1. M. Bulgakov’ s Literary Memorial Museum
THE TURBIN’S HOUSE

2. Bulgakov envisioned and began his beloved
novel The Master and Margarita in 1928, and did
the last editing two weeks before his death. The
refusal of the authorities to let him work in the
theater and the provocations of the critics seemed
to damage his health. He became seriously ill and
died on March 10, 1940.

3. The Bulgakov Literary Memorial Museum was
founded in February 1989 as a branch (филиал)
of the State Museum of Kiev’s History. The
address is well known to anyone who
appreciates(высоко ценит) the works of the
Great Master. It was mentioned in The White
Guard(Белая Гвардия) novel:13 Andreyevsky
Descent, Kiev.
Victor Nekrasov, whose essay “The Turbins’
House” was published in Novy Mir magazine in
1967 , took the first steps back towards this
house. Since then this humble(скромный) house
is known as the Turbin Family House. It became
a new legend of the ancient city.

4. Mikhail Afanas`evich Bulgakov, a prominent Russian author and playwright, was
born in Kiev on May 3 (15), 1891, into the family of an assistant professor at the
Kiev Theological Academy, A.I. Bulgakov. Mikhail was one of seven children, the
oldest of three brothers. After the death of his father in 1907, Mikhail`s mother - a
well-educated and extraordinary diligent person, assumed responsibility for his
education.
From 1901 to 1904, Mikhail attended
the First Kiev Gymnasium. After
graduation, Bulgakov entered the
Medical Faculty of St. Vladimir
University, which he finished with
special commendation. He became a
physician(врач) at the Kiev Military
Hospital. After serving as a surgeon at
Chernovtsy hospital, he was appointed
provincial physican to Smolensk
province. His life in those days were is
reflected in his Notes of a Young
Physician.

5. Mikhail Bulgakov himself shared this room
with the cousin Konstantin. For now Mikhail is
living in Kiev. The young, elegant doctor who
graduated with honours from St Vladimir
University is working as a volunteer in the Red
Cross hospital(It’s the time of thr First World
War).
Looking just like we see
him in the famous photo,
he would leave his native
town forever. But his
characters would return to
his house and occupy
“their” rooms in it.Nikolka
would “inhabit” this room.

6. The room with its strange corner, like a prow of a ship, protrudes into space.
All these are here ( his personal things)… The green light from Bulgakov’s
lamp illuminates the desktop(рабочий стол) -the launch pad for
anticipating(угадывающихся, приближающихся) situations in life and future
plots.

7.  In 1918, Mikhail Bulgakov returned to Kiev where he opened a
private practice at his home at no. 13 Andreyevsky Descent. Here he
experienced the dreadful years of the Russian Civil War and witnessed
ten coups(свидетелем 10 государственных переворотов). Several
times successive governments drafted (призыв на воинскую службу)
the young doctor into their service. In 1919, he was drafted by the
White Army, again as an army physician and then transferred to the
Northern Caucasus. There he became seriously ill and barely survived.
After this illness he abandoned his career as a doctor for that of a
writer. In his autobiography, Bulgakov recalls how he started writing :
"Once in 1919 when I was traveling at night by train I wrote a short
story. In the town where the train stopped, I took the story to the
publisher of the newspaper who published the story".


8. Bulgakov`s began writing the story about the
Civil War in Ukraine in 1923, which he
published in the journal Rossiia under the
title The White Guard. At the request of
Moscow Art Theater (MKHAT), Bulgakov
wrote on the basis of this story the play The
Days of the Turbins (1926), which was staged
on the stage of MKHAT with great success.

9. In his childhood Mikhail Bulgakov himself
shared this rooms with his cousin Konstantin.
Here, Nikolka and Lariosik, his cousin from
Zhytomir, would hide the precious box of guns in
the narrow chink(щель) between the walls. You
can still see this chink through the window…and
the box.

10. If you really fond of literature and
like magic secrets take my advice
to visit the house, where words
and phrase from his novels
become real…
I promise you will amazed
and impressed a lot.