USeraphim Ivanovich Znamensky (4 Septhemba 1906 - 7 Meyi 1942) wayengumgijimi webanga eliphakathi nebanga elide waseRussia. UZnamensky wazalelwa emndenini wompristi futhi wayenodadewabo abane nabafowabo abahlanu; omunye wabo, uGeorgy, waba ngumlingani wakhe wokuqeqesha isikhathi eside futhi waba imbangi yakhe kwezokusubatha. USeraphim waqeqeshwa ngunina njengomculi; wayengumculi ophumelelayo futhi wayekwazi ukufunda nokubhala umculo weshidi. USeraphim wazibulala ngo-1942 ngemuva kokufunda ngokushona kukanina, kanti uGeorgy wabulawa ngumdlavuza ngo-1946. Ngo-1949, kwasungulwa umncintiswano waminyaka yonke wezokusubatha wokuhlonipha abazalwane, i- Brothers Znamensky Memorial.Ngo-1958 yathola isimo samazwe omhlaba futhi kamuva yaba ngumhlangano omkhulu we-IAAF. Ngo-1961 kwaqalwa isikole sezemidlalo sama-Olimpiki kanye nenkundla yezokusubatha ehambisanayo eMoscow futhi saqanjwa ngabazalwane.Umfanekiso waseSeraphim kaSarra Lebedeva ukhonjiswa eMnyuziyamu waseRussia.