Konstantin Vasilyevich Gerchik (Russian: ?????????? ?????????? ??????, September 27, 1918 — June 24, 2001) was a Soviet military leader, Colonel-General of the Soviet Army, Professor of the Academy of Military Sciences of Russia, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, the second head of the world's first cosmodrome — "Baikonur" (1958-1961).