Mikhail Vasilyevich Khrunichev (Russian: ?????´? ????´?????? ????????; April 4 [O.S.
March 22] 1901 - June 2, 1961) was a Soviet Union statesman, lieutenant-general in the technical and engineering corps (1944), who was awarded the title of Soviet Hero of Socialist Labour in 1945.
Krunichev became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: ???????????????? ?????? ?????????? ????? or ????) in 1921.
He was Minister of Aviation Industry from 1946, and Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1955 to 1957 and again in 1961.