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Zoya is a feminine Russian and Ukrainian first name, a variant of Zoe, meaning "life". In Arabic, it means "life".
Zoya is a novel written by Danielle Steel. Zoya Konstantinovna Ossupov is a Russian countess, a young cousin to Czar Nicholas II. Escaping the Russian Revolution with her grandmother and a loyal retainer, she arrives in Paris, penniless, where she must carve a new life for herself and her loved ones. There, she joins Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Against the wishes of her grandmother, who objects to consorting with those outside her class, she meets and falls in love with American GI Clayton Andrews. After World War I, they marry and move to America, where Zoya faces many hardships and joy in her life. She struggles through the Great Depression and World War II, then meets and falls for millionaire cloth merchant, Simon Hirsch, who later died in another war. The novel depicts the Czar and his family, not just as figures in history, but as real people with feelings, trials, triumphs, sorrows and pain.
In the TV movie version, Zoya is portrayed by Melissa Gilbert-Boxleitner. Her husband Clayton Andrews is portrayed by her real life ex-husband Bruce Boxleitner.
Category:1988 American novels Category:Historical romance novels Category:Novels by Danielle Steel Category:American novels adapted into films Category:Novels set in the Russian Revolution
Zoya is a 1944 Soviet war film directed by Lev Arnshtam. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.
Zoya (born April 11, 1993) is an Indian born, California raised folk singer-songwriter, guitarist, and music business entrepreneur. She has toured and opened for the likes of Ryan Scott, Storyman, Salman Rushdie, Raghu Dixit, Kawehi, and Lucy Rose.