given copy of Doctor Zhivago 155
hands over manuscript to Feltrinelli 156
character and description of 158
meets Olga 158, 161
persuades Boris to send telegram to Feltrinelli 171–2
sends letter to Lydia from Boris 173
smuggles money to Boris in Moscow 225–6
raises awareness of Olga and Irina’s imprisonment 251–2
Dickens, Charles 36
Dickinson, Emily xxiv
Dinkie (cat) 143
Doctor Zhivago (book)
considered a classic for all generations xxi
draft title ‘Boys and Girls’ 2, 9, 67
description of Lara 3–4
Olga as true inspiration for Lara xvii–xix, xxiv, 9, 41, 56, 69, 120–3, 138–9, 146, 174, 254
Irina as inspiration for Katenka 14
depiction of the Revolution in xx, 24, 27–8
travelling to Varykino 26–7
Zinaida as first inspiration for Lara 30, 40–1
structure drafted throughout the mid-thirties 52, 66
Yury’s poems in 59–60, 68, 120–2, 132–4, 138, 160, 178–9, 247
Boris’s feelings expressed xx, 61–3, 67, 74, 79–80, 90–1, 100–1, 122–3, 124, 131–4
Zinaida as inspiration for Tonya 62, 67, 68–9, 70, 74
flickering candle as leitmotif in 68, 70, 228
publication of 78–9, 147–9, 150–66, 169–75, 176, 179–83, 184–5
acute jealousy as theme in 90–1
Olga’s summary of 97
copies circulated amongst acquaintances 136, 138–9
typed up by Olga and Irina 143
death of Yuri xix, 146–7
English translation of 176–9, 184
CIA distribution of 179–82
accusations against 187, 189, 190–1
copy given to Olga on her birthday 225
prophesies Soviet state’s treatment of Olga 254
Doctor Zhivago (film) xxi, 159
Dudintsev, Vladimir, Not by Bread Alone 195
Efron, Ariadna 145, 199, 200
Ehrenburg, Ilya, The Thaw 152
Einstein, Albert 27
Eisenhower, Dwight D. 180
Eliot, T. S. xxiv, 203, 214
Emelianov, Ivan ‘Vania’ 11, 12
Emelianova, Irina 9, 57
memories of Boris 4, 13–14, 66, 123
death of her father 11, 12
as inspiration for Lara’s daughter Katenka xxiii, 14
notices tensions in the family household 65
description of her mother 70
relationship with her mother, Olga 74–5
relationship with Boris xxii, 77–8, 111–12, 172, 173
given a copy of Chekhov by Boris 78
witnesses aftermath of her mother’s arrest 84–6
looked after by her grandparents 86
proud of her mother’s courageous behaviour in prison 106
sees Boris tearing pages out of books he had written on 110
asked by Boris to tell Olga that their relationship is at an end 128–9
spends summer in Sukhinichi with great aunt 136
attends one of Boris’s poetry recitals 137
helps type pages of Doctor Zhivago manuscript 143
informed that Boris had sent telegram to Feltrinelli 172
receives letter from her mother concerning meeting with Surkov and Polikarpov 172–3
comment on Boris’s decline 183
exasperated at time spent by Boris on his correspondence 183
learns of Boris’s Nobel Prize 188
comment on student stand against denouncing Pasternak 189–90
reads venomous attacks on Boris 191–2
visits Boris with two of her friends 192–3
discusses Boris’s letter to the Writers’ Union 194–5
shocked at how Boris looked 201
urges Boris to emigrate 201–2
acts as Boris’s postmistress 202
comment on Boris’s phone calls 206
accompanies Boris and her mother to meeting with Polikarpov 208–9, 211
brings friends to visit Boris at the Little House 217–18
helps to smuggle some royalty payments to Boris 226
goes to the theatre with Boris and her mother 227–8
fond memories of last New Year’s Eve with Boris 229
final visit to Boris 232
saddened at mother’s distress over Boris 236, 242–3
arrested and imprisoned 250, 251–2, 253, 255
meets her future husband at Potma 255–6
