Sorokooumovski

Research Status: Basic Last Updated: 2025-07-06 Diary Coverage: Up to 1874-04-01

Identity

Wealthy Russian fur merchant family with a bachelor heir proposed as match for Marie.

Diary References

1874

• April 1: Proposed as "un fiancé excellent" (excellent fiancé) for Marie by the Karitoffs. Has 400,000 roubles annual income. Related to Karitoffs as either son-in-law, cousin, or brother-in-law. Marie horrified by the name: "So-ro-ko-ou-mov-ski!"

Context

• Fur trade merchants ("vendent des fourrures")
• Extremely wealthy ("richissimes")
• 400,000 roubles annual income (enormous sum)
• Marie calls them "braves boutiquiers" (good shopkeepers) - condescending
• Name analysis: Сорокоумовский (forty-minded/clever)
• Represents new merchant wealth vs old nobility

Related Entries

• #Karitoff - Family proposing match

Research Notes

• Russian fur trade wealth
• 400,000 roubles = approximately 1.5 million francs
• Class tensions: merchant wealth vs aristocratic heritage
• Russian naming patterns and Marie's mockery