Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Serafima Panteleeva akaberekwa muna 1846 muSt Petersburg, guta guru roUmambo hweRussia. Akaroora mudzidzi wechikoro uye muparidzi Longin Pantelev muna 1864. Pashure pokunge murume wake asungwa muna December 1864 nokuda kwemibato yechimurenga mukati mokudzvinyirira kwehurumende pakurwisana pashure pokunge
Kumukira kwePoland kwa1863-64. Akatevera Panteleev kuenda kuSiberia pashure pokunge atongerwa mhosva muna May 1866. Akaora mwoyo pashure porufu rwomwana wake wechipiri uye baba vake mucheche muna 1867, Panteleeva akadzokera kumusha. Achida kuzviriritira iye nomwanasikana wake, akanyoresa mumakosi ekudzidzisa anodzidzisa Vladimir muna 1870 uye akazova mudzidzi wezvokurapa paYunivhesiti yeZurich makore maviri gare gare, achinyanya kudzidza nezve physiology. Mamwe emabasa ake ikoko akazoburitswa mu"Journal of Medical Science" (). Akabatana nomurume wake pashure pokudzoka kwake achibva kuutapwa muna 1875 uye akakwanisa kupedza kutsvakurudza kwake mumarabhoritari eMedicine-Surgical Academy uye ipapo Russian Academy of Sciences gore rakatevera. Asingakwanisi kushanda mumunda wake, Panteleeva akatanga kushandura mapepa esayenzi ndokunyora nyaya dzesayenzi dzakakurumbira. Pashure pokusaina zvikumbiro zviviri zvaipikisa kubatwa noutsinye kwevaratidziri vane rugare muna 1901, murume wake akadzingwa muSt Petersburg kwemakore matatu. Vakapedza yakawanda yenguva iyoyo vari kuWestern Europe vasati vadzokera muna 1904. Panteleeva akafira muPetrograd (sezvo St Petersburg yakatumidzwazve zita kwenguva pfupi) muna 1918.