Vladimir Sergeyevich Seryogin (Russian: Владимир Сергеевич Серёгин; 7 July 1922 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet test pilot.

[1] His performance on the Eastern Front of the Second World War resulted in his being awarded several medals including the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

[2] In addition, Seryogin was the commanding officer of the Cosmonauts' Flight Preparation organization.

On 27 March 1968, while on a routine training flight from Chkalovsky Air Base with his colleague and friend Yuri Gagarin—the first man ever to have flown in space—the MiG-15UTI they were piloting crashed near the town of Kirzhach.

Both pilots were killed in the crash; their bodies were subsequently cremated and the ashes were buried in the walls of the Kremlin on Red Square.