Savva Vasilyevich Morozov (24 April 1770 – 1860) was an eighteenth-century

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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, building and structures as part of the village of Zuevo to a collegiate counsellor called Ryumin. But when he was twenty years old, Savva was not content with the life of a peasant. He worked in a textile factory belonging to Fedor Kononov, who lent him 1,500 roubles to buy himself out of compulsory military service. He then married Ulyana, who shared with him her families secret method of dying fabric, and Savva was able to repay his debt in two years. Morozov benefitted from the shortage of textiles in the

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following the destruction of the textile industry around Moscow by

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Business activities

Innovations

Morozov was the first entrepreneur to import textile machinery from

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. He imported machines from

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and

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. These were acquired through De Jersey & Co., for whom

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worked.

Family

He married Afanasyevna, the daughter of a local dye-master, with whom he had six children were: * 1798: Elisei Savvich Morozov * 1802: Zhakar Savvich Morozov * 1806: Abram Savvich Morozov * 1810: Ivan Savvich Morozov * 1812: Varvara Savvichna Morozova * 1823: Timofei Savvich Morozov

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morozov, Savva Vasilyevich 1770 births 1860 deaths Old Believers Businesspeople from the Russian Empire