Znamensky (surname)

Znamensky (Russian: Знаменский) is a Russian masculine surname; its feminine counterpart is Znamenskaya. It is a Russian Orthodox clerical surname derived from the word знамение, znameniye (sign, omen),^[1] which may mean either a type of icon, i.e. Our Lady of the Sign (and a church or monastery dedicated to it), or the sign of the cross gesture.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Znamensky (1877–1928), Russian wrestler
• Georgy Znamensky (1903–1946), Russian runner
• Mikhail Znamensky (1833–1892), Russian writer, memoirist, painter, caricaturist, archeologist and ethnographer
• Seraphim Znamensky (1906–1942), Russian runner, brother of Georgy
• Yuliya Znamenskaya (born 1984), Kazakhstani female water polo player

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