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Pioneer heroes were Soviet pioneers who made feats during the Great Patriotic War. The images of pioneer heroes were actively used in the Soviet Union as examples of high morals. The official list of pioneer heroes was issued in 1954 С. Г. Леонтьева
Литература пионерской организации: идеология и поэтика
, стр. 101
with the compilation of the ''Book of Honor of the Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization''; The books of honor of local pioneer organizations joined it. For propaganda purposes, some young persons were entered the "Book of Honor", but who were actually not pioneers, notably Pavlik Morozov listed as Number 1 in the Book of Honor, but, as turned out, his biography was thoroughly fabricated by
Soviet propaganda Propaganda in the Soviet Union was the practice of state-directed communication to promote class conflict, internationalism, the goals of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the party itself. The main Soviet censorship body, Glavlit, ...
.Юрий Дружников
"Доносчик 001, или Вознесение Павлика Морозова"
Overseas Publications Interchange Ltd., London, 1988, 264 pp.


Pioneer-heroes in popular culture

Positive images of pioneer-heroes were actively exploited in
Soviet propaganda Propaganda in the Soviet Union was the practice of state-directed communication to promote class conflict, internationalism, the goals of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the party itself. The main Soviet censorship body, Glavlit, ...
and a many books and films were devoted to them. The 1957 Soviet film {{ill, Orlyonok (film), lt=''Orlyonok'', ru, Орлёнок (фильм) is about a Soviet World War II pioneer-hero, whose image combines facts form biographies of real pioneer-heroes, Heroes of the Soviet Union,
Valentin Kotyk Valentin Aleksandrovich Kotyk (11 February 1930 – 17 February 1944) was a Soviet Pioneer and a partisan scout. He was also the youngest-ever Hero of Soviet Union. During the German-Soviet War, he participated in the partisan movement in Uk ...
and Marat Kazey. Some other films involving pioneer-heroes include ''
Street of the Younger Son ''Street of the Younger Son'' (russian: Улица младшего сына) is a 1962 Soviet drama film directed by based on the novel with the same name by Lev Kassil and about Soviet partisan Volodia Dubinin. Plot The film tells about a bo ...
'', '' Green Chains'', ''
First Squad ''First Squad: The Moment of Truth'' ( ja, ファーストスクワッド ''Fāsuto sukuwaddo'', russian: Пе́рвый отря́д, translit=Perviy otryad) is a joint animation project of Japan's Studio 4°C and Russia's Molot Entertainment. I ...
'', and ''
Fortress of War ''Fortress of War'' (russian: Брестская крепость; translit. Brestskaia krepost; festival title: ''The Brest Fortress'') is a 2010 Russian-Belarusian war film recounting the June 1941 defense of Brest Fortress against invading ...
''.


References

Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization