Agrippina Aleksandrovna Abrikosova (nee Musatova , 1833 - 1901 ) is a Russian philanthropist , the wife of businessman and manufacturer Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov .
| Agrippina Alexandrovna Abrikosova | |
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| Date of Birth | June 8, 1833 |
| Place of Birth | Moscow Russian empire |
| Date of death | September 1, 1901 (68 years old) |
| Place of death | Moscow Russian empire |
| Nationality |  Russian empire |
| Spouse) | Alexey Ivanovich Abrikosov |
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Biography
Born on June 8, 1833 in the city of Moscow. The daughter of a merchant of the 2nd guild, a tobacco manufacturer A. B. Musatov.
On April 24, 1849, she married A.I. Abrikosov and brought him 5,000 rubles as a dowry. Mother 22 children of which 17 survived. Owned two apartment buildings in the Bolshoi and Maly Uspensky lanes [1] . Actively engaged in charity work. From 1877 to 1886, she donated to the "Committee for Assisting the Families of the Murdered and Wounded in the War with Turkey." She was one of the trustees of several vocational schools and Moscow hospitals, including the Morozov Children's Hospital . Donated 100,000 rubles for the modernization of the building of the Moscow Conservatory . She founded several shelters for the homeless. On her initiative, a free kindergarten was opened at the factory “Partnerships of A. I. Abrikosov and Sons”. In 1889, she established the first free maternity shelter in Moscow and a women's hospital with “A. A. Abrikosova’s permanent beds”. Over a year, more than 200 patients were admitted to the medical facility. Visiting a hospital and a shelter, Agrippina Abrikosova each time brought gifts to patients and the homeless.
She died on September 1, 1901. She was buried in a cemetery at the Alekseevsky monastery on Verkhnyaya Krasnoselskaya street with her husband.
In 1902, according to the will of A. A. Abrikosova, one hundred thousand rubles were transferred to Moscow to organize a new free maternity hospital. Construction began in 1903 on Miusskaya Square , designed by architect Illarion Aleksandrovich Ivanov-Shits . In May 1906, a maternity hospital with 51 beds was opened. Over 200,000 rubles were spent on the construction. The Moscow City Government decided to officially name the new maternity hospital the name Agrippina Aleksandrovna Abrikosova. After the October Revolution - renamed the hospital to them. N.K. Krupskaya . The name of its founder was returned to the maternity hospital only in 1994. In 1996, a memorial plaque was installed on the facade of the building.
See also
- Apricot
Notes
- ↑ Apricot
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Literature
- Svetlana Fomenko. Apricot Confectionery dynasty with a 200-year history . - M: General Director , 2011. - 200 p. - (Great Russian entrepreneurs). - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-91663-099-2 .