Mikhail Bulgakov managed to create many famous works during his difficult life. The Master and Margarita is one of the most mystical works of our time. The life of this outstanding personality also has moments associated with mysticism, and it is shrouded in an aura of mystery.
1.Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov was born on May 3, 1891.
2. The writer was born in Kiev.
3.His dad was a professor at the Kiev Theological Academy.
4. Bulgakov managed to graduate from one of the best Kiev grammar schools.
5. Mikhail Bulgakov entered the medical faculty at Kiev University.
6. In 1916, Mikhail Afanasyevich received his diploma and continued to work in the village as a doctor.
7. When the writer was still a student, he wrote prose on a medical topic.
8. According to the recollections of Bulgakov's sister, in 1912 he showed her a story about delirium tremens.
9. Mikhail Bulgakov was the eldest child in the family.
10. Besides him, the family had 2 more brothers and 4 sisters.
11.In 1917, Mikhail Afanasyevich began to constantly take morphine.
12. Bulgakov collected concert and theater tickets.
13 Above the writer's workplace was an old engraving depicting the staircase of life.
14. At the age of 7, Mikhail Bulgakov was able to write his first work with the title "The Adventures of Svetlana".
15. Based on the work of Bulgakov, the film "Ivan Vasilyevich changes his profession" was shot.
16. It was assumed that the writer's apartment had been repeatedly searched by NKVD officers.
17.Mikhail Afanasyevich in 1917 was protected from diphtheria, because after the operation he was taking anti-diphtheria drugs.
18. In 1937, Bulgakov spoke on the phone with Stalin, but the content remained unknown to anyone.
19 Bulgakov often visited the theater.
20. Faust was considered the favorite opera of the writer.
21. At the age of 8, Bulgakov first read Notre Dame Cathedral, which he memorized by heart.
22 In the novel "White Guard" Mikhail Bulgakov managed to accurately describe the house where he lived in Ukraine.
23. Practically no one knows that Bulgakov's novel "The Master and Margarita" was dedicated to the beloved woman of the writer - Elena Sergeevna Nurenberg.
24. For 10 years Bulgakov wrote "The Master and Margarita".
25 Bulgakov suffered from typhus for a long time.
26. Mikhail Afanasyevich was an opponent of communism.
27. Instead of the monument to Bulgakov after the death of his spouse, she chose to choose a large granite block - Golgotha.
28. Mikhail Bulgakov had 3 spouses.
29. The first wife of Mikhail Afanasevich was Tatyana Nikolaevna Lappa.
30.The second wife of Bulgakov is Lyubov Evgenievna Belozerskaya.
31. Elena Nikolaevna Shilovskaya was considered the last wife of the writer.
32. None of Bulgakov's three marriages had children.
33. It was the third wife who was the prototype of Margarita from the famous novel.
34 Bulgakov was a participant in the First World War.
35. For some years Bulgakov was a military doctor.
36. Tradition of the writer was not to throw used tickets out of the theater.
37. An old engraving was considered the source of Bulgakov's inspiration.
38.During the Civil War, Bulgakov was mobilized as a military doctor in the army of the Ukrainian People's Republic.
39. In the winter of 1917, Mikhail Afanasyevich visited his uncle in Moscow.
40. Bulgakov's uncle was a famous Moscow doctor-gynecologist.
41. Bulgakov's uncle is a prototype of Professor Preobrazhensky from the story "Heart of a Dog".
42. In the fall of 1921, Mikhail Afanasyevich moved to live in the capital of Russia forever.
43 In 1923, Bulgakov had to join the All-Russian Union of Writers.
44. As a writer Bulgakov was able to decide only at the age of 30.
45. At the end of October 1926, Mikhail Afanasyevich presented the premiere of the play based on the play "Zoykina's Apartment" with great success. This took place at the Vakhtangov Theater.
46 In 1928 Bulgakov visited the Caucasus with his wife.
47.Bulgakov's works ceased to be published by 1930.
48 In 1939, the writer's health deteriorated greatly.
49. The writer really had a Behemoth, but it was a dog.
50. The last wife of Bulgakov survived as much as 30 years.
51. Mikhail Afanasyevich was a passionate reader since childhood.
52.The writer finished "The Master and Margarita" a month before his own death.
53 Bulgakov was called a "madman".
54. Based on the novels and stories of Mikhail Bulgakov, several films were shot.
55 Bulgakov was both poor and rich at the same time.
56. Each of Bulgakov's wives had 3 husbands.
57 Bulgakov adopted the son of his last love.
58. Bulgakov's works were criticized and became forbidden.
59. Voland from Bulgakov's work was originally called Astarot.
60. There is a museum-house in Moscow called "Bulgakov's House".
61. During his lifetime, the novel "The Master and Margarita", written by Bulgakov, was not published.
62 The novel was first published in 1966, 26 years after the death of the great writer.
63 In 1936, Bulgakov had to make a living by translating.
64. Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov sometimes took part in performances.
65. Bulgakov's medical practice found its place in the work "Notes of a young doctor."
66. Mikhail Bulgakov wrote a letter to Stalin, where he asked him to leave the state.
67. Often Bulgakov had thoughts about emigration.
68. Bulgakov was strongly interested in the newspaper with the name "On the Eve", which was published in Berlin.
69. Bulgakov had good manners.
70. In the spring of 1926, during a search of Bulgakov's Moscow apartment, his manuscripts "Heart of a Dog" and his diary were seized.
71. From his youth, Mikhail Afanasyevich's favorite authors were Saltykov-Shchedrin and Gogol.
72 At the age of 48, Bulgakov fell ill with the same disease as his father.
73. Nephrosclerosis took the life of a writer.
74. At the end of the 1920s, Bulgakov was criticized.
75. Before the wedding with his wife, Bulgakov told her that it would be hard for him to die.
76. Monuments to Bulgakov are located in Russia.
77. Until the 50s, there was neither a monument nor a cross on the grave of the great Russian writer.
78 Bulgakov is considered a writer who preferred mysticism.
79 Bulgakov imitated Gogol.
80 In 1918, Mikhail Afanasevich fell into a depression.
81.During depression, Bulgakov felt that he had lost his mind.
82. The image of Faust from the work was close to Bulgakov.
83 Bulgakov, in a fit of rage, repeatedly aimed his revolver at his first wife.
84. And also Bulgakov's first wife, instead of morphine, mixed him with distilled water.
85. From his mother, Mikhail Afanasyevich was able to inherit optimism and cheerfulness.
86 Bulgakov knew by heart several opera works.
87. Mikhail graduated from the medical faculty in Kiev with honors.
88 Bulgakov was able to survive 9 power changes.
89. During delirium, Bulgakov saw Gogol several times.
90. To make money Bulgakov had to work as an entertainer.
91. Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov kept a diary.
92. Bulgakov's works are a combination of the fantastic and the real.
93. Mikhail Afanasyevich was skeptical about the 1917 revolution.
94. Mikhail Bulgakov was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow.
95. The last years of his life, the writer lived with a sense of lost creativity.
96 Bulgakov was thin.
97. Mikhail Bulgakov had expressive blue eyes.
98. Even before the wedding with his first wife, Bulgakov, together with her, managed to spend all the money.
99.Dad Bulgakov was from Orel.
100. Bulgakov's mother was a teacher in the Oryol province.