His father, Victor Stepanivich Morozov, came originally from a farming community in Izmaylovo, a village in the Baryshsky District.

Victor Stepanivich was a red army veteran of the Great Patriotic War, which he survived with medals and the rank of colonel, despite being twice wounded.

Ninella Georgievna, his mother, came originally from the Kursk region, but had studied in Kazan and was a graduate of "Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov University" (as it was known after 1925 during the Soviet era).

[9] Morozov's parents were determined that the boy should go through the rest of his life equipped for "a real profession", and when, in 1971, the opportunity arose to move on to university his father urged him to obtain a practical degree, in a subject such as Engineering, Physics or Mathematics, but Morozov enrolled to study at the History-Philology faculty of the Kazan Federal University[9] In 1976 Morozov graduated from the university with a so-called "red diploma" degree (indicating consistently high marks).

The offer carried a virtual guarantee of a university job once the higher level degree had been obtained, and was also financially attractive in its own terms.

[9][10] In 1980 he successfully defended his doctoral dissertation with the title "critical analysis of West German interpretations of socialist internationalism in theory and in practice" ("Критический анализ западногерманских интерпретаций теории и практики социалистического интернационализма") and received his doctorate.

It was a highly unusual opportunity at the time: he appears to have been selected for it simply because he had been identified as "one of the department's most successful teachers".

[9] At around the same time, still only aged 29, Morozov was offered and accepted a university assistant-professorship in the department for "Scientific communism" ("Научный коммунизм").

For a year the family lived on Irina Morozovna's university salary of 120 roubles a month, while Morozov tried to get casual driving jobs where he could.

[15] Only after a year and a half did he find more permanent work, employed by a non-profit operation called "NPO Biology" ("НПО Биотехнологии"), initially responsible for public relations, and later listed as a deputy director.

[12] Following the "Black October" crisis, national elections were held in December 1993 for the newly reconfigured Russian Duma (lower house of parliament / "Государственная дума").

During the first decade of the new millennium Morozov succeeded in creating a more constructive relationship, involving a growing measure of mutual respect, with President Putin.

His parliamentary powers and duties were terminated ahead of schedule, however, on 6 June 2012, in connection with his transfer to the presidential office.

[14] Between 25 May 2012 and 23 March 2015 Morozov served under Vladimir Putin as "Head of the office of the President of the Russian Federation for Internal Policy".

[17][18][b] On 18 September 2015 Rustam Minnikhanov, in his capacity as President of Tatarstan, nominated Morozov to serve as a senator in the Federation Council ("Совет Федерации").