian: Евгений Васильевич Хрунов; September 10, 1933 – May 19, 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 5/Soyuz 4 mission.

He was born in Prudy.

Yevgeni Khrunov was a colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union (January 22, 1969) and Kandidat of Technical Sciences (1971).

He was awarded the Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner, and various other medals.

After leaving the space program in 1980 he was appointed to the Chief State Committee for foreign economic relations until his retirement in 1989.

He died of a heart attack in 2000.