Feodosia morozova biography

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Feodosya Morozova, one of the most remarkable characters of the seventeenth century, was born on May 21, , to Prokopy Sokovnin, a relative of Tsaritsa Maria Miloslavskaya, and his wife Anisya.

Feodosia morozova biography

In Feodosya was married to Gleb Morozov, brother of the famous Boris Morozov, favorite and tutor of Tsar Alexei Mikhaylovich.

In Morozova's only child Ivan was born. When her husband died in , one of Muscovy's largest properties came under her control.

It is not clear when Morozova first made contact with the Old Believers, who refused Patriarch Nikon's church reforms of the middle of the century. Nikon's most ardent opponent, Archpriest Avvakum, returned in February from his banishment in Siberia to Moscow and took up residence in Morozova's home.

Tsar Alexei ordered the confiscation of her possessions in August , but on the insistence of the tsaritsa they where returned in October

During the second exile of