A Testament for the Freedom of Expression Under the Soviets
“The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov
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9 min readMay 13, 2021
Resigned to accept the over-the-shoulder stare of a censor, Mikhail Bulgakov, like most artists who remained in the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution, was a frustrated writer who continually fought against authority.