The Morozovs (russian: Морозовы) is a famous

Old Believers Old Believers or Old Ritualists, ''starovery'' or ''staroobryadtsy'' are Eastern Orthodox Christians who maintain the liturgical and ritual practices of the Russian Orthodox Church as they were before the reforms of Patriarch Nikon of Moscow ...

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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, build ...

(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 Feodosia Prokopiyevna Morozova (russian: link=no, Феодосия Прокопьевна Морозова; 21 May 1632 – 1 December 1675) was one of the best-known partisans of the Old Believer movement. She was perceived as a martyr after s ...

(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 Elisei Savvich Morozov (1798–1868) was the eldest son of Savva Vasilyevich Morozov of the Morozov dynasty. In 1837 he married Evdokiia Nikiforovna. His father developed some wasteland on the right bank of the Klyazma River at a location which bec ...

(1798-1868) * Zhakar Savvich Morozov (1802–1857) *

Abram Savvich Morozov Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews ...

(1806–1856) *

Ivan Savvich Morozov Ivan Savvich Morozov (21 July, 1810–19 October, 1864, Tver, russian: Иван Саввич Морозов) was a Russian entrepreneur who took part in the creation of the Tver Manufactory. He was the son of Savva Vasilyevich Morozov, but unlike h ...

(1810–1864) *

Timofei Savvich Morozov Timofei Savvich Morozov (23 January, 1823, Moscow - 10 October, 1889) was Russian business person active in the later period of the Russian Empire. He was part of the influential Old Believer family, the Morozovs. He was appointed head of the Mosco ...

(1823–1889)

The four branches

Morozov Abram Abramovich, Morozov Timofey Savvich, Morozov Ivan Zakharovich, Morozov Vikula Eliseevich

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

Bogorodsk-Glukhovo factory Bogorodsk-Glukhovo factory was a textile factory founded by Savva Vasilyevich Morozov originally in Bogorodsk, now Noginsk Noginsk (russian: Ноги́нск) is a city and the administrative center of Noginsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, ...

) * 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

znamennoe singing Znamenny Chant (russian: знаменное пение, знаменный распев) is a singing tradition used by some in the Russian Eastern Orthodox Church. Znamenny Chant is a unison, melismatic liturgical singing that has its own specif ...

Abramovichi

Abram Abramovich Morozov Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews ...

(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 (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 (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,

Bolshevik The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

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

Timofeevichi

(1823-1889) *

Maria Feodorovna Morozova Maria Fyodorovna Morozova (russian: Мария Фёдоровна Морозова; 1830–1911) was a Russian entrepreneur. She was the daughter of merchant Fyodor Simonov, married to merchant Timofei Savvich Morozov and mother of merchant Savva ...

(1830–1911) wife of Timofei Savvich Morozov :*

Yulia Timofeevna Krestovnikova Yulia ( Юлия) is a female given name, the equivalent of the Latin Julia. It can be spelled Yulia, Yulya, Julia, Julja, Julija, Yuliia, Yuliya, Juliya or İulia. An alternative spelling is Ioulia/Gioulia (Greek) or Iuliia. Prononciations can dif ...

(1858–1905), daughter :* Savva Timofeyevich Morozov (1862–1905), son, an entrepreneur, patron of art and of Russian revolutionary movement; sponsor of the Moscow Art Theatre,

supporter :*

Sergei Timofeevich Morozov Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin ''gens'' Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honor of Saint Sergius, or in Russia, of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and ...

(1863–1944), son, an entrepreneur,

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