Savva Vasilyevich Morozov

[1] 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.

[3] Morozov was the first entrepreneur to import textile machinery from England.