Russia’s book market finds itself under mounting strain as the government steadily expands its censorship regime.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twentieth-century author Mikhail Bulgakov is celebrated worldwide for his satirical genius and his defiance of Soviet power, most ...

Written during the Soviet era, Mikhail Bulgakov's classic novel, The Master and Margarita, continues to resonate in today's Russia. In times of turmoil, Russians turn to their great writers for ...

Heritage Images/Getty Images; Pacific University Press, 2000; e-artnow, 2015; Independently published, 2020 Before he made a name for himself as a genius writer, Mikhail Bulgakov worked as a medical ...

When I first heard of Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita it was 1993 and I was living in St Petersburg during my university year abroad. I was teaching English (very badly), barely coping ...

The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Friday 2 April 2010 In the article below about the background to the play The White Guard by Mikhail ...

“A Young Doctor’s Notebook,” recently caused a sensation on television in the United Kingdom, but it’s not the only autobiographical work by Mikhail Bulgakov. Russia Beyond the Headlines brings more ...