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HelpRe: Zhivago
in reply to a message by Elle
It comes from the Russian root word for life: zhizn' ("ZHEE-zin"). Dr. Zhivago is a medical doctor concerned with biological life, but also a poet concerned with the metephysical side of life. Pasternak uses the root word for life in the name as symbolism.
His first name, George / Yuri, means farmer.
His first name, George / Yuri, means farmer.
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