Savva Timofeyevich Morozov (Russian: Савва Тимофеевич Морозов,) (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.
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.
He financed the publication of the Social Democratic newspaper Iskra
He married his nephew's wife Zinaida.[1].
His mansion became the headquarters of the Moscow Proletkult.[2]