Career
During his long career at the Kremlin court, Morozov supervised a number of government departments (called prikazy) – Grand Treasury, Streltsy, Pharmacy, and Payroll. Aspiring to increase treasury’s income, Morozov reduced salaries of state employees and introduced a high indirect salt tax These measures caused the Salt Riot of 1648.
The rebels demanded Morozov"s handover, but the tsar hid him in his palace and then sent him in a fictitious exile into the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery.
After four months, however, Morozov returned to Moscow. In 1649, Morozov took active part in preparing the Sobornoye Ulozheniye, a legal code which would survive well into the 19th century.
In the early 1650s, while maintaining a low profile, he was still in the charge of the Muscovite government. He owned 55,000 peasants and a number of mills, distilleries, factories that produced iron, bricks, and salt.
