Morozovs Explained

The Morozovs (ru|Морозовы) is a famous Old Believers Russian family of merchants and entrepreneurs. The family name Morozov originates from a Russian word moroz (мороз) that means frost.^[1] The founder of the family was Savva Vasilyevich Morozov (1770–1862).^[2] He had five sons and a daughter, Varvara Savvichna Morozova.^[3]

The merchant family of Morozovs should not be confused with another famous Old Believer: boyarynya Feodosiya Morozova (and her family). The latter were boyars, 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, (Bogorodsk-Glukhovo factory)
• 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.

Abramovichi

• Abram Abramovich Morozov (1839—1882)
• Varvara Alekseevna Morozova (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 supporter

• Ivan Vikulovich Morozov (1865-1933), son

• Varvara Alexandrona Morozova, wife of Ivan^[4]

• Olgaa Ivanovna Morozova (1897-)^[4]

• Vera Ivanovna Morozova (1900-)^[4]

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 Moscow Art Theatre, Bolshevik supporter

• Sergei Timofeevich Morozov (1863–1944), son, an entrepreneur,

See also

• Morozov (surname)

Notes and References

1. Book: Semenova . Natalya . Morozov : the story of a family and a lost collection . 2020 . Yale University . New Haven . 978-0-300-24982-8 . en.
2. Web site: Arseny Ivanovich Morozov . noginsk-invest.ru . noginsk-invest . 29 March 2021.
3. Web site: Савва Васильевич Морозов . www.rgfond.ru . rgfond . 31 March 2021.
4. Pennar . Karen . Daily Life among the Morozovs . Merchant Moscow . 31 December 1998 . Chapter 6 . 73–82 . 10.1515/9781400864645.73.