Semyon Grigorievich Zimin (1760,

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entrepreneur and founder of the Zimin dynasty. He was born a serf owned by the landowner Ryumin. He married Anastasia Grigorievna with whom he had five sons: Kipriyan, Ivan, Pavel, Nikita, Stepan. They all became involved in the family business. Semyon travelled to Moscow three or four times a year, selling silk goods to wholesalers in

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