Savva Mamontov

Savva Ivanovich Mamontov (Russian: Савва Иванович Мамонтов, 15 October [OS 3 October] 1841, Yalutorovsk, now Tyumen Oblast — 6 April [OS 24 March] 1918, Moscow) was a famous Russian industrialist, merchant, entrepreneur, and patron of the arts. He was a son of the merchant and industrialist Ivan Feodorovich Mamontov and Maria Tikhonovna (Lakhitina). In 1841 the family moved to Moscow. From 1852 he studied in St. Petersburg, and later in the Mosco... more

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  • 1918 (age 77 years)

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