Question: is dr zhivago based on a true story?
Answer: Zhivago and the enigmatic Lara, in the Russian revolution epic. But in real life, too, there was love and tragedy. For the character of Lara in Boris Pasternak's Nobel prize-winning masterpiece, “Dr. Zhivago,” was based on his mistress, Olga Ivinskaia, the woman he loved until he died in May, 1960.