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Early works - never published

Похождения Светлана
Svetlan's Adventures
Story, October 1898, never published
Mikhail Bulgakov made his first attempts in literature when he was 7 years old

Огненный змей
The Fire Snake
Story, December 28, 1912, never published

Наброски земского врача
Sketches of a Country Doctor
Early version of A Country Doctor's Notebook, 1917-1919

Недуг
The Illness
Story, autumn 1919, never published

Советская инквизиция
Soviet Inquisition
Story, Autumn 1919.
Later published in the bundle Заметки и миниатюры - Notes and miniatures (1922)


Published works

Грядущие перспективы
Perspectives for the Future
Feuilleton, Gazeta Grozny, November 13 [26], 1919

В кафэ
In the Café
Feuilleton, Kavkazkaya Gazeta, January 5 [18], 1920

Дань восхищения
A Tribute
Story, Kavkazkaya Gazeta, Vladikavkaz, February 5, February 18, 1920

Неделя просвещения
The Week of Enlightenment
Feuilleton, Kommunist, Vladikavkaz, April 1, 1921

Смерть Иоанна Грозного
The Death of Ivan the Terrible
Feuilleton, Kommunist, Vladikavkaz, April 13,1921

Опера
The Opera
Feuilleton, Kommunist, Vladikavkaz, May 6, 1921

С. П. Аксенов. 35 лет служения сцене
S.P. Aksenov. 35 Years of Service to the Stage
Feuilleton, Kommunist, Vladikavkaz, May 18, 1921

Муза мести. (Маленький этюд)
The muse of vengeance. (Small sketch)
Feuilleton, October 1921
First published in: Bulgakov M. It was May. From prose from different years. (Ogonjok Library, No. 51, 1991)
This story is dedicated to the work of the poet Nikolay Alekseevich Nekrasov (1821-1878) and was created on the occasion of his 100th birthday. It was not published during Bulgakov's lifetime.

Торговый ренессанс
The Commercial Renaissance
Feuilleton, January 13, 1922, got only published in 1988

Эмигрантская портняжная фабрика
The Emigrant Garment Factory
Feuilleton, Pravda, February 4,1922

Когда машины спят. 1-я ситцевая фабрика в Москве
When the Machines Are Sleeping.
The First Printed Cotton Factory in Moscow
Feuilleton, Rabochi, March 1, 1922

Инжектора. У немецких эмигрантов на инженерном заводе
Injectors. With the German Emigrants at the Engineering Plant
Feuilleton, Rabochi, March 9, 1922

Электрофикация Москвы.
1000 человек дают 10 000 лошадиных сил
The Electrification of Moscow.
1000 Men Produce 10,000 Horsepower
Feuilleton, Rabochi, March 11, 1922

Ученая каста против рабочего класса
The Academic Caste Against the Working Class
Feuilleton, Rabochi, March 12, 1922

Красный флаг. Как шли бои в Париже
The Red Flag. How The Fights in Paris Went
Feuilleton, Rabochi, March 18, 1922

«Из ничего создаем!» 3-й Государственный авторемонтный завод
"Let's Create It From Nothing!!" The Thiird State Car Repair Plant
Feuilleton, Rabochi, March 21, 1922

Не следует забывать советские законы
We Should Not Forget the Soviet Laws
Feuilleton, Rabochi, March 24, 1922

Как не надо помогать голодным. Убийственные выкладки
Why the Hungry Don't Need Help. Killing Calculations
Feuilleton, Rabochi, March 26, 1922

Вагонно-ремонтный завод московского трамвая
The Car Repair Plant of the Moscow Tramway
Feuilleton, Rabochi, March 30, 1922

Совет-хозяин. Предприятия Рогожско-Симоновского райсовета
Soviet Bosses. The Company Council
of the Rogozhko-Simonovsky Rayon
Feuilleton, Rabochi, March 30, 1922

У курян
With the Kursks
Feuilleton, Gudok, April 12,1922

Чайные кружки из старых жестяных банок.
2-ой механический завод Межрабпрома
Tea Mugs From Old Tin Cans.
The Second Mechanical Plant Mezhrabproma
Feuilleton, Rabochi, April 22,1922

Американские рабочие отдают нам свой труд
The American Workers Give Us Their Labour
Feuilleton, Rabochi, April 23, 1922