February Revolution (1917) xvi, 23
Fedecki, Ziemowit 155
Federation of Soviet Writers’ Associations 27
Federatsiya state publishing house 6
Fedin, Konstantin Aleksandrovich 148, 165, 186–7, 188, 198
Fedin, Nina 198
Feltrinelli, Carlo 159
Feltrinelli Editore (publishers) 151
Feltrinelli, Giangiacomo
character and description of 150, 159
interested in publishing Doctor Zhivago 151
receives Doctor Zhivago manuscript 153, 156, 160
embarks on shopping trip in East Berlin 156
Boris signs contract with 158–9, 164
informs Boris of his royalties and foreign rights 158
earns millions from Doctor Zhivago 159, 183, 225
refuses option of possible revised text 161
receives note from Boris in French 162
unwilling to submit to blatant censorship 164–5
asked to return the Zhivago manuscript 171–2
receives telegram from Boris in Russian 171–2
refuses to back down 172
receives ‘thank you’ letter from Boris 174
holds grand reception in Milan 175
claims exclusive copyright 181
sends money to Boris via journalists and his agent 226
receives Power of Attorney document from Boris naming Olga 232–3
issues statement on death of Boris 243
Florence 151
Forster, E. M. 28
Freidenberg, Olga 7, 76, 79, 89
Garritano, Mirella 231
Gatto, Ettore Lo 156
Georgia 45
Gerstein, Emma 72
Gidas (attendee at poetry recital) 137
Gide, André 28, 51
Gladkov, Alexander 66, 110, 146, 169, 184–5, 191, 245–6
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Faust xxiii, 72, 83, 99–100, 185, 226
Gorky, Maxim 5
Goslitizdat (state publishing house for literature) 81, 126, 148, 154, 157, 161, 164–5, 166
Great Terror (1930s) 7, 47
Greene, Graham 252
Gringolts, Isidor 203–4, 207–8, 212
Gruzia (ship) 182
Gyllensten, Lars 185
Hamburg Theatre 185, 227
Harari, Manya 178–9
Harper’s Bazaar 247
Harvill Press 178
Hayward, Max 45, 177–9
Hemingway, Ernest 36, 213, 214
Hingley, Ronald 184
Hitler, Adolf 200
Howe, Irving 244
Hungarian uprising (1956) 154
Huxley, Aldous 28, 203
Huxley, Thomas 214
International PEN Club 202–3, 252
Irpen 38, 41
Italian Communist Party 150, 172
Ivanov, Vsevolod 188, 194
Ivanov, Vyacheslav ‘Koma’ 194–5, 204, 235
Ivinskaya, Olga Vsevolodovna
treatment by the Pasternak family xvii–xviii
meets and falls in love with Pasternak xviii–xix, 1–2, 9–11, 12–15
first sightings and impressions of Pasternak 4, 8–9
colourful and complex life 11–12
invites Boris to meet her family 13–14
comment on Mayakovski 37
comm
ent on Zinaida’s view of the Mandelstams 50
passionate affair with Boris 57–68, 77, 81, 129, 141–3, 216–18, 223, 225
tensions with her mother 60
quarrels with Boris 61, 74, 219–20, 222–3
rescues her mother from the gulag 61
character and description 65, 70, 72, 76
as inspiration for Lara in Doctor Zhivago xvii, 67, 80, 120–3, 124, 131–2, 258–9
attends Boris’s Moscow readings 71–2, 137
committed to an institution 74–5
weak suicide bid 74
visited by Zinaida 76–7
rushed to hospital 77
sent to labour camp xx, 80, 107, 111, 112, 253–4, 255
learns to write poetry and become a translator 82–3
Potapov apartment ransacked by the MGB 83–4
arrested and taken to the Lubyanka 84–6, 87–98
aunts and uncles 85, 94
interrogations in the Lubyanka 91–8, 104–5, 109, 250–1
compared to Marguerite in Faust 99–100
pregnancies and miscarriages 101–2, 106, 136, 140
left alone in cold damp morgue 103
comment on file kept on Boris 110–11
arrival and life at Potma 112–20, 124, 126
receives letters, poems and packages from Boris 117–20, 127–8, 167–8, 223–5, 234, 240
given amnesty and returns to Moscow 128–9
learns of Irina and Boris’s bench conversation 129
reunited with Boris after her imprisonment 130–1, 134–6
rents a dacha at Izmalkovo 140–1
spends happiest time at the Little House in Izmalkovo 141–7
edits and types Doctor Zhivago manuscript 142, 143, 145, 146–7
comments on Boris’s dual lives 145
dismayed at Doctor Zhivago being published outside Russia 154–5, 156–8
attempts to get Doctor Zhivago published in Russia 160–2
meets Polikarpov 161, 172–3, 198, 199–200
delivers note from Boris to the Writers’ Union 170
fears for her life 171
describes meeting with Surkov and Polikarpov to her daughter, Irina 172–3
exasperated at time spent by Boris on his correspondence 183
comment on Boris winning the Nobel Prize 186
learns that Boris has accepted the Nobel Prize 187–8
visited by her daughter and two of her student friends 192–3
comments on Boris’s letter to the Writers’ Union 194–5
harassed by the KGB 196–7
removes letters and manuscripts to the Little House for safety 196–7
persuades Boris not to commit suicide 197–9
watches Semichastny deliver a diatribe on Boris 200–1
discusses possibility of Boris emigrating 201–2
refused advice from Khesin 203
writes letter to Khrushchev 204–5, 207–8, 212
taken under protest to see Polikarpov and the Central committee 207–11
helps Boris write open letter to the people 215–16
resumes normal life at the Little House 216–18
returns to Boris after reading poem published in England 220–1
told not to contact any foreign press 222
given American edition of Doctor Zhivago by Boris 225
comment on Boris’s new play 226–7
helps to smuggle some royalty payments to Boris 226
goes to the theatre with Boris and Irina 227–8
determined to keep sense of humour 228–9
sense of foreboding concerning the future 229
final happy months with Boris 230–4
barred from the Big House during Boris’s final illness 234–41
forces her way to Boris’s death-bed 241–2
attends Boris’s funeral 244–9
house ransacked by KGB 249
taken to the Lubyanka 249–53
death of 256
Izmalkovo 140–7, 200, 216
Izmalkovo Lake 140, 218, 221
Izvestiya 47
James, Henry xxiv, 183
Joyce, James, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 180
Katkov, George 155, 177, 178
Kaufman, Rosalia Isidorovna see Pasternak, Rosalia Isidovna
KGB (formerly MGB) (Committee for State Security) 83–4, 160, 162, 196, 200, 246, 249, 250
Khesin, Grigori 203, 207
Khrushchev, Nikita
takes over party leadership on death of Stalin 80, 152
orders statement on Pasternak to be included in speech by Semichastny 200–1
sent letter written by Olga as though from Boris 204–5, 212
receives letter from Boris 225
refuses Lydia a visa to visit Boris 239–40
winding down of the labour camps by 253
regrets concerning Doctor Zhivago 256
Kleist, Heinrich von, The Broken Jug 227
Kolyma 110, 138
Koryakov, Mikhail 52
Kosovoi, Vadim 255–6
Kostko, Maria Nikolayevna
takes family on trip to Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo 58–9
sent to forced labour-camp 60–1
vehemently against Olga’s affair with Boris 60, 64–5
commits her daughter to a psychiatric hospital 74–5
makes peace with Boris 77
reaction to her daughter’s arrest 85
mentioned by Olga when under interrogation 94
kept up to date with Olga’s imprisonment 102
accepts Boris’s financial help 111–12
receives loving letter from Boris 126
returns to Potapov apartment with Olga’s children 141
teases Boris about Doctor Zhivago 146
informs Olga that the Central Committee wish to speak to her 207
Kotov, Anatoli 161, 164
Kozhnevnikov, Vadim 160–1
Kremlin Hospital, Uzkoe 166, 167–8
Krivitski (member of Novy Mir editorial board) 154
Kruchenykh, Alexei 85, 86
Kupechesky Gardens, Kiev 39
Kuzmich, Sergei 141, 217
Kuzminichna, Marfa 239, 241
Lampedusa, Giuseppe di, The Leopard 159
Lean, David xxi, xxiv
LEF journal 36
Left Front of Arts 36
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich 24, 37
Leningrad 190
Lermontov, Mikhail 45
L’Espresso newspaper 173, 174–5
Lidochka (prisoner in the Lubyanka) 88
Liebermann, Max 27
Likhachev, Dmitry xxi
Literary Fund of the USSR 243
Literaturnaya Gazeta 54, 189, 190, 196, 210, 213, 243
Litfond 248
Little House, Izmalkovo xxv, 141–7, 187, 192, 196, 200, 216–17, 220, 228, 230–1, 233–4, 242, 249, 256
Liubimov, Nikolai 144
Livshits, Benedikt 188
Lomonosova, Raisa 55
L’Unità newspaper 173
Lure, Evgenia Vladimirovna see Pasternak, Evgenia Vladimirovna Lure ‘Zhenia’
Macmillan, Harold 222
Mandelstam, Nadezhda 48, 50, 51
Mandelstam, Osip 47–8, 50, 51, 64, 188
‘Stalin Epigram’ 47, 48
Mann, Heinrich 28
Marburg 5
Marburg University 151
Marx, Fyodor 21
Maslennikova, Zoya 26, 99
Maugham, W. Somerset 203
Mauriac, François 252
Mayakovski, Vladimir 36, 37
Melitinsky, Nicolai 40, 43
Merton, Thomas 214
Meyerhold, Vsevolod 7
Mezentseva, Vera Sergeyevna 88–9
Milan 156, 173, 175, 232
Minsk 50
Mirsky, D.S. 188
Modersohn-Becker, Paula 37
Molodi estate 23
Moravia, Alberto 186
Mordovia 107,
112–18, 119, 253
Morrow, Felix 180, 181
Moscow 24, 36, 49, 156, 160, 191, 202
Art Academic Theatre 5, 166, 247
Botkin Hospital 124
Café Pushkin xxi–xxii
Cocktail Hall 85
Faculty of Literature 4
Gorky Literary Institute 189
Herzen House 4
Historical Museum 4
Institute of Drama 76
Institute of Geology 89
Izhevsk factory 23
Kiev station 151, 243
Kremlin 28, 160, 199, 202, 216, 221
Kremlin Hospital 88, 124, 125, 183, 237
Library of the People’s Commissariat for Education 36
Literary Institute 228
Lubyanka prison 85, 86, 87–98, 108–9, 154, 250–1
Military Academy 162
Pushkin statue and Square xxii, 1, 9
School of Engineering 137
School of Painting and Architecture 18
Sokolniki hospital 75
Writers’ Club 7
Moscow Radio 153
Moscow University 11
Moskovskiye Vedomosti journal 18–19
Mouton Press, The Hague 181
Munich 29, 31, 43
Nabokov, Vladimir 177
Lolita 177
Pnin 180
Nashia Dni almanac 8
Nehru, Jawaharlal 202, 214
Neigaus, Adrian 38, 40, 44, 72
Neigaus, Genrikh Gustavovich (or Heinrich Neuhaus)
as concert pianist 30, 37, 39, 41, 42
relationship with Pasternak 37–8, 43, 58, 70, 162
travels to Moscow with Pasternak’s family 40
infidelities 42–3
reaction to his wife’s affair with Boris 42–3
lives with his parents 47
Neigaus, Stanislav 38, 40, 72, 244
Neigaus, Zinaida see Pasternak, Zinaida
Newsweek 250
Nezval, Vitezval 52–3
Nicholas I 110
Nicholas II 23
Nikiforov, Sergei Nikolayevich 104–6
Nikolayevsky railway 21–2
Niva journal 21
Nivat, Georges 228, 232, 255
NKVD (People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs) 47, 51
Nobel Prize xxiii, 2, 110, 163, 179, 180, 185–9, 199, 200, 202, 214, 256
Novy Mir xxii, 1, 2, 3, 57, 66, 67, 71, 94, 147, 152, 154, 165, 189
Novy Zhurnal 52
Obolenskoye 19
October Revolution (1917) 23–5, 52–3, 160, 165
Odessa 17–18
Odessa Conservatory 18
Orbeli, Leon 189
Orwell, George, Animal Farm 180
Ossietzky, Carl von 200
Österling, Anders 199
Oxford 31, 163
Paix et Liberté 181
Pantheon Books 185
Paris 28, 29, 31, 256
Pasternak, Alexander ‘Shura’ (brother)
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