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Olga Ivinskaya

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The Resume

    (June 16, 1912-September 8, 1995)
    Born in Tambov, Russian Federation
    Middle name was Vsevolodovna
    Lover of Boris Pasternak
    Inspiration for the character of Lara in ‘Doctor Zhivago’
    Published the memoir 'A Captive of Time'

Why she might be annoying:

    She was romantically involved with Pasternak for over a decade despite his being already married and eleven years her junior.
    She was involved in a lawsuit with Pasternak's family over Boris’ letters written to her.
    The Supreme Court of Russia ruled against her on the ground that ‘there was no proof of ownership.’

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her first husband committed suicide by hanging.
    She helped Pasternak translate foreign language poetry into Russian.
    She was imprisoned in the Soviet Gulags as a way of punishing Pasternak for writing works critical of the USSR.
    She was pregnant by Pasternak at the time of her arrest and suffered a miscarriage during her imprisonment.
    She was jailed a second time after Pasternak’s death, this time because the KGB suspected her of funneling the Doctor Zhivago manuscript out of Russia to Western publishers.
    Many poems by the novel’s Yuri Zhivago were addressed by Pasternak to Ivinskaya.

Credit: BoyWithTheGreenHair


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