On the question of the origins of B.L. Pasternak's novel «Doctor Zhivago» (on the poet's relationships with the Avdeev family in Chistopol)

The article discusses the life and work of the future Nobel Prize laureate in literature Boris Leonidovich Pasternak, who first found himself in Chistopol face to face with deep reality, with real edaphic Russia, who wanted to stay here forever. Pasternak's friendship with the Avdeevs, the wonderful family of Soviet intellectuals, served as the basis for creating the image of the protagonist of the "Doctor Zhivago" novel - Yuri Zhivago, and had a huge impact on the fate and work of the poet. The origins of the work should also be seen in the constant benevolent communication of B.L. Pasternak with his landlord V.A. Vavilov - a participant in the Civil War and the partisan movement: many episodes from his narratives formed the basis of the famous novel, the work on which Pasternak began in Chistopol in March 1942. This article examines the possible origins of Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago" novel, involving archival and memoir documents, and scientific works. The purpose of the article is to reveal Pasternak's friendly relationship with the family of zemskiy doctor Dmitry Dmitrievich Avdeev, to show the role of the Avdeevs in dialogue with cultural, art, and literary figures evacuated to the city on the Kama, especially in dialogue and friendship with B.L. Pasternak.