Agrippina Alexandrovna Abrikosova (1832-1901) was the daughter of a merchant who owned the largest tobacco and pomade factories in Moscow. She was also the wife of the founder of a large confectionery enterprise "Partnership A.I. Abrikosov and Sons" and a mother of many children. Out of 22 children born to the Abrikosov family, 17 survived.

The Abrikosov spouses were deeply religious people. They believed that success in business and having many children were gifts from God that should benefit others. However, they avoided direct charity, believing it could lead to "professional begging." Instead, they engaged in preventive charity, helping those in need to build their own lives.

Agrippina Alexandrovna was a guardian of the Morozov Children's Hospital and opened a kindergarten at her husband's factory.

She saw a special calling in supporting motherhood, as children were born in her family every year. She understood that many women at that time could only rely on midwives or were completely unsupported, and street births were a common occurrence.

In 1889, Agrippina founded in Moscow the "Free Maternity Home and Gynecological Clinic with Permanent Beds." She was supported by her son-in-law Alexander Rakhmanov, an obstetrician-gynecologist, who became the head of the shelter and later the maternity home. Agrippina Alexandrovna visited the mothers daily, supported them, and gave gifts.

The shelter accepted up to 200 women a year, and the mortality rate among newborns was less than 1%, which was an astonishing figure for that time.

In her will, Agrippina Alexandrovna allocated 100,000 rubles for the development of the shelter. In 1906, with these funds, a maternity home was built and consecrated, named in her honor.

In 1994, at the initiative of Agrippina Alexandrovna's descendants, the Moscow authorities restored the maternity home's name to that of its founder.