Pavlik Morozov
Pavel Trofimovich Morozov (; 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.
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