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Yevgeni Vassilyevich Khrunov (Russian: 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 UnionPilot-Cosmonaut of the USSROrder of LeninOrder of the Red StarJubilee Medal In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il’ich LeninJubilee Medal Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945Jubilee Medal 40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSRJubilee Medal 50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSRJubilee Medal 60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSRMedals For Impeccable Service 1st 2nd and 3rd classesJubilee Medal 50 Years of the Soviet MilitiaMedal For Strengthening Military CooperationAfter 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.
