Modified MnOx catalysts with a cryptomelane (OMS-2) structure are prepared by a redox reaction between manganese sulfate and potassium permanganate solutions with different Mn/M molar ratio (10/1, 20/1), where M is Fe or Sn. Fe3+- or Sn4+-containing salts are used as precursors added at the stage of redox co-deposition. XRD, TEM, H-2-TPR, TPO, XPS, and Raman spectroscopy techniques are used to study the features of the modified OMS-2 catalysts. It has been shown that the modifier cations can enter into the cryptomelane crystalline lattice, probably by substitution of Mn4+ and K+ ions into the tunnels or can be distributed on the surface of OMS-2 samples. Segregation of Sn2+ ions on the surface and in the subsurface layers of the modified Sn-OMS-2 catalysts preferentially takes place with a noticeable distortion of the initial OMS-2 structure. While, Fe3+ cations are homogeneously distributed between the surface and the crystalline structure of the Fe-OMS-2 samples. According to the H-2-TPR data, the addition of Fe or Sn modifiers leads to an increase in the strength of oxygen binding with the catalyst surface. Under the TPO conditions, a shift of the O-2 consumption to low temperatures (by > 100 degrees C) is observed for the Sn-containing samples due to an increase of the amount of oxygen-deficient SnOx species that are formed as a result of SnO disproportionation. The modified sample Fe-OMS-2 (20/1) shows the highest selectivity towards acetaldehyde formation (> 82%) at the ethanol conversion of 80% at 157 degrees C. The increase in the Fe content in the composition of the Fe-OMS-2 (10/1) sample results in the increase of T-80% up to 180 degrees C, while keeping high selectivity towards acetaldehyde of 83%.