Yevgeny Petrovich Petrov, also spelled Evgeny or Yevgeni, (Евгений Петрович Петров, born Katayev (Катаев); December 13 [O.S.

November 30] 1902 in Odessa – July 2, 1942)[1] was a popular Soviet author in the 1920s and 1930s.

Following Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, Petrov became a war correspondent.

He was killed in a plane crash while returning from besieged Sevastopol.

[citation needed] He was the brother of Valentin Kataev.