When Russia was in the throes of Joseph Stalin's campaign for the
forced collectivization of Soviet agriculture, a young boy named
Pavlik Morozov informed the OGPU (now called the KGB) that his
father was an enemy of the regime. As a result, Pavlik's father was
arrested and disappeared in a Soviet concentration camp. Enemies of
the party later killed the boy, whereupon people proclaimed him
their hero. Informer 001 is the first exhaustive, secret,
independent study of the Morozov affair and is Yuri Druzhnikov's
search for the truth about his life, death, and the perpetuation of
his legacy. Druzhnikov examined documents, visited museums, and
interviewed virtually everyone who knew Morozov during his short
lifetime. In book after book, he discovered inconsistencies in
every fact, from where Morozov was born to how old he was at the
time of his death. Photographs of the hero, when compared, turned
out to be of different people. Historical archives contained no
documents of Morozov. Memorial museums displayed no personal
relics; instead they contained pictures, books, and newspaper
clippings. Attempts by Druzhnikov to interview living witnesses
were met with resistance - he was even followed constantly. The
subject of Pavlik Morozov was "officially untouchable". As
Druzhnikov pieced together the story about Morozov's life, death,
and legacy from interviews, books, court documents, and newspaper
reports, it became clear that the campaign to keep Morozov a hero
was centrally directed. Informer hero number 001, as Morozov came
to be known, remained a fearful reminder to all: to those who
inform, and those who become the victims of denunciations. Informer
001 offers Western readers astep-by-step detective story, and at
the same time gives a unique glimpse into the behind-the-scenes
operations of Soviet political history.
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