A poet whose translations of Shakespeare are the best in Russian and whose novel, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO,is still a subject of controversy, Boris Pasternak is in the front rank of contemporary Soviet writers.

The song inspired by Lara, the protagonist of the film "Doctor Zhivago", was able to evoke the emotions and atmospheres of the famous novel by Boris Pasternak, brought to the screen by David Lean ...

It’s thus remarkable that three of the greatest Soviet literary masterpieces—Boris Pasternak’s “Doctor Zhivago,” Mikhail ...