Pavlik Morozov A-3 Leningrad Communist Hero Poster

Orgin: Leningrad, USSR. 1972

State: early antique

Size: A-3 / 30x42cm

A-3 size original poster of Pioneers & Heroes

Featuring 

Pavel Trofimovich Morozov (better known as Pavlik Morozov , November 14, 1918 , Gerasimovka , Koshuk volost , Turin district , Tobolsk province , Russian state - September 3, 1932 , Gerasimovka , Tavdinsky district , Ural region , RSFSR , USSR ) - Soviet schoolboy, who gained fame in Soviet propaganda as a pioneer hero who opposed the theft of socialist property and the kulaks in the person of his father, Trofim Morozov, and paid for it with his life.

Pavel was killed along with his younger brother; members of his father’s family, against whom he had previously testified at the trial, were found guilty of the crime. According to the Great Soviet Encyclopedia , it is believed that Pavlik Morozov was “the organizer and chairman of the first pioneer detachment in the village. Gerasimovka".

The story of Pavlik Morozov became widely known in the USSR. Monuments to the boy were erected in many cities and pioneer camps of the Soviet Union.

his life more than once and saved himself, gives him sleeping pills and surrenders him to prison. the hands of interrogators to torture in order to obtain information. At the end of the game, the player will have the opportunity to decide Pavel's fate - kill him or give him a chance to survive.

In the computer game " STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl " in the "Army Warehouses" location there is a character named "Pavlik", and in the game his folder in the game files is called "pavlik_morozov", which is a reference.

Postage stamps of the USSR 3x

Почтовая марка СССР, 1972 г. Пионеры отдают салют памятнику П. Морозову (Москва)

USSR postage stamp, 1972. Pioneers salute the monument to P. Morozov (Moscow)