Markman Semen Zusevich (6 May 1924, Vinnytsia) — teacher.
Semen Markman was the son of Zusia Markman (1869, Kyiv Region — 1939, Vinnytsia) and Perle Markman (née Kagan) (1877, Kyiv Region — 1956, Vinnytsia). In 1941, together with his mother, he was evacuated to Bashkiria. From 1941 to 1942, he worked as an electrician at the Lenin Plant in Sterlitamak, Bashkir ASSR. In 1942, he was conscripted into the Soviet Army. After demobilisation in 1944, he was employed as a clerk at the Vinnytsia post office.
In 1949, he graduated from the Faculty of History of the Vinnytsia Pedagogical Institute. From 1949 to 1951, he served as deputy headmaster at an FZU school in Vinnytsia. In 1951–1952, he taught history at an evening secondary school in Chişinău. In 1952, he was head of the pedagogical office and a teacher in Pishchansk. From 1952 to 1962, he taught history in grades 5–10 at a secondary school in Dubăsari. In 1962, he worked as a teacher at a boarding school in Tiraspol.
Later in 1962, Semen Markman moved to Riga, where until 1980 he taught history at Secondary Schools No. 10 and No. 63. From 1980, he was retired. He was a Group II disabled veteran of the Great Patriotic War. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class, and the medals For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 and For Valiant Labour in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V. I. Lenin. He was a member of the CPSU from 1965 to 1980.
He was married to Ida Sadetskaya (born 1924, Moldova); their daughter was Margarita Felshtiner (née Markman) (born 1954, Chişinău). In 1980, Semen Markman received permission to emigrate to Israel.
Family:
Ida Sadetskaya (born 1924, Moldova) — wife
Margarita Felshtiner (née Markman) (born 1954, Chişinău) — daughter
Zusia Markman (1869, Kyiv Region — 1939, Vinnytsia) — father
Perle Markman (née Kagan) (1877, Kyiv Region — 1956, Vinnytsia) — mother
Samuil Markman (born 1911, Kyiv Region) — brother
Hersh Markman (born 1916, Kyiv Region) — brother
Sofya Markman (born 1908, Kyiv Region) — sister