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Savva Morozov

Savva Timofeyevich Morozov (Russian: Са́вва Тимофе́евич Моро́зов, 15 February [O.S. 3 February] 1862, Orekhovo-Zuevo, Podolsky district, Russian Empire - 26 May [O.S. 13 May] 1905, Cannes, France) was a Russian businessman and philanthropist. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Morozov family was the fifth richest in Russia.[1][2]

Savva Morozov came from an Old Believer merchant family. He studied physics and mathematics at Moscow University (1885), in 1885 - 1887 studied chemistry at the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), at the same time familiarising himself with the organisation of the textile factories in Great Britain.

Influenced by Maxim Gorky, he as well as his nephew, Nikolai Pavlovich Schmit[a] became significant financial contributors of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Workers Party including the newspaper Iskra.[3][4]

He married his second cousin's wife Zinaida Grigorievna nee Zimin (Russian: Зинаида Григорьевна Зимина).[5][b]

According to the author Suzanne Massie, in Land Of The Firebird, Morozov had approached his mother and family matriarch about introducing profit sharing with factory workers, one of the first industrialists to propose such an idea. His mother angrily removed Savva from the family business and one month later apparently despondent Morozov shot himself while in the south of France. Morozov died from a gunshot wound in Cannes, France. His death was officially ruled a suicide; however, various murder theories exist.[c] His mansion became the headquarters of the Moscow Proletkult.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Schmit was the son of Pavel Alexandrovich Schmit (Russian: Павел Александрович Шмит) and Savva's sister, Vera Vikulovna Morozova (Russian: Вере Викуловне Морозовой).
  2. ^ Zinaida's first husband was Sergei Vikulovicha Morozov (Russian: Сергея Викуловича Морозова) who was the third son of Savva's first cousin Vikulov Eliseevich Morozov (Russian: Викула Елисеевич Морозов).
  3. ^ Leonid Krasin is cited by Yuri Felshtinsky as the most likely assassin of Morozov.[6]

References

  1. ^ Гаков, Владимир (May 3, 2005). "Старые русские: Бакинские нефтяники, первый дилер Ford и Борис Абрамович — среди 30 богатейших людей и семей России 1900–1914 годов" [Old Russians: Baku oil, the first Ford dealer and Boris Abramovich - among the 30 richest individuals and families in Russia in 1900-1914]. Forbes (in Russian). Moscow. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  2. ^ "Миллионщики" [Millionaires]. Forbes (in Russian). Moscow. October 22, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  3. ^ Arto Luukkanen (1994), The Party of Unbelief, Helsinki: Studia Historica 48, ISBN 951-710-008-6, OCLC 832629341
  4. ^ Vaksberg, Arkady (2007), The Murder of Maxim Gorky: A Secret Execution (in Russian), translated by Bludeau, Todd, New York: Enigma Books, ISBN 9781929631629
  5. ^ Whims of Fate accessed 17 may 2009
  6. ^ Felshtinsky, Yuri; Litvinenko, Alexander (October 26, 2010). Lenin and His Comrades: The Bolsheviks Take Over Russia 1917-1924. New York: Enigma Books. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |isbn13= ignored (help)
  7. ^ Culture of the Future: The Proletkult Movement in Revolutionary Russia by Lynn Mally, University of California Press 1980
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