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3 books that made Mikhail Bulgakov want to be a writer 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 doctor. His path to literary acclaim began with his undying love of classical Russian literature. There were many books in Bulgakov’s library, but only several left the deepest imprint on the author of ‘Master and Margarita’. Mikhail Bulgakov’s sister Elena recalled that their parents never bombarded kids with annoyi...
, a newly translated selection of the Russian writer Teffi’s stories, which was published earlier this week by New York Review Books. Teffi. Photo courtesy of New York Review Books. There are writers who muddy their own water, to make it seem deeper. Teffi could not be more different: the water is entirely transparent, yet the bottom is barely visible. —Georgy Adamovich It is not unusual for a writer to be pigeonholed, but few great writers have suffered from this more than Teffi. Several of her finest works are extremely bleak, but many Russians still know only the comic and satirical sk...
10 famous Russians buried abroad Ulf Andersen/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images; Legion media Russians have a particular fondness for old cemeteries where famous people are buried. So when Russians travel abroad, they’re likely to seek out the final resting places of their eminent compatriots. 1. Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) Public domain; Stephencdickson (CC BY-SA 4.0) This prima ballerina of the Mariinsky Theater became globally famous thanks to her association with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Later, Pavlova set up a ballet company of her own and even c...