Tommazo Fiore - kommentator Doktora Zivago: iz licnogo archiva apulijskogo pisatelja

From the Private Archive of an Apulia Writer” to an outstanding Apulia political figure, writer and journalist Tommaso Fiore. Recounting his biography, the author of the article stresses the role of Fiore in establishing the cultural dialogue between Italy and the Soviet Union. The special attention is paid to the attitude of Tommaso Fiore to the novel “Doctor Zhivago” and to the situation with Boris Pasternak being awarded with the Nobel Prize. The private materials from the archive of Fiore make it possible for the author of the article to reveal an honest and objective point of view of the commentator of the novel “Doctor Zhivago”.