On the textual and contextual meaning of the name Yuri Zhivago

An etymological meaning of the hero’s personal name in the novel Doctor Zhivago (“George” - “farmer”) is connected with the plot event of his escape from the city, the situation of his working in the vegetable garden of Varykino, and symbolic meaning of his deceased mother Mary’s resurrection as traditional Mother Moist Earth of Russia. The hero’s experience is also stipulated by Boris Pasternak’s farmer mythmaking and by the etymological meaning of his “agricultural” name (“pastino” - “dig up”).