Братский подарок немецких рабочих
A Fraternal Present to the German Workers
Feuilleton, Rabochi, April 23, 1922

Необыкновенные приключения доктора
The Unusual Adventures of a Doctor
Story, Rupor no. 2, May 1922

Присяга на площади Революции
Oath at the Revolution Square
Feuilleton, Rabochi, May 3,1922

Автоклавы нужно получить, а корпус достроить
We Need to Get Autoclaves, and the Buildings Must Be Finished
Feuilleton, Rabochi, May 4, 1922

Государственный завод минеральных и фруктовых вод № 1
The State Factory No. 1 of Mineral and Fruit Waters
Feuilleton, Rabochi, May 7, 1922

Трудовой праздник на заводе «Динамо».
25-летие завода «Динамо» и принятие шефства
над 1-м легким артиллерийским дивизионом
Labour Holiday at the "Dynamo" Plant.
25th Anniversary of the Plant "Dynamo"
and the Patronage over the 1st Light Artillery Battalion
Feuilleton, Rabochi, May 16, 1922

От мая к маю.
5-летие комячейки на фабрике быв. Сиу. Май 1917 - май 1922 г.
From May To May.
 Feuilleton, Rabochi, May 25, 1922

Почему закрывают? Механический завод Гознака
Why Close? The Mechanical Plant Goznaka
Feuilleton, Rabochi, May 28, 1922

Рабочий город-сад
The Garden City for Laborers
Essay, Rabochi Zhurnal, May 30, 1922

Записки на манжетах (Часть 1)
Notes on the Cuff (Part 1
Story, Nakanune, June 18, 1922

На Красной площади
On Red Square
Story, Rabochi, June 21, 1922

Москва краснокаменная
Red Stone Moscow
Story, Nakanune, June 30, 1922

Спиритический сеанс
The Spiritualistic Séance
Story, Rupor no. 4, July 1922

Бывший Зингер. Гос. механический завод в Подольске
The Former Singer State Mechanical Plant in Podolsk
Feuilleton, Rabochaya Gazeta, August 6, 1922

Безобразия на заводе «Яриг»
Ugliness at the "Yarig" Plant
Feuilleton, Rabochaya Gazeta, August 8, 1922

Волчки на колесах
Tops on Wheels
Feuilleton, Rabochaya Gazeta, August 10, 1922

Дело идет
It is a Question
Feuilleton, Rabochaya Gazeta, August 11, 1922

Поднятая целина. Подольск
Plowed Virgin Soil. Podolsk
Feuilleton, Rabochaya Gazeta, August 13, 1922

Там, где лечат паровозы.
Государственный завод «Паро-ремонт» в Подольске
Where Locomotives Are Treated.
The State Plant "Loco-Repair" in Podolsk
Feuilleton, Rabochaya Gazeta, August 15, 1922

Дело расширяется
Business In Expansion
Feuilleton, Rabochaya Gazeta, August 22, 1922

Расширение «Проводника»
Expansion of "The Explorer"
Feuilleton, Rabochaya Gazeta, August 22, 1922

«Знаменосцы грядущих боев». День 3-го сентября
"The Bearers of Future Battles." The Day of September 3
Feuilleton, Rabochaya Gazeta,September 5, 1922

Похождения Чичикова. Поэма в Х пунктах с прологом и эпилогом
Chichikov's Adventures
Feuilleton, Nakanune, September 24, 1922

Уплата вовремя
Payment on Time
фельетон, Гудок, 18 октября 1922

Красная корона
The Red Crown
Story, Nakanune, October 22, 1922

В ночь на 3-е число (Из романа «Алый мах»)
In the Night to the Third (from the novel «The scarlet wave»
Story, Nakanune, December 10, 1922
Sketch for The White Guard

Столица в блокноте
The Capital on a Blocnote
Feuilleton, Nakanune, December 21, 1922 and January 20, February 9, March 1,1923

I - Бог ремонт - God Repair
II - Гнилая интеллигенция - The Sleepy Intelligentsia
III - Сверхъестетвенный мальчик - The Supernatural Boy
IV - Триллионер - The Trillionaire
V - Человек на фраке - The man in tailcoat
VI - Биомеханическая глава - The biomechanical head
VII - Ярон - Jaron
VIII - Article Во что обходится Article - How much does it cost to smoke
IX - Золотой век - The golden age
X - Красная палочка - The red stick

