Morozov was awarded the title for reportedly killing 50 German soldiers during the Battle of the Dnieper and capturing a machine gun.

[1][2] Morozov was born on 24 April 1923 in Uprayamovo Village in Yukhnovsky District of Kaluga Oblast to a peasant family.

[3] After finishing seven grades of school, he worked at an engineering plant in Elektrostal.

On 2 October 1943, Morozov's unit was discovered by German troops during a reconnaissance mission in Stracholesje, Chernobyl Raion.

[4][6] On 10 January 1944, he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin.