Mikhail Bulgakov: the author on the front line of Ukraine's new 'culture war' I Ukraine: The Latest

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Day 765. Today, in a special episode over Easter Monday, Francis visits the Bulgakov Museum in Kyiv to discuss the life and times of one of the most controversial writers in Ukraine today.
Milkail Bulgakov (1891-1940), author of The Master and Margarita, was a witness to the Ukrainian War of Independence between 1917 and 1921 - resurrecting it in his novel The White Guard - and is therefore a pivotal figure in the literary history of Ukraine, especially given his vivid depiction of Kyiv at war, as it is now.
Francis talks to researcher Maryna Sychenko about the current battle over Bulgakov's legacy, and whether he should be seen as a Russian or Ukrainian writer. Plus, she shares her own memories of the full-scale invasion.
Website for the Bulgakov Museum:
/ bulgakovmuseuminkyiv
English tours are available.
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Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk

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@Joelmonterrey 23 күн бұрын

I listen to the podcast every day at work! It's excellent. We need to all understand more fully how Russian colonialism, genocide, and history revisionism works. This podcast does a good job to teach others.

@Prometheus-Unbound Ай бұрын

I was fortunate to discover Bulgakov many years ago. Quite simply one of the Titans of 20th century literature and a brilliant (and critical) commentator on communism. He only survived the purges because even Stalin recognised his brilliance. I don't think he would have approved of Putin's Russia and he would have parodied it in the same way he did communism in The Master and Margarita.

@aaron.aaron.v.b.9448 Ай бұрын

This is not guaranteed, as one can read the book as well as Bulgakov acknowledging Stalin's "brilliance".

@Moliere1000 26 күн бұрын

He certainly would not approve of NATO (Serbia, ‘weakening Russia’, regime change, color ‘revolutions’, etc)

@janetsavin9669 Ай бұрын

It was very moving hearing this young woman's nuanced explanation of the early 20th century history of Ukraine and her hopes and fears for the future. So many Ukrainians have such humanity, and it's especially precious in the face of the barbarity they confront day after day.

@user-co3uc8vt7e Ай бұрын

Barbarity from both governments, I have to add

@user-sz2ji9yh8z Ай бұрын

@@user-co3uc8vt7e wrong

@monsieurgrigny Ай бұрын

This was an utterly engrossing and moving interview, the curator of thr museum balanced and fair and highly articulate. Great questions from Francis.

@mike4480 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the report and your valuable insights/ Guests…💙💛💙

@OGmediahub Ай бұрын

God bless Great Britain ! Great nation which understands what Ukraine is currently experiencing and what an evil she is facing …

@rous914 Ай бұрын

Lmao 😂😂

@OGmediahub Ай бұрын

@@rous914 says poor ruzzian slave …

@user-co3uc8vt7e Ай бұрын

If this is sarcasm, I tip my hat; if not...

@RyanBrown-nx8dw Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@ladeluff_ Ай бұрын

valuable insights, as always. i often find myself wiser after one episode. atleast briefly ;)

@midimusicforever Ай бұрын

Ukraine must be defended!

@burritosls Ай бұрын

from Zelensky

@stephenlyon1358 Ай бұрын

I dont think russia would ever attack nato. Why would i care about ukraine?

@burritosls Ай бұрын

@@stephenlyon1358 The million dollar question😆

@trumpsuckspigbalz2351 Ай бұрын

@@burritoslsКак погода в Питере, Иван?

@dimas3829 Ай бұрын

@@trumpsuckspigbalz2351 чому не на могiлiзацii, Богдан?

@Depipro Ай бұрын

I think portraying Bulgakov as "White" in the context of the Russian/Soviet Civil War is still oversimplifying things a little. Granted, Ms Sychenko emphasizes Mr Bulgakov's general aversion to war and violence as being at least as important a driving force between his writing "The White Guard" as his imperial upbringing. But one can go further and look at his theatre play "Flight" ("Beg"), which shows a general of the Russian Whites fighting the tail end of a losing battle as the Reds push into Crimea towards the end of the Civil War. This General Khludov loses his mind over time, becoming as bloodthirsty as Lenin and as paranoid as Stalin - and, as a consequence, as murderous as both. Now, Stalin judged the piece as anti-Soviet, because the "common" characters we are led to sympathize with are from the upper class, rather than the proletariat ("sitting on the people's shoulders"), but let's be frank, this is hardly a piece that's sympathetic to the White cause. I'd argue that Bulgakov is ultimately unsuitable to serve as the figurehead for any nationalist, ideological or religious cause, as he is too keen an author for that - rather showing the human condition with all its good and bad sides. And thanks to the things he witnessed in his life (starting, by the way, with a syphilis epidemic in a rural area as a young doctor before the Revolution), the bad sides do tend to dominate somewhat. And yet...

@lokmanmerican6889 Ай бұрын

I discovered Bulgakov on account of a single comment over a video of "20th c Russian literature" in udemy (I think pre-2014). The comment berated the presenter for leaving out Bulgakov in such a survey. A little research then set me on to M&M, and when the war started I was genuinely confounded at how such a thing could happen between two countries so bound together.

@realitycheck1883 Ай бұрын

The Telegraph talking about literature. Anything to avoid mentioning the continuing Russian advances on the frontline

@user-co3uc8vt7e Ай бұрын

Up until this day, Russia's imperial chauvinists use one dialogue from Bulgakov's "Dni Turbinykh" as a solid proof that Ukrainian language "doesn't exist". None of them have read the whole book.

@spikezlee Ай бұрын

it is called propaganda , they do not care about the true

@sebastianforbes1 Ай бұрын

- meanwhile, Glinka has been declared a terrorist ? 😂

@chrisviking7807 Ай бұрын

Ukraine exists, as deluded Russians are finding out to their cost!

@daddyb1483 Ай бұрын

Very moving

@rositaoneill8376 Ай бұрын

Excellent and heartfelt snapshot into Ukraine’s complicated past and present

@darrencorrigan8505 Ай бұрын

Thanks, Telegraph. MD.

@allankvist6741 Ай бұрын

How old is this episode? Is it from Friday?

@goldenoriolesilverbirch8220 Ай бұрын

Every country likes to associate itself with it's greatest artists, writers etc. Bulgakov was a genius that Ukraine should embrace & be proud of. I suspect that were he alive today, Bulgakov would be just as likely to parody contemporary Ukraine as he would Russia.

@chrisviking7807 Ай бұрын

It's so tragic that America is now almost a vassal state of Russia. I never thought America would fall so easily.

@stephenlyon1358 Ай бұрын

America is waking up to tue fact that the world is tired of their shiz. Used to be that American values were, work hard, raise family etc now its.. Well..

@robertsteele474 Ай бұрын

The US will never be a vassal state to Russia. Israel will see to that.

@richardmarsden5610 Ай бұрын

Head of SBU (Malyuk) has been given a chance to save his own life and avoid collateral damage around him.

@BenzinB70 Ай бұрын

Malyuk will cover up as a sadist Alexander Poklad!

@AlTiskoIII-le8qr Ай бұрын

this was really beautiful and very well done excellent journalism

@wesley135 Ай бұрын

Slava ukraini

@sebastianforbes1 Ай бұрын

if anyone in Ukraine has access to fresh water and electricity, can they put the kettle on please ?

@BenzinB70 Ай бұрын

for what??? A raw food diet is good for your health!Russians (Hyperboreans) and Ukrainians (South Russians) are constantly at war both with external enemies and with each other. They are adapted to survive in conditions where the average European without haberdashery sadly and slowly dies!

@whiskysam2036 Ай бұрын

Fed up hearing about Ukraine 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

@richardmarsden5610 Ай бұрын

Russian troops have taken control of several Ukrainian strategic strongholds near Chasov Yar in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), adviser to the DPR head Igor Kimakovsky told TASS on Monday. "Our assault groups supported by artillery, the Aerospace Forces and FPV drone teams have taken control of several strongholds of Ukrainian armed formations near Chasov Yar. The strongholds seized by our troops have strategic significance and, correspondingly, prospects," he said. Therefore, Russian assault teams have advanced considerably towards Chasov Yar, placing a larger part of the Ukrainian combat group’s supply routes in that area under their gunfire control, he specified. Earlier, Kimakovsky told TASS that Chasov Yar was a key hub for the Ukrainian army on DPR territory.

@chrisviking7807 Ай бұрын

Then it's time to send Ukraine more arms, or troops.

@richardmarsden5610 Ай бұрын

@@chrisviking7807 Easiest way for Russia to Demilitarise the U.S. led Fourth Reich without Russia having to declare war on it.

@dimas3829 Ай бұрын

@@chrisviking7807 don't forget about money, their corrupt pockets won't fill themselves.

@Moliere1000 26 күн бұрын

NATO lost. What can we do?

@kevinleecaster2698 Ай бұрын

Statues of actual people are not a history lesson. They're a glorification of an individual.

@richardmarsden5610 Ай бұрын

Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) head Vasily Malyuk has received Russia’s warning in the form of counter-terrorism demands and the countdown clock is now ticking for him, Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s special envoy for the crimes of the Kiev regime, told the Soloviev Live TV show. "Yesterday, this character whose arrest we have requested, the thuggish-looking Comrade Malyuk, who currently heads the SBU, immediately burst into an angry speech, a patriotic one in Ukraine’s view, but we got the message that he has received the signal. He broke down in a fit of hysteria as he understands the consequences of how this mechanism should work. His countdown clock is ticking," Miroshnik warned. According to the diplomat, Russia has initiated specific procedures "as we have every reason to deem Malyuk and an entire list of other persons in charge of Ukrainian state agencies as terrorists."

@DarkCriimes Ай бұрын

Give it up comrade 🙄

@DARDA360 Ай бұрын

The problem with this message is that Ukrainian people do not really care for their leadership, comrade.

@robertsteele474 Ай бұрын

@@DarkCriimes I see your account is still not potty-trained, Newborn.

@A.L.-tt1np Ай бұрын

A complete collapse, blackout of Ukrainian territory was arranged for the unwanted pensioner PrezeZelensky and "Kharkovoblenergo" (russia could not do this) disconnecting the electricity for several months in order to close his mouth and freedom of speech. And everything is covered by law enforcement officers and the DBI of Ukraine. Полный коллапс, блекаут на украинской территории устроил неугодному пенсионеру ПрезеЗеленский и "Харьковоблэнерго" (раша этого не смогла сделать), отключив электричество на несколько месяцев с целью закрыть рот и свободу слова. И всё крышуется (покрывается)правоохранителями и ДБР Украины.