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Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov(May 3, 1891, Kyiv, Russian empire- March 10, 1940, Moscow, USSR) - Russian writer, playwright, theater director and actor. Author of stories, short stories, feuilletons, plays, dramatizations, film scripts and opera librettos.

Mikhail Bulgakov was born into the family of an associate professor (since 1902 - professor) of the Kyiv Theological Academy Afanasy Ivanovich Bulgakov, in Kyiv. The family had seven children

In 1909, Mikhail Bulgakov graduated from the First Kyiv Gymnasium and entered the medical faculty of Kyiv University. In 1916 he received a diploma confirming “the degree of doctor with honors with all rights and advantages.”

In 1913, M. Bulgakov entered into his first marriage - with Tatyana Lappa. Their financial difficulties began on their wedding day. According to Tatyana’s memoirs, this is clearly felt: “I, of course, didn’t have any veil, nor a wedding dress - I had to do with all the money that my father sent. Mom came to the wedding and was horrified. I had a pleated linen skirt, my mother bought a blouse. We were married by Fr. Alexander. ...For some reason they laughed terribly at the altar. We rode home after church in a carriage. There were few guests at dinner. I remember there were a lot of flowers, most of all daffodils...” Tatyana's father sent her 50 rubles a month, a decent amount at that time. But the money in their wallet quickly dissolved, since Bulgakov did not like to save and was a man of impulse. If he wanted to take a taxi with his last money, he decided to take this step without hesitation. “Mother scolded me for my frivolity. We come to her for dinner, she sees - neither my rings nor my chain. “Well, that means everything is in the pawnshop!”

After the outbreak of World War I, M. Bulgakov worked as a doctor in the front-line zone for several months. Then he was sent to work in the village of Nikolskoye, Smolensk province, after which he worked as a doctor in Vyazma.
Since 1917, he began to use morphine, first to relieve allergic reactions on an anti-diphtheria drug, which he took because he was afraid of diphtheria after the operation. Then the morphine intake became regular. In December 1917, he came to Moscow for the first time, staying with his uncle, the famous Moscow gynecologist N. M. Pokrovsky, who became the prototype of Professor Preobrazhensky from the story “ dog's heart" In the spring of 1918, M. Bulgakov returned to Kyiv, where he began private practice as a venereologist. At this time, M. Bulgakov stopped using morphine.
During Civil War, in February 1919, M. Bulgakov was mobilized as a military doctor in the army of the Ukrainian People's Republic. In the same year he managed to work as a doctor for the Red Cross, and then in the Armed Forces of the South of Russia. As part of the 3rd Terek Cossack Regiment he fought in the North. Caucasus. He was actively published in newspapers. During the retreat of the Volunteer Army at the beginning of 1920, he fell ill with typhus and because of this he could not leave for Georgia, remaining in Vladikavkaz.

At the end of September 1921, M. Bulgakov moved to Moscow and began collaborating as a feuilletonist with metropolitan newspapers and magazines.
In 1923, M. Bulgakov joined the All-Russian Writers Union. In 1924, he met Lyubov Evgenievna Belozerskaya, who had recently returned from abroad, and who in 1925 became his new wife.
Since October 1926, the play “Days of the Turbins” was staged at the Moscow Art Theater with great success. Its production was allowed for a year, but was later extended several times, since I. Stalin liked the play, who attended its performances several times. In his speeches, I. Stalin either agreed that “Days of the Turbins” was “an anti-Soviet thing, and Bulgakov is not ours,” or argued that the impression from “Days of the Turbins” was ultimately positive for the communists. At the same time, an intense and extremely harsh criticism creativity of M. Bulgakov. According to his own calculations, over 10 years there were 298 abusive reviews and 3 favorable ones.
At the end of October 1926 at the Theater. Vakhtangov’s premiere of the play “Zoyka’s Apartment” was a great success.
In 1928, M. Bulgakov conceived the idea of a novel about the devil, later called “The Master and Margarita.” The writer also began work on a play about Moliere (“The Cabal of the Holy One”).
In 1929, Bulgakov met Elena Sergeevna Shilovskaya, who became his third and last wife in 1932.
By 1930, Bulgakov's works ceased to be published, and plays were removed from the theater repertoire. The plays “Running”, “Zoyka’s Apartment”, “Crimson Island”, and the play “Days of the Turbins” were banned from production. In 1930, Bulgakov wrote to his brother Nikolai in Paris about the unfavorable literary and theatrical situation for himself and the difficult financial situation. At the same time, he wrote a letter to the USSR Government, dated March 28, 1930, with a request to determine his fate - either to give him the right to emigrate, or to provide him with the opportunity to work at the Moscow Art Theater. On April 18, 1930, Bulgakov received a call from I. Stalin, who recommended that the playwright apply to enroll him in the Moscow Art Theater.

In 1932, the play “Dead Souls” by Nikolai Gogol, staged by Bulgakov, was staged on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater. The experience of working at the Moscow Art Theater was reflected in Bulgakov’s work “ Theatrical novel"("Notes of a Dead Man"), where many theater employees are listed under changed names.
In January 1932, I. Stalin again allowed the production of “The Days of the Turbins,” and before the war it was no longer prohibited. However, this permission did not apply to any theater except the Moscow Art Theater.

In 1936, Bulgakov left the Moscow Art Theater and began working at Bolshoi Theater as a librettist and translator.

In 1939, M. Bulgakov worked on the libretto “Rachel”, as well as on a play about I. Stalin (“Batum”). The play was already being prepared for production, and Bulgakov, his wife and colleagues, went to Georgia to work on the play, when a telegram arrived about the cancellation of the play: Stalin considered it inappropriate to stage a play about himself. From that moment (according to the memoirs of E. S. Bulgakova, V. Vilenkin and others), M. Bulgakov’s health began to deteriorate sharply, he began to lose his sight. Bulgakov continued to use morphine, prescribed to him in 1924, to relieve pain symptoms. During the same period, the writer began to dictate to his wife corrections for the latest version of the novel “The Master and Margarita.” The editing, however, was not completed by the author.
Since February 1940, friends and relatives were constantly on duty at M. Bulgakov’s bedside. On March 10, 1940, Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov died.
M. Bulgakov is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery. At his grave, at the request of his wife E. S. Bulgakova, a stone was installed, nicknamed “Golgotha,” which previously lay on the grave of N. V. Gogol.

The novel "The Master and Margarita" was first published in the magazine "Moscow" in 1966, twenty-six years after the death of the author, and brought Bulgakov world fame. The Theatrical Novel (Notes of a Dead Man) and other works by Bulgakov were also published posthumously.

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Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov; USSR, Kyiv; 05/03/1891 – 03/10/1940

Bulgakov is one of the classics of modern Russian literature who needs no introduction. Bulgakov's novels were appreciated by both critics and ordinary readers, and the film adaptation of some of his works is the most anticipated not only in the post-Soviet space, but also in the world. Many of the author's plays are still staged in theaters, and they are extremely successful, which puts him among the most famous playwrights of our time.

Biography of Bulgakov M. A.

Mikhail Bulgakov was born in Kyiv in the family of an associate professor at the Kyiv Theological Academy. In 1916 he received a medical diploma and was sent to the Smolensk province. But soon a civil war begins, and Mikhail works as a field doctor in different armies. Until he moved to Moscow in 1921. It was from this period that the work of the prose writer and playwright began.

He actively collaborates with the newspapers Gudok, Rabochiy and various magazines. It is in them that his first stories and plays are published. In 1923, Bulgakov became a member of the All-Russian Writers' Union. But by 1930, the author’s plays fell out of favor with the current government, which is why they stopped appearing on stage. In addition, the author finds himself in a very difficult financial position. That is why Bulgakov writes a letter to the USSR Government with a request to either allow him to work in the theater or to emigrate. This is followed by a personal call from Stalin with an offer to work at the Moscow Art Theater. This makes it possible to do new round in the development of the author. So already in 1934 you can read “The Master and Margarita” in full meeting, in addition, a number of Bulgakov’s novels are being published. But in 1939, Mikhail’s health began to deteriorate sharply and in 1940 the author died. During his life, the author created more than 20 works, many of which gained worldwide fame.

Bulgakov's novels on the Top books website

The author got into our rating thanks to those who like to read “The Master and Margarita”, “ White Guard", "Heart of a Dog" and other books by Mikhail Bulgakov. These works, despite their advanced age, still excite the minds of people and do not allow them to forget about themselves. At the same time, the popularity of reading Bulgakov’s work does not decrease and is stable. Only truly significant work could achieve such interest. Therefore, it is not at all surprising that the writer’s books are also represented in the ratings of various genres. Moreover, they occupy quite high places.

Mahail Bulgakov list of books

Future Prospects
Steel throat
Notes on cuffs
Snowstorm
star rash
Zoyka's apartment
Cabal of saints
Baptism by turning
Fatal eggs
Missing Eye
Towel with rooster
Egyptian darkness

Born into the family of a teacher at the Kyiv Theological Academy, Afanasy Ivanovich Bulgakov, and his wife Varvara Mikhailovna. He was the eldest child in the family and had six more brothers and sisters.

In 1901-1909 he studied at the First Kyiv Gymnasium, after graduating from which he entered the medical faculty of Kyiv University. He studied there for seven years and applied to serve as a doctor in the naval department, but was refused due to health reasons.

In 1914, with the outbreak of the First World War, he worked as a doctor in front-line hospitals in Kamenets-Podolsk and Chernivtsi, in the Kiev military hospital. In 1915 he married Tatyana Nikolaevna Lappa. On October 31, 1916, he received a diploma “as a doctor with honors.”

In 1917, he first used morphine to relieve the symptoms of diphtheria vaccination and became addicted to it. In the same year he visited Moscow and in 1918 returned to Kyiv, where he began private practice as a venereologist, having stopped using morphine.

In 1919, during the Civil War, Mikhail Bulgakov was mobilized as a military doctor, first into the army of the Ukrainian People's Republic, then into the Red Army, then into the Armed Forces of Southern Russia, then transferred to the Red Cross. At this time he began working as a correspondent. On November 26, 1919, the feuilleton “Future Prospects” was first published in the newspaper “Grozny” with the signature of M.B. He fell ill with typhus in 1920 and remained in Vladikavkaz, without retreating to Georgia with the Volunteer Army.

In 1921, Mikhail Bulgakov moved to Moscow and entered the service of the Glavpolitprosvet under the People's Commissariat for Education, headed by N.K. Krupskaya, wife of V.I. Lenin. In 1921, after the department was disbanded, he collaborated with the newspapers “Gudok”, “Rabochiy” and the magazines “Red Magazine for Everyone”, “ Medical worker", "Russia" under the pseudonym Mikhail Bull and M.B., writes and publishes "Notes on Cuffs" in 1922-1923, participates in literary circles " Green lamp", "Nikitinsky subbotniks".

In 1924 he divorced his wife and in 1925 married Lyubov Evgenievna Belozerskaya. This year the story “Heart of a Dog”, the plays “Zoyka’s Apartment” and “Days of the Turbins” were written and published satirical stories“Diaboliad”, story “Fatal Eggs”.

In 1926, the play “Days of the Turbins” was staged with great success at the Moscow Art Theater, permitted on the personal orders of I. Stalin, who visited it 14 times. At the theater. E. Vakhtangov premiered the play “Zoyka’s Apartment” with great success, which ran from 1926 to 1929. M. Bulgakov moves to Leningrad, there he meets with Anna Akhmatova and Yevgeny Zamyatin and is summoned several times for interrogation by the OGPU about his literary creativity. The Soviet press intensively criticizes the work of Mikhail Bulgakov - over 10 years, 298 abusive reviews and positive ones appeared.

In 1927, the play “Running” was written.

In 1929, Mikhail Bulgakov met Elena Sergeevna Shilovskaya, who became his third wife in 1932.

In 1929, the works of M. Bulgakov ceased to be published, the plays were banned from production. Then on March 28, 1930, he wrote a letter to the Soviet government asking either for the right to emigrate or for the opportunity to work at the Moscow Art Theater in Moscow. On April 18, 1930, I. Stalin called Bulgakov and recommended that he apply to the Moscow Art Theater with a request for enrollment.

1930-1936 Mikhail Bulgakov worked at the Moscow Art Theater as an assistant director. The events of those years were described in “Notes of a Dead Man” - “Theatrical Novel”. In 1932, I. Stalin personally allowed the production of “The Days of the Turbins” only at the Moscow Art Theater.

In 1934, Mikhail Bulgakov was admitted to the Soviet Union of Writers and completed the first version of the novel “The Master and Margarita.”

In 1936, Pravda published a devastating article about the “false, reactionary and worthless” play “The Cabal of the Saints,” which had been rehearsed for five years at the Moscow Art Theater. Mikhail Bulgakov went to work at the Bolshoi Theater as a translator and libbretist.

In 1939 he wrote the play “Batum” about I. Stalin. During its production, a telegram arrived about the cancellation of the performance. And it began sharp deterioration health of Mikhail Bulgakov. Hypertensive nephrosclerosis was diagnosed, vision began to deteriorate and the writer began using morphine again. At this time, he was dictating to his wife the latest versions of the novel “The Master and Margarita.” The wife issues a power of attorney to manage all her husband’s affairs. The novel “The Master and Margarita” was published only in 1966 and brought world fame to the writer.

On March 10, 1940, Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov died, on March 11, the sculptor S.D. Merkulov removed from his face death mask. M.A. Bulgakov was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery, where, at the request of his wife, a stone from the grave of N.V. was installed on his grave. Gogol, nicknamed "Golgotha".

Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov- Russian writer and playwright. Author of novels, stories, collections of stories, feuilletons and about two dozen plays.

Mikhail Bulgakov was born in Kyiv in the family of Associate Professor of the Kyiv Theological Academy Afanasy Ivanovich Bulgakov (1859-1907) and his wife Varvara Mikhailovna (nee Pokrovskaya). In 1909 he graduated from the Kyiv First Gymnasium and entered the medical faculty of Kyiv University. In 1916, he received a medical diploma and was sent to work in the village of Nikolskoye, Smolensk province, then worked as a doctor in the city of Vyazma. In 1915, Bulgakov entered into his first marriage - with Tatyana Lappa. During the civil war in February 1919, Bulgakov was mobilized as a military doctor into the army of the Ukrainian People's Republic, but almost immediately deserted. In the same year he managed to become a doctor of the Red Cross, and then in the White Guard Armed Forces South of Russia. He spends some time with Cossack troops in Chechnya, then in Vladikavkaz. At the end of September 1921, Bulgakov moved to Moscow and began collaborating as a feuilletonist with metropolitan newspapers (Gudok, Rabochy) and magazines (Medical Worker, Rossiya, Vozrozhdenie). At the same time he publishes individual works in the newspaper "Nakanune", published in Berlin. From 1922 to 1926, more than 120 reports, essays and feuilletons by Bulgakov were published in Gudka. In 1923, Bulgakov joined the All-Russian Writers' Union. In 1924, he met Lyubov Evgenievna Belozerskaya, who had recently returned from abroad, and who soon became his new wife. In 1928, Bulgakov travels with Lyubov Evgenievna to the Caucasus, visiting Tiflis, Batum, Cape Verde, Vladikavkaz, Gudermes. This year the premiere of the play “Crimson Island” is taking place in Moscow. Bulgakov conceived the idea of a novel, later called “The Master and Margarita” (a number of researchers of Bulgakov’s work note the influence on him in the conception and writing of this novel by the Austrian writer Gustav Meyrink, in particular, one can talk about the inspiration of such novels of the latter as “Golem”, which Bulgakov read translated by D. Vygodsky, and “Green Face”). The writer also begins work on a play about Moliere (“The Cabal of the Saint”). In 1929, Bulgakov met Elena Sergeevna Shilovskaya, his future third wife. In 1930, Bulgakov's works ceased to be published, and plays were removed from the theater repertoire. The plays "Running", "Zoyka's Apartment", "Crimson Island" are prohibited from being staged; the play "Days of the Turbins" has been removed from the repertoire. In 1930, Bulgakov wrote to his brother Nikolai in Paris about the unfavorable literary and theatrical situation for himself and the difficult financial situation. Then he writes a letter to the USSR Government with a request to determine his fate - either to give him the right to emigrate, or to provide him with the opportunity to work at the Moscow Art Theater. Bulgakov receives a call from Joseph Stalin, who recommends that the playwright apply to enroll him in the Moscow Art Theater. In 1930, Bulgakov worked at the Central Theater of Working Youth (TRAM). From 1930 to 1936 - at the Moscow Art Theater as an assistant director, on whose stage in 1932 he staged Nikolai Gogol's "Dead Souls". Since 1936 he worked at the Bolshoi Theater as a librettist and translator. In 1936, the premiere of Bulgakov's "Moliere" took place at the Moscow Art Theater. In 1937, Bulgakov worked on the libretto of “Minin and Pozharsky” and “Peter I”. In 1939, Bulgakov worked on the libretto "Rachel", as well as on a play about Stalin ("Batum"). Contrary to the writer's expectations, the play was banned from publication and production. Bulgakov's health condition is deteriorating sharply. Doctors diagnose him with hypertensive nephrosclerosis. The writer begins to dictate to Elena Sergeevna the latest versions of the novel “The Master and Margarita”. Since February 1940, friends and relatives have been constantly on duty at the bedside of Bulgakov, who suffers from kidney disease. On March 10, 1940, Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov died. On March 11, a civil memorial service took place in the Union building Soviet writers. Before the funeral service, Moscow sculptor S.D. Merkurov removes the death mask from Bulgakov’s face.

Creation Bulgakov, in his own words, wrote his first story in 1919. 1922-1923 - publication of "Notes on Cuffs", a collection published in 1925 satirical stories"Diaboliada". In 1925, the story “Fatal Eggs” and the story “Steel Throat” (the first in the series “Notes of a Young Doctor”) were also published. The writer is working on the story "Heart of a Dog", the plays "The White Guard" and "Zoyka's Apartment". In 1926, the play “Days of the Turbins” was staged at the Moscow Art Theater. In 1927, Mikhail Afanasyevich completed the drama "Running". From 1926 to 1929, Bulgakov’s play “Zoyka’s Apartment” was staged at the Evgeni Vakhtangov Theater-Studio; in 1928-1929, at the Moscow Chamber Theater The Crimson Island (1928) was staged. In 1932, the production of "Days of the Turbins" was resumed at the Moscow Art Theater. The first one was completed in 1934 full version the novel "The Master and Margarita", including 37 chapters.

Major works* Future prospects (article in the newspaper "Grozny") (1919) * Throat of Steel (1925) * White Guard (1922-1924) * Notes on cuffs (1923) * Blizzard (1925) * Star Rash (1925) * Zoyka's apartment ( 1925), published in the USSR in 1982 * Cabal of the Holy One (1929) * Baptism by Turning (1925) * Fatal Eggs (1924) * Towel with a Rooster (1925) * The Missing Eye (1925) * Egyptian Darkness (1925) * Heart of a Dog (1925), published in the USSR in 1987 * Morphine (1926) * Treatise on housing. Storybook. (1926) * Running (1926-1928) * Crimson Island (1927) * The Master and Margarita (1928-1940), published in 1966-67. * Bliss (The Dream of Engineer Rhine) (1934) * Ivan Vasilyevich (1936) * Moliere (The Cabal of the Holy One), post. 1936) * Notes of a Dead Man (Theatrical Novel) (1936-1937), published 1966 * Last days("Pushkin", 1940)

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Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov is one of the outstanding writers of the 20th century, whose pen includes works that have become literary. Many of the prose writer’s artistic works were not recognized during his lifetime and gained popularity only after his death. Bulgakov's books, the list of which is presented below, allowed the writer to perpetuate his name and become one of the most readable authors in Russia.

The Adventures of Chichikov

"The Adventures of Chichikov"─ Bulgakov’s satirical story, in which all Gogol’s heroes come to life and set off to travel around Russia at the beginning of the 20th century. The main character of the work, Chichikov, gets into the car and heads to the hotel where he visited a century ago. The book tells about the fraudulent tricks of the main character already in modern Russia, which are still revealed. The work ends with the message: everything stated was just a dream.

Day of our lives

"Day of Our Lives"─ a small work by Mikhail Afanasyevich. The book conveys the scandalous atmosphere of apartment number 50 in building 10, located on Sadovaya Street. The writer lived there for some time with his wife T.N. Lapa. Later, Bulgakov would describe the same housing in his novel “The Master and Margarita,” which received a reputation as a bad apartment.

Fatal eggs

"Fatal Eggs" refer to fantastic works Bulgakov. The plot of the book centers on zoologist Persikov, whose experiments led to fatal mistake. A chicken pestilence has begun in the country, and in order to stabilize the situation, a zoologist is developing a special emitter that allows the embryo to develop much faster in the egg and be born. As an experiment, he is going to conduct an experiment also on the eggs of not only birds, but also crocodiles, ostriches, and snakes. By mistake, a large batch of eggs is sent not to Persikov, but to the state farm, where they begin to put the zoologist’s emitters into practice. A whole horde of reptiles are flooding the country and moving towards Moscow. The indignant people, who consider Persikov guilty of everything, break into his apartment and kill the experimenter.

Diaboliad

"Diaboliad"─ book by Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov, touching on the topic “ little man”, who becomes a victim of the bureaucratic machine. The main character Korotkov associates her with devilish power. He is fired, after which the character goes crazy and is thrown off the roof of a multi-story building. For a long time literary work refused to publish, and the writer himself admitted that the story was a failure.

dog's heart

"Dog's heart"─ one of best books Bulgakov, filmed in 1988. The events in the story take place in the 20s of the last century. One of the main characters of the work, Professor Preobrazhensky, decides to conduct an experiment and transplant the pituitary gland of a deceased tramp to the dog Sharik. The dog is reborn into a man named Poligraf Poligrafovich Sharikov, who is very stupid, aggressive and loves to drink. From the owner of the pituitary gland new character only inherited worst traits. He manages to adapt well to society; in addition, he is given the position of chief for cleaning Moscow streets from stray animals. Preobrazhensky realizes that the experiment was a failure and decides to return Sharikov to his original guise.

Notes on cuffs

"Notes on Cuffs" refers to autobiographical works Mikhail Afanasyevich. The book never appeared in full during the writer's lifetime. Bulgakov describes his life in the Caucasus, as well as his first months in Moscow, in almost detail. The main problem of the book is difficult relationship between Bulgakov and the authorities. The story includes two parts and begins with a dialogue between the main character, suffering from typhus, and his friend. They talk about the need to create an arts department in the newspaper, which will subsequently head main character. Further events of the book tell about the fate of Bulgakov's prototype, his wanderings and commitment to his favorite work.

Moliere

"Molière" ─ historical novel, which is also a biography of the writer himself, written in artistic form. The book first appeared after Bulgakov's death. During his lifetime, publishing houses refused to publish the novel due to the lack of a “Marxist idea” in it. The author describes the life of the main character from birth. He writes that one of the great geniuses was born. So far, this is an unremarkable newborn, but in the future he will become the best comedian of his time.

Theatrical novel

"Theatrical Romance" refers to unfinished works Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov. The second title of the novel is “Notes of a Dead Man.” The book is written in the first person, who is the writer of a certain Sergei Leontievich Maksudov. Despite the tragedy of the second title, the work turned out to be very funny. Feature artistic work is that it was created without any sketches or drafts. The preface is written on behalf of a certain publisher who decided to fulfill the will of the late Maksudov and publish his novel. At the same time, the publisher warns that everything written is the fruit of the sick imagination of the deceased author.

White Guard

"White Guard" is rightfully included in the list of the best books written by Bulgakov. The novel describes the events of 1918 that took place in Ukraine during the Civil War. At the center of the work is a family of Russian intellectuals, as well as their close friends and relatives. The military events affected them as a social cataclysm. The book contains many biographical sketches. Thus, the main characters are prototypes of the writer’s friends and relatives. This is evidenced by the documentary accuracy of the events described by Bulgakov and characters. The novel clearly traces the process of destruction of the Russian intelligentsia. Initially, the author’s plans included writing a trilogy, but only one book out of three was published.

Master and Margarita

"Master and Margarita"─ one of the main creations outstanding writer 20th century. The book was not completed during Mikhail Afanasyevich’s lifetime. The editing of the left draft manuscripts was subsequently carried out by the wife of the deceased. The novel includes two storylines, one of which is connected with the Master, writing a novel about Pontius Pilate. The further the reader goes into the book, the less noticeable the line between these two parts of the great work becomes. Complete union of the two storylines happens in last chapters, when one of the disciples of Yeshua (Jesus) comes to Woland (the Devil). The book carries deep philosophical meaning, where there are no clear lines between Evil and Good, Truth and Falsehood.