Mikhail Bulgakov was born in Kyiv on May 15th, 1891. He would move to Moscow in 1921. It was in Moscow that he would begin work on "The Master and Margarita". Bulgakov … See more

There are several interpretations of the novel:
• Response to aggressive atheistic propaganda See more

Contemporary Russians
The Master An author who wrote a novel about the meeting of Pontius Pilate and Yeshua Ha-Notsri (Jesus of Nazareth), which was rejected … See more

The novel is influenced by the Faust legend, particularly the first part of the Goethe interpretation, The Devil's Pact, which goes back to … See more

The novel has two settings. The first is Moscow during the 1930s, where Satan appears at Patriarch's Ponds as Professor Woland. He is accompanied by Koroviev, a grotesquely dressed See more

On 24 April 1935, Bulgakov was among the invited guests who attended the Spring Festival at Spaso House, the residence of the U.S. Ambassador … See more

The novel deals with the interplay of good and evil, innocence and guilt, courage and cowardice, exploring such issues as the responsibility … See more