Zoya

The Story

Against the backdrop of the Russian Revolutionááand World War I Europe, Zoya, young cousin toááthe Tsar, flees St. Petersburg to Paris to find safety. Her entireááworld forever changed, she faces hard times and joins theáá Ballet Russe in Paris. And then, when life is kind to her,ááZoya moves on to a new and glittering life in New York. Theáádays of ease are all too brief as the Depression strikes, andááshe loses everything yet again. It is her career, and the man sheáámeets in the course of it, which ultimately save her, as sheáárebuilds her life through the war years and beyond. And it isááher family that comes to mean everything to her. From the roaring twenties toááthe 1980's, Zoya remains a rare and spiritedááwoman whose legacy will live on.