Чаша жизни
The Cup of Life
Feuilleton, Nakanune, December 31, 1922

Юрий Слезкин (силуэт)
Yuri Slezkin (Silhouette)
Article, Splokhi no. 12, December, 1922

№ 13. - Дом Эльпит-Рабкоммуна
No. 13 - The House of the Elpit Workers' Commune
Story, Krasny Zhurnal dlya vsye no. 2, December 1922

Остерегайтесь подделок!
Beware of Fakes!
Story, Drezina no. 12, 1923
Also included in the bundle Заметки и миниатюры - Notes and miniatures (1922)

Арифметика
Arithmetic
Story, Drezina no. 13, 1923
Also included in the bundle Заметки и миниатюры - Notes and miniatures (1922)

Записки на манжетах (Часть 2)
Notes on the Cuff (Part 2)
Story, Rossiya no. 5, January 1923

В театре Зимина. Наброски карандашом
In the Zimin Theatre. Pencil Sketches
Story, Gudok, February 11, 1923
Also included in the bundle Заметки и миниатюры - Notes and miniatures (1922)

В школе городка III Интернационала
At the School Campus III International
Story, Golos rabotnika prosveshcheniya no. 4, March 15, 1923

Каэнпе и капе
KNP and KP
Story, Golos rabotnika prosveshcheniya no. 4, March 15, 1923
Also included in the bundle Заметки и миниатюры - Notes and miniatures (1922)

Сорок сороков
Forty Forty
Feuilleton, Nakanune, April 15, 1923

1-я детская коммуна
The First Childrens' Commune
Story, Golos rabotnika prosveshcheniya no. 5-6, April 15, 1923

Под стеклянным небом
Under a Sky of Glass
Feuilleton, Nakanune, April 24, 1923

Московские сцены
Moscow Scenes
Feuilleton, Nakanune, May 6, 1923
Slightly modified included in the collection: Трактат о жилище - Treatise on Housing (1926)

Китайская история (6 картин вместо рассказа)
A Chinese Story (6 images instead of a story)
Story, Petrogradskaya Pravda, May 6, 1923

Бенефис лорда Керзона (От нашего московского корреспондента)
The Merits of Lord Curzon (From Our Correspondent in Moscow)
Feuilleton, Nakanune, May 19, 1923

Путевые заметки. Скорый № 7. Москва-Одесса
Travel Notes. Fast no. 7 Moscow-Odessa
Feuilleton, Nakanune, May 25, 1923

Птицы в мансарде
Birds On The Attic
Feuilleton, Golos rabotnika prosveshcheniya no. 7-8, June 15, 1923
Also included in the bundle Заметки и миниатюры - Notes and miniatures (1922)

Роллс-Ройс или Доберман-Пинчер. (В шутку о серьезном)
A Rolls-Royce or a Doberman Pincher.
(In a Joke about Serious Affairs)
Feuilleton, Nakanune, July 16, 1923

Комаровское дело
The Komarov Case
Feuilleton, Nakanune, June 20, 1923

Самогонное озеро. Повествование
Moonshine Lake. A Story.
Feuilleton, Nakanune, June 29, 1923
Slightly modified included in the collection: Трактат о жилище - Treatise on Housing (1926)

Киев-город
Kyiv-city
Feuilleton, Nakanune, July 6, 1923

Самоцветный быт. Из моей коллекции
Colourful Customs. Excerpts From My Collection
Feuilleton, Nakanune, 15 juillet 1923

1. В волнах азарта - Excitement in the Waves
2. Средство от застенчивости - A Remedy for Shyness
3. Сколько Брокгауза может выдержать организм - How Much Pain the Body Can Sustain
4. Иностранное слово «мотивировать» - The Foreign Word "To Motivate"
5. Работа среди женщин - Working With Women
6. Р.У.Р. - R.U.R.
7. Курская аномалия - Kursk Anomaly
8. Прогрессивный аппетит - Progressive Appetite

Шансон Д`Этэ
Chanson d'été
Feuilleton, Nakanune, August 16, 1923

День нашей жизни
A Day of Our Life
Feuilleton, Nakanune, September 2, 1923

Псалом
Psalm
Story, Nakanune, September 23, 1923
Slightly modified included in the collection: Трактат о жилище - Treatise on Housing (1926)

Золотистый город
The Golden City
Story, Nakanune, September 30, October 6, October 12, October 14,1923

Беспокойная поездка. Монолог начальства. (Не сказка, а быль)
A Hectic Trip (Not a Fairy Tale, But What Really Happened)
Story, Gudok, October 17, 1923

Тайны Мадридского двора
Secrets of the Madrid Court
Feuilleton, Gudok, November 1, 1923

Ноября 7-го дня. Как Москва праздновала
The 7th Day of November. How Moscow Celebrated It
Feuilleton, Gudok, November 9, 1923
Also included in the bundle Заметки и миниатюры - Notes and miniatures (1922)

Как разбился Бузыгин. Жуткая история в 7-ми документах
How Buzygin Crashed. Terrible Story in 7 Pieces
Feuilleton, Gudok, November 22, 1923

Лестница в рай
The Staircase in Paradise
Feuilleton, Gudok, December 12, 1923

Налёт (В волшебном фонаре)
The Robbery (In a Magical Lantern)
Story, Gudok, December 25, 1923
Also included in the bundle Заметки и миниатюры - Notes and miniatures (1922)

В обществе и свете
In Society and in the World
Story, Gazeta «Krokodila» no. 1, January, 1924

Воспоминание...
Memories...
Story, Zheleznodorozhnik no. 1-2, January-February 1924

Сильнодействующее средство. Пьеса в 1-м действии
A Drastic Remedy. Piece in 1 Act
Feuilleton, Gudok, January 3, 1924

Серия ноль шесть №0660243. Истинное происшествие
Series Zero Six No. 660243. A True Incident
Story, Vechernyaya Moskva, January 5, 1924

Спектакль в Петушках
The Performance at Little Roosters
Feuilleton, Gudok, January 12, 1924

Как он сошел с ума
How He Lost His Mind
Feuilleton, Gudok, January 20, 1924
Also included in the bundle Заметки и миниатюры - Notes and miniatures (1922)

Часы жизни и смерти. С натуры
The Hours of Life and Death
Feuilleton, Gudok, January 27, 1924

Сорок казенных червонцев
Forty Official Chervontsi
Story, Zhelonka, Baku no. 3, February 1924

Ханский огонь
The Fire in the Can
Story, Krasny Zjurnal dlya vsye no. 2, February 1924

Дьяволиада
Diaboliad
Novel, finished on August 31, 1923
First publication: Almanak «Nedra» no. 4, February, 1924

В часы смерти (От нашего корреспондента)
In the Hour of Death (From Our Correspondent)
Feuilleton, Bakinsky Rabochi, February 1,1924

Геркулесовы подвиги светлой памяти брандмейстера Назарова
Herculean feats from the blessed memory of fireman Nazarov
Feuilleton, Gudok, February 19, 1924
Included as Брандмейстер Пожаров - Fireman Pozharov in the cycle Золотые документы. Из моей коллекции - Golden Documents. From My Collection (1926)
Included asБрандмейстер Пожаров - Fireman Pozharov in the cycle Золотые корреспонденции Ферапонта Ферапонтовича Капорцева -The Golden Correspondence of Ferapont Ferapontovich Kaportsev (1924)

Дьяволиада. Повесть о том,
как близнецы погубили делопроизводителя
Diaboliad.
Novel about How the Twins Caused the Death of an Office Supervisor
Novel, Almanak «Nedra» no. 4, February 1924

Электрическая лекция
The Electrical Lecture
Feuilleton, Gudok, March 15,1924

Торговый дом на колесах
Shopping Center on Wheels
Feuilleton, Gudok, March 23,1924

Белобрысова книжка. Формат записной
Belobrysov's booklet. Notebloc Format
Story, Nakanune, March 26, 1924

Просвещение с кровопролитием
Enlightenment with Bloodshed
Feuilleton, Gudok, March 29, 1924

Бурнаковский племянник
Burnakovsky's Cousin
Story, Bakinsky rabochi, March 30, 1924
Sometimes known as: Московский Вавилон - Babylon in Moscow

Золотые документы (Из моей коллекции)
Golden Documents (From My Collection)
Stories, Nakanune, April 6, 1924

1. Брандмейстер Пожаров (Геркулесовы подвиги светлой памяти
брандