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Sep 4, 2015 · In 1958, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency commissioned a Russian translation of Doctor Zhivago. While the book was officially banned inside the Soviet Union, the CIA distributed it to Russian expatriates and eventually smuggled it inside the USSR itself.
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Nov 10, 1996 · For the character of Lara in Boris Pasternak’s Nobel prize-winning masterpiece, “Dr. Zhivago,” was based on his mistress, Olga Ivinskaia, the woman he loved until he died in May, 1960.
May 22, 2023 · No, Doctor Zhivago is not a true story. Written by Robert Bolt, the screenplay was adapted from the eponymous novel by Boris Pasternak, which was published in 1957. The novel, for which Pasternak received the Nobel Prize for Literature, was quite controversial in the USSR as it had anti-Communist sentiments weaved into it.
Doctor Zhivago (/ ʒ ɪ ˈ v ɑː ɡ oʊ /) is a 1965 epic historical romance film directed by David Lean with a screenplay by Robert Bolt, based on the 1957 novel by Boris Pasternak. The story is set in Russia during World War I and the Russian Civil War.
Sep 18, 2020 · In the meantime, the CIA covertly printed Doctor Zhivago in Russian and had it smuggled into the Soviet Union, where it became an underground sensation.
Jan 27, 2017 · In 1949, unable to arrest Pasternak for his private readings of drafts of the anti-Soviet “Doctor Zhivago,” the secret police arrested Olga instead. She spent several years in a labor camp but...
Apr 19, 2022 · The movie is based on Boris Pasternak's novel, which was banned in Russia during the time of production, and both versions end on a note of multiplicity, featuring unconventional ways to conclude...
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