Mikhail Bulgakov

Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (or Bulhakov, ?????? ??????????? ????????; May 15 (May 3 Old Style), 1891–March 10, 1940) was a Soviet novelist and playwright of the first half of the 20th century. Although Ukrainian born, he wrote in Russian. He is best known for the novel The Master and Margarita.

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May 15 - May 3 - Old Style - 1891 - March 10 - 1940 - Soviet - Novelist - Playwright - 20th century - Ukrainian - Russian - Novel - The Master and Margarita

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Mikhail Bulgakov was born in Kiev, Ukraine, the oldest son of a professor at a theological seminary. The Bulgakov sons enlisted in the White Army, and in post-Civil War Russia, ended up in Paris, save for Mikhail. Mikhail Bulgakov, who enlisted as a field doctor, ended up in the Caucasus, where he eventually began working as a journalist. Despite his relatively favored status under the Soviet regime of Joseph Stalin, Bulgakov was prevented from either emigrating or visiting his brothers in the West.

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Kiev - Ukraine - Theological - White Army - Civil War - Paris - Caucasus - Joseph Stalin

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In 1913 Bulgakov married Tatiana Lappa. In 1916, he graduated from the Medical School of Kiev University. In 1921, he moved with Tatiana to Moscow. Three years later, divorced from his first wife, he married Lyubov' Belozerskaya. In 1932, Bulgakov married for the third time, to Yelena Shilovskaya. During the last decade of his life, Bulgakov continued to work on The Master and Margarita, wrote plays, critical works, stories, and made several translations and dramatisations of novels. However, most of his works were consigned to his desk drawer for several decades. In 1938 he wrote a letter to Stalin requesting permission to emigrate and received a personal phone call from Stalin himself, unfortunately denying him the ability to migrate.

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1913 - 1916 - Kiev University - 1921 - Moscow - 1932 - 1938

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Bulgakov died from an inherited kidney disorder in 1940 and was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.

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Kidney - Novodevichy Cemetery

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