The film “Dr. Zhivago” is based on the novel by Boris Pasternnik. It is — at its heart — an incredible love story; however, the film is much more than a romantic journey. It uses historical events as a backdrop and is well worth your time to watch it.
If you choose to watch “Dr. Zhivago”, I highly recommend doing a little preliminary research on Russian history before viewing the film because — in my opinion — the movie does not tackle the historical aspect as clearly or as well as the novel does. You will need to know there were TWO movements occurring simultaneously during this revolution. One was the Red Army lead by Valdimir Lenin and his Bolshevik army (Definition: Russian Social Democratic Party, which was renamed the Communist Party after seizing power in the October Revolution of 1917.) The other was the White Army (Definition: A loose confederation of Anti-Communist forces that fought the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War between 1917–1923) They were not as well organized and consisted of supporters of democratic socialism.
What is happening in America today seems parallel to past history and most of us — especially the young people — are oblivious to what occurred a century ago. As I mentioned earlier, (spoiler alert — neither the Russian Czar Dynasty nor the White Army that wanted Social Justice won the Russian Revolution.) As a result of their conflict, Russia ended up with Communism. Is that what we want for America? It feels as if we are headed in that direction.
Scary times 😦. I 🙏 people will do some research and learn from past history. There are tons of examples from all over the world 🌎 some current and some are centuries old. We MUST do our own research because our public schools and our universities are not teaching history anymore. Instead — they are more like social activists focusing on “fairness”, social justice and the WOKE mentality. Often — our scholars and our leaders are “rewriting our history” instead of TEACHING it and learning from it. That is why we MUST do our OWN RESEARCH.
If you don’t want to do “rabbit hole” research and you enjoy a good book and/or movie …. read/watch “Doctor Zhivago” …. Much of what is happening in our America today can be mirrored in that movie. The Russians were a little different because they started with a Czar Dynasty and we have a Republic …. but the Russians took down their leaders — MURDERED Czar Nicholas II and his entire family — including the five children and their loyal servants. They JAILED or SHOT anyone who disagreed with them. The Russian people wanted “social justice” — but ended up with Communism …. which is where America is headed if we stay on the leftist/Socialist/Marxist path we are currently traveling.
Yes!!! We have problems in our Republic… we need to fix the corruption in our corporations, our cities and our government — not usurp our Constitution and corrupt our courts.
There is a reason why people all over the world 🌎 want to move to the USA. It is because they are fleeing from those countries that are radical leftist/Marxist/radical socialism. As the innocents flow freely into our country — so our the opportunists who want to use this chaos to destroy our country.
DON’T BE FOOLED … There are people — there are entire nations in this world — that want to take down America from the inside out, and they are using puppet politicians to do it.
Do your research!
Bloody Sunday occurred in 1905 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1905)
World War I 1914 to 1917 https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history
The Russian Revolution 1917 to 1923 https://www.history.com/topics/russia/russian-revolution
Dr. Zhivago (the movie)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Zhivago_(film)
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Thanks for the information and the heads up. Good recommendation.
I hope you enjoyed it! Be sure to let me know.
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