Career
He often worked in collaboration with Ilya Ilf (see Ilf and Petrov). As Ilf and Petrov, Yevgeni Petrov and Ilya Ilf wrote The Twelve Chairs, released in 1928 and its sequel, The Little Golden Calf, released in 1931. He was the brother of Valentin Katayev.
Following Nazi Germany"s invasion of the Soviet Union, Petrov became a war correspondent.
He was killed in a plane crash while returning from besieged Sevastopol. The short film Envelope was dedicated to Yevgeny.