Pavlik Morozov
Pavel Trofimovich Morozov (Russian: Па́вел Трофи́мович Моро́зов; November 14, 1918 – September 3, 1932), better known by the diminutive Pavlik, was a Soviet youth praised by the Soviet press as a martyr. 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. The cult had a huge impact on the moral norms of generations of children. There is very little original evidence related to the story, much of it hearsay provided by second-hand witnesses. According to modern research, the story (denunciation, trial) is most likely false, although Pavlik was a real child who was killed. Morozov's story was the basis of Bezhin Meadow, an unreleased film from 1937 that was directed by Sergei Eisenstein.
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![Pavlik Morozov](/photos/pavlik-morozov.jpg)
Birth date | November 14, 1918 |
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Date of death | September 03, 1932 |
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External resources
- http://economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=4032697
- http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/363/10951_morozov.html
- http://hnn.us/readcomment.php?id=27304
- http://lib.ru/PROZA/DRUZHNIKOV/morozow.txt
- http://web.archive.org/web/20050314010149/http:/hnn.us/readcomment.php?id=27304
- http://web.archive.org/web/20050410065112/http:/english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/363/10951_morozov.html