Bulgakov, Mikhail Afanasyevich, 1891-1940, Russian novelist and playwright. He wrote satirical stories (The Deviliad, 1925, tr. 1972) and comedies (Zoe's Apartment, 1926) and the long novel The White Guard (1925, tr. 1971), in which a Kievan family hostile to the revolution is sympathetically and realistically portrayed. He condensed and dramatized this as The Days of the Turbines (1926, tr. 1934). The satirical and philosophical novel The Master and Margarita (tr. 1967, 1995) is considered his most important book; it was not published until a censored edition appeared in 1967 (other versions were published in 1973 and 1989). He worked intermittently on this fantasy, which concerns Satan's visit to Moscow, from 1928 until his death. His other novels include The Heart of a Dog (1925, tr. 1968). Bulgakov was officially criticized for several of his works.

(born May 15, 1891, Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died March 10, 1940, Moscow, Russian S.F.S.R., U.S.S.R.) Russian playwright, novelist, and short-story writer. He wrote and staged many popular plays in the years 1925–29, including dramatizations of his own novels, but by 1930 his trenchant criticism of Soviet mores had caused him to be effectively prohibited from publishing. His works, known for their scathing humour, include the novella The Heart of a Dog (written 1925), a satire on pseudoscience that did not appear openly in the Soviet Union until 1987, and the dazzling fantasy The Master and Margarita, not published in unexpurgated form until 1973.

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(born May 15, 1891, Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died March 10, 1940, Moscow, Russian S.F.S.R., U.S.S.R.) Russian playwright, novelist, and short-story writer. He wrote and staged many popular plays in the years 1925–29, including dramatizations of his own novels, but by 1930 his trenchant criticism of Soviet mores had caused him to be effectively prohibited from publishing. His works, known for their scathing humour, include the novella The Heart of a Dog (written 1925), a satire on pseudoscience that did not appear openly in the Soviet Union until 1987, and the dazzling fantasy The Master and Margarita, not published in unexpurgated form until 1973.

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Bulgakov (Булгаков) is a common Russian family name and may refer to:

• Gediminid family of Princes Bulgakov
• Alexander Bulgakov, a Soviet statesman and party figure
• Boris Bulgakov, a Soviet scientist in the field of mechanics
• Mikhail Bulgakov, a Soviet novelist and playwright
• Mikhail Petrovich Bulgakov, known as Metropolitan Macarius of Moscow and Kolomna
• Sergei N. Bulgakov, an Eastern Orthodox theologian
• Sergei V. Bulgakov, Russian Orthodox priest, publisher of Handbook for Church Servers (Nastolnaya Kniga)
• Vladimir Bulgakov (b. 1949), a Soviet/Russian army officer and Hero of Russia
• Yakov Bulgakov, a Russian diplomat