Bulgakov lived to see #Kyiv become part of the Soviet Union and bore witness to the #Ukrainian independence movements in the early 20th century.
I first fell in love with Bulgakov’s writing while studying #Russian literature at university.
Bulgakov’s writing had everything I loved in literature: it is bizarre, moving, unpretentious and funny all at once, and it was devoid of all the things I hated about #Russian literature: the somber imperial self importance that weighs down Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.
However, since the full-scale war Bulgakov’s work has become a subject of intense controversy and those who considered his writing to be ‘free of ideology’ are now few and far between.
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NEWS OF THE DAY:
Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in #Ukrainian hands.
BREAKING NEWS: RUSSIA’S BRUTAL STRIKE ON POLTAVA: At least 41 people have been killed and 180 wounded in a ballistic missile strike on the city of Poltava in central #Ukraine according to President #Zelenskyy