White Guard. Turbine days. Run. Bulgakov M.A.

Roman "White Guard" talks about the Civil War in Ukraine in 1918. Bulgakov describes the actually taking place, and many characters had existing prototypes, so the novel has not only artistic, but also documentary value. Criticism accepted him ambiguously, Soviet power and emigrant circles considered him too loyal to the opposite to the convictions of the side. Thinking as part of the Great Trilogy about the years of the Civil War, the White Guard remained the only part written, but served as the basis for the play “Days of the Turbins”. The play was written by the Moscow Art Theater in 1925 and a year later was allowed for production. Like the novel, she describes the events of the Civil War and the personal tragedy of the Turbin family, which took place against the backdrop of the broken eras and the crash of the old life.

The play “Run” is written on the basis of the memoirs of the second wife of Bulgakov about emigration during the civil war, and also describes real events. During the life of the author, the play was not staged, Stalin personally criticized it: “Running” in the form in which it is, represents an anti -Soviet phenomenon. ” First played on stage in 1957.