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Understanding Mikhail Bulgakov’s «The Master and Margarita»
Today: Chapter 18 - Hapless Visitors
Soviet citizens could not choose freely where they could live or travel. Read more on https://t.co/tU1CLzs8HB
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Understanding Mikhail Bulgakov’s «The Master and Margarita»
Today: Chapter 17 - An Unquiet Day
Sing along with «Glorious sea, sacred Baikal», the song that the employees of the Spectacle Committee could not resist to sing. Read more on https://t.co/i1ERBnp7bF
Understanding Mikhail Bulgakov’s «The Master and Margarita»
Today: Chapter 15 - Nikanor Ivanovich’s Dream
This chapter of is most astonishing to the Western reader. In the Russian commentaries though, it's perhaps the most commented section. Read more on https://t.co/dnr2Xb9dcF
Understanding Mikhail Bulgakov’s «The Master and Margarita»
Today: Chapter 14 - Glory to the Cock!
Findirector Rimsky is appalled when he sees that his administrator Varenukha no longer casts a shadow.. Read more on https://t.co/jX6pPca9bN
Tributes to Mikhail Bulgakov’s «The Master and Margarita »
Today: Comic strips - Svetlana Silchenko
Cover page of the comic strip by Svetlana Silchenko, Krasnoyarskaya, Russian Federation. More comics on https://t.co/gdBNhi0Gfa
Enjoy the films and TV-series based on Mikhail Bulgakov’s works, all with a choice menu of subtitles in English, French and Dutch. Some also in German, Italian and Spanish. Make your choice by clicking this link https://t.co/PTtUuX788T
Understanding Mikhail Bulgakov’s «The Master and Margarita»
Today: Chapter 13 - The Hero Enters
The image of Margarita with the mimosas has become iconic, even though yellow flowers are a symbol of misery rather than happiness. Read more on https://t.co/RvxxnLXdbp
Understanding Mikhail Bulgakov’s «The Master and Margarita»
Today: Chapter 12 - Black Magic and its Exposure
In 1928, Harry August Jansen, an American artist, was on tour in Moscow as Dante the Magician. Read more on https://t.co/lHSRQhbJ8E
Understanding Mikhail Bulgakov’s «The Master and Margarita»
Today: Chapter 11 - Ivan Splits in Two
It’s interesting to see what words Bulgakov is using in Russian to describe the «old Ivan» and the «new Ivan». Read more on https://t.co/ndekLIzMpP
@MrDavX You seem to me like someone who can be easily seduced by Eastern European ladies speaking with a rolling «rrr». «Sirrr, can you light my firrre, please?» 🤭
Understanding Mikhail Bulgakov’s «The Master and Margarita»
Today: Chapter 10 - News From Yalta
In the Soviet Union, the realisations of the state were described in an exaggerated positive way. Bulgakov didn’t have to change much to parody it. Read more on https://t.co/jCXZPvXQ6a
Understanding Mikhail Bulgakov’s «The Master and Margarita»
Today: Chapter 9 - Koroviev’s Stunts
The problem of housing in the Soviet Union is one of the recurring themes in Bulgakov’s novels, feuilletons, letters and diary entries. Read more on https://t.co/10L7LouKIt
Enjoy the films and TV-series based on «The Master and Margarita», all with a choice menu of subtitles in English, French, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish. Make your choice by clicking this link https://t.co/PTtUuX788T
Understanding Mikhail Bulgakov’s «The Master and Margarita»
Today: Chapter 8 - The Combat between the Professor and the Poet
Learn why Bulgakov made so many hidden or explicit references to Freemasonry in the novel. Read more on https://t.co/pcQp49lvZn
Understanding Mikhail Bulgakov’s «The Master and Margarita»
Today: Chapter 7 - A Naughty Apartment
Find out why the English and the Dutch translators transformed a peacefully situated building into a «U-shaped» one.. Read more on https://t.co/x37bLKpAjM