Yevgeny Vasilyevich Khrunov (Russian: Евге́ний Васи́льевич Хруно́в; 10 September 1933 – 20 May 2000)[1] was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 5/Soyuz 4 mission.

[2] Yevgeny Khrunov was born on 10 September 1933 to Vasily Yegorevich and Agrafena Nikolayevna.

[3] His teachers regularly spoke highly of him and considered him a hard working student.

Khrunov later transferred to the Serov Higher Air Force School in Rostov Oblast, Southwestern Russia.

[3] 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.