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Quote #10
In hopes of obtaining a pension for the children, out of concern for their future at school, and from an unwillingness to damage Marina's situation at work, they renounced a church funeral and decided to have nothing but a civil cremation. (15.13.3)
Even though he lived as a religious man, Yuri Zhivago does not end up getting a Christian funeral after he dies. That's because his family is already in hot water with the Soviets, who don't look kindly on religion. So in order to protect the family's future, it's decided that he'll just get a regular secular service.