Pavlik Morozov

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Pavlik Morozov
Павлик Морозов
Soviet portrait supposedly of Pavlik Morozov, wearing the Young Pioneers red scarf
Born	Pavel Trofimovich Morozov (1918-11-14)14 November 1918 Gerasimovka, Turinsky Uyezd, Tobolsk Governorate, Russian State
Died	3 September 1932(1932-09-03) (aged 13) Gerasimovka, Ural Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Cause of death	Knife wounds
Known for	Supposedly turning his father in to Soviet officials for corruption
Parent(s)	Trofim Sergeyevich Morozov (presumed shot in 1932); Tatyana Semyonovna Morozova (née Baidakova; died in 1983)
Relatives	Brothers: Fyodor Morozov (killed along with Pavel at eight years old), Alexei Morozov (killed in World War II), Roman Morozov

Pavel Trofimovich Morozov (Russian: Па́вел Трофи́мович Моро́зов; 14 November 1918 – 3 September 1932), better known by the diminutive Pavlik, was a Soviet youth praised by the Soviet press as a martyr. Evidence has emerged since the dissolution of the Soviet Union of the fabrication of the Pavlik Morozov legend, as well as what Soviet officials thought of him. His story, dated to 1932, is that of a 13-year-old boy who denounced his father to the authorities and was in turn killed by his family. His story was a subject of reading, songs, plays, a symphonic poem, a full-length opera, and six biographies. His politicized and mythologized story was used to encourage Soviet Bloc children to also inform on their parents.^[1]