Margarita Morozova
Margarita Morozova | |
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| Born | Margarita Kirillovna Mamontova November 3, 1873 |
| Died | October 3, 1958 (aged 83) Moscow, USSR |
| Occupations | Patron of arts, memoirist, publisher |
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| Children | four, including Mikhail (1897–1952) |
Margarita Kirillovna Morozova (née Mamontova; November 3 [o.s. October 22], 1873, – October 3, 1958) was a prominent Russian philanthropist, patron of arts, publisher, editor and memoirist. She was a co-founder of the Moscow-based Religious and Philosophical Society (1905–1918) and the director of the Russian Musical Society. She was the wife of art critic and collector Mikhail Morozov, and a socialite whose portraits were painted by Valentin Serov and Nikolai Bodarevsky, among others.