A portion of a letter received by Ron Jones of Dallas, from Doctor Zhivago author Boris Pasternak. (Louis DeLuca/Staff Photographer) Advertisement. This is the original trailer of the 1965 movie, ...

Into one of the most sordid episodes in Russian literary history -- the Soviets' persecution of Boris Pasternak, author of "Doctor Zhivago" -- a Russian historian has injected a belated piece of ...

Today, “Dr. Zhivago” is most remembered for the dazzling 1965 movie version starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie. The long and passionate love affair between Dr. Yuri Zhivago and his nurse ...

When Dr. Zhivago author Boris Pasternak died in 1960, Soviet authorities pointedly did not publicize his death. Hundreds attended his funeral in a rare show of protest against the Soviet regime.

When Boris Pasternak finished his novel “Dr. Zhivago” in 1956, Soviet authorities refused to publish the tale of an individual’s struggle amid the Russian Revolution. A new book, “The ...

A documentary about Boris Pasternak, the poet and author of ‘Doctor Zhivago,’ tells a harrowing tale of a creative life under Soviet rule.

The creative team behind PBS’ “Masterpiece Theatre” presentation of “Doctor Zhivago” wasn’t worried so much about living up to Boris Pasternak’s epic novel; the challenge for the two ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – CIA officials had rave reviews for Boris Pasternak’s classic Russian novel “Doctor Zhivago” – not for its literary merit but as a propaganda wea… ...