Doctor Zhivago (novel)
Part 14
### Part 14

In the dead of winter, Lara and Yuri move back to the estate at Varykino where there are literal wolves at the door every night. Komarovsky reappears. Having used his influence within the [CPSU](/wiki/Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union "Communist Party of the Soviet Union"), Komarovsky has been appointed Minister of Justice of the [Far Eastern Republic](/wiki/Far_Eastern_Republic "Far Eastern Republic"), a Soviet [puppet state](/wiki/Puppet_state "Puppet state") in [Siberia](/wiki/Siberia "Siberia"). He offers to smuggle Yuri and Lara outside Soviet soil. They initially refuse, but Komarovsky states, falsely, that Pasha Antipov is dead, having fallen from favor with the Party. Stating that this will place Lara in the [Cheka](/wiki/Cheka "Cheka")'s crosshairs, he persuades Yuri that it is in her best interests to leave for the East. Yuri convinces Lara to go with Komarovsky, telling her that he will follow her shortly. Meanwhile, the hunted General Strelnikov (Pasha) returns for Lara. Lara, however, has already left with Komarovsky. After expressing regret over the pain he has caused his country and loved ones, Pasha commits [suicide](/wiki/Suicide "Suicide"). Yuri finds his body the following morning.


Could Komarovsky's influence within the CPSU be used for good?