Gennady Manakov

{{Short description|Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (1950–2019)}}

{{family name hatnote|Mikhailovich|Manakov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox astronaut

| image = Gennady Mikhailovich Manakov.jpg

| type = Roscosmos cosmonaut

| nationality = Soviet / Russian

| birth_name =Gennady Mikhailovich Manakov

| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|6|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Yefimovka, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|09|26|1950|6|1|df=y}}

| occupation = Test pilot

| rank = Colonel, Soviet Air Force

| selection = 1985

| time = 309d 21h 18m

| mission = {{nobr|Soyuz TM-10, Soyuz TM-16{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/astros/manakov.htm|title=astronautix.com: Manakov (mission chronology)|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503233504/http://www.astronautix.com/astros/manakov.htm|archivedate=2011-05-03}}{{cite web|url=http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/peoples/manakov.sht|title=Manakov Gennadi Mikhailovich|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722021144/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/peoples/manakov.sht|archivedate=2011-07-22}}}}, Mir

| insignia =

| awards = {{Plainlist|

• Hero of the Soviet Union
• Order of Lenin
• {{nobr|Order of Military Merit}}
• {{nobr|Order of Friendship of Peoples}}
• Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"

}}

}}

Gennady Mikhailovich Manakov ({{langx|ru|Геннадий Михайлович Манаков}}; 1 June 1950 – 26 September 2019)[https://ria.ru/20190926/1559171170.html Умер летчик-космонавт СССР Геннадий Манаков] {{in lang|ru}} was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who commanded two Soyuz flights to the Mir space station.

He was born in Yefimovka, Chkalov Oblast, Russian SFSR, on 1 June 1950.{{cite web|url=http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1950/june_1_1950_111452.html|title=Gennadi Mikhailovich Manakov, colonel/cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-10, TM-16 June 1 in History}} He was selected on 2 September 1985 and flew as Commander on Soyuz TM-10 and Soyuz TM-16, before retiring on 20 December 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/manakov_gennadi.htm|title=Cosmonaut Biography: Gennadi Manakov}} He was married with two children. He died on 26 September 2019 according to a statement from his friend, Cosmonaut Maksim Surayev.{{cite web | url=http://www.teraz.sk/najnovsie/zomrel-byvaly-rusky-kozmonaut-gennadi/420905-clanok.html | title=Zomrel bývalý ruský kozmonaut Gennadij Manakov | date=26 September 2019 }}