 The Morozov story was developed into compulsory children 's readings , songs , plays , a symphonic poem , a full @-@ length opera and six biographies . There is very little original evidence related to the story ; much of it is hearsay provided by second @-@ hand witnesses . In Bezhin Meadow , the child is named Stepok , departing from the original historical lore and information . Among the ironies of Bezhin Meadow 's history were that Pavlik Morozov may not have even been a member of the Young Pioneers . Morozov had been called a " disturbed young boy " who was unaware of the consequences of what he was doing and turned his father in to the authorities for having abandoned his mother for a younger woman , rather than for political reasons . 
