Yevgeny Khrunov

Yevgeni Vassilyevich Khrunov (Евге́ний Васи́льевич Хруно́в; 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:
 * Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
 * Order of Lenin
 * Order of the Red Star
 * Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
 * Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
 * Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
 * Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
 * Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
 * Medals "For Impeccable Service" 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes
 * Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia"
 * Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation"

After leaving the space program in 1980 he worked at the 30th Central Scientific Research Institute, Ministry of Defence (Russia), and later 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.