The Morozovs () is a famous

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n family of merchants and entrepreneurs. The family name Morozov originates from a Russian word ''moroz'' (мороз) that means ''frost''. The founder of the family was

Savva Vasilyevich Morozov Savva Vasilyevich Morozov (; 24 April 1770 – 1860) was an eighteenth-century Russian entrepreneur, who founded the Morozov dynasty. Origins He was born a serf, his father, a fisherman having been sold by Vsevoloshsky along with other serfs, b ...

(1770–1862). He had five sons and a daughter, Varvara Savvichna Morozova. The merchant family of Morozovs should not be confused with another famous

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: boyarynya Feodosiya Morozova (and her family). The latter were

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s, whereas almost all the other famous Morozovs were merchants, and also descendants of peasants.

Five sons

Savva Vasilyevich's sons were all involved in his business: * Elisei Savvich Morozov (1798-1868) * Zhakar Savvich Morozov (1802–1857) * Abram Savvich Morozov (1806–1856) * Ivan Savvich Morozov (1810–1864) * Timofei Savvich Morozov (1823–1889)

The four branches

The family business was divided into four in 1871. * Zakharovichi: Ivan Zakharovich Morozov, (

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) * Abramovichi: Abram Abramovich Morozov, (Tver Manufactory) * Vikulovichi: Vikul Eliseevich Morozov, (Nikolskoye Manufactory) * Timofeevichi: Timofei Savvich Morozo, (Nikolskaya Manufactory)

Zakharovichi

*Ivan Zakharovich Morozov (1823-1888) :* Arseny Ivanovich Morozov - creator of the choir of

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Abramovichi

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(1839—1882) *

Varvara Alekseevna Morozova Varvara Alekseevna Morozova (1848-1917) was a Russian industrialist. She was the daughter of Aleksey Khludov and married to Abram Abramovich Morozov and Vasily Mikhailovich Sobolevsky. She was the acting president of the Tver Manufactory Associa ...

(1848-1917) wife of Abram Abramovich Morozov ::*

Mikhail Abramovich Morozov Michael is a common masculine given name derived from the Hebrew phrase ''mī kāʼēl'', 'Who slike-El', in Aramaic: ܡܝܟܐܝܠ (''Mīkhāʼēl'' ). The theophoric name is often read as a rhetorical question – "Who slike he Hebrew Go ...

(1870-1903), eldest son ::* Ivan Morozov (1871–1921), second son was a Russian businessman and from 1907 to 1914 a major collector of avant-garde French art. ::*

Arseny Abramovich Morozov Arseny Abramovich Morozov (1874⁠–1908) was a member of the Morozov dynasty. He had a reputation as a playboy. Family He was the youngest son of Abram Abramovich Morozov and his wife Varvara Alekseevna Morozova. His eldest brother was Mikhail ...

(1874-1908), youngest son

Vikulovichi

*Vikul Eliseevich Morozov (1829-1894) :*Alexei Vikulovich Morozov (1857-1934), son :*Vera Vikulovna Morozova (1858-1916), daughter and mother of Nikolai Pavlovich Schmidt,

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supporter :* Ivan Vikulovich Morozov (1865-1933), son :*Varvara Alexandrona Morozova, wife of Ivan ::*Olgaa Ivanovna Morozova (1897-) ::*Vera Ivanovna Morozova (1900-)

Timofeevichi

* Timofei Savvich Morozov (1823-1889) * Maria Feodorovna Morozova (1830–1911) wife of Timofei Savvich Morozov :* Yulia Timofeevna Krestovnikova (1858–1905), daughter :* Savva Timofeyevich Morozov (1862–1905), son, an entrepreneur, patron of art and of Russian revolutionary movement; sponsor of the

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supporter :* Sergei Timofeevich Morozov (1863–1944), son, an entrepreneur,

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