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The links on this page guide you to some facsimiles from Bulgakov's archives. The diaries and letters of the author and his third wife Elena Sergeyevna Shilovskaya were published by Oxford-researcher Julie A. E. Curtis as "Manuscripts Don't Burn: Mikhail Bulgakov: A Life in Letters and Diaries" (Overlook Press, Woodstock, NY, 1992).

Diploma Bulgakov's bachelor's diploma
Bulgakov's bachelor's diploma from 1909

End-of-year report medical school Bulgakov's end-of-year report
Bulgakov's end-of-year report at the medical school from 1916

Master i Margarita First page 1932
Manuscript version of the first page of the 1932 version of the novel.

Master i Margarita Chapter 19
Manuscript version of the first page of chapter 19 of the 1933 version of the novel.

Letter to Stalin Letter to Stalin
Letter written by Bulgakov to Stalin on February 4, 1938. He wanted to ask authorisation for his friend and writer Nikolai Robertovitch Erdman to publish again after his Siberia excile.

Master i Margarita Front page 1938
The front page of the 1938 version of the novel.

Master i Margarita Page 68
Page 68 of the 1938 version of the novel.

Master i Margarita Page 69
The verso of page 69 of the 1938 version of the novel with annotations and corrections written by Elena Sergeyevna Shilovskaya.

Letter to Elena Sergeevna Letter to Elena Sergeevna
Letter to Elena Sergeevna in 1938, in which Bulgakov wrote: "I must finish the novel! Now! Now!".

Testament Last will and testament
Last will and testament of Bulgakov.

Manuscripts don't burn

In English
Manuscripts don't burn
ISBN 0879514620
Editor Overlook Press, Woodstok, NY
Biografy, letters and diary excerpts, 320 pages
Published in November 1992

In Dutch
Manuscripten verbranden niet
ISBN 9050931642
Editor Amber, Amsterdam
Biografy, letters and diary excerpts, 298 pages
Translated by Svetlana Tsjerneva en Dick Poons
Published in April 1992

In French
Les manuscrits ne brûlent pas
ISBN 2260008860
Uitgeverij Julliard
Biografy, letters and diary excerpts, 354 pages
Translator unknown
Published in March 1993



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