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Zosimades

The Zosimades or Zosimas brothers were 18th-19th century Greek benefactors and merchants.

The Zosimades were six brothers:

  • Ioannis Zosimas (1752–1771)
  • Anastasios Zosimas (1754–1828)
  • Nikolaos Zosimas (1758–1842)
  • Theodosios Zosimas (1760–1793)
  • Zois Zosimas (1764–1828)
  • Michael Zosimas (1766–1809)

They were born in Ioannina, a city that was under Ottoman rule and a major center of the Greek Enlightenment that time. Their father was a local merchant, Panagis Zosimas. At 1875, Nikolaos, Theodosios and Michael started their trading activities in Livorno, Italy, while Ioannis, Anastasios and Zois ran their trade business in Nizna Slatina ( Ukraine) and then in Moscow. Their trade network soon became profitable and they managed to make a fortune.