Mikhail Morozov (art collector)

Mikhail Abramovitch Morozov (19 August 1870 - 24 October 1903) was a Russian businessman, arts patron and collector.

The Morozov family were Old Believers, who often gave biblical names to their children, and belonged to the first guild of merchants.

His father Abram had been born to a family of Old Believers, who often gave biblical names to their children.

Mikhail was baptised on 12 August at an Old Ritualist church near the Saltykov bridge on the Iaouza.

After dividing up the Morozov family's lands and goods, Abram and his brother David co-president-directors of the Tver Manufacture Company in 1872.