title: Morozovs
text: # Morozovs
  
  The Morozovs (Russian: 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. The founder of the family was Savva Vasilyevich Morozov (1770–1862). He had five sons and a daughter, Varvara Savvichna Morozova.
  
  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
  
        * 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 Moscow Art Theatre, Bolshevik supporter
  
     * Sergei Timofeevich Morozov (1863–1944), son, an entrepreneur,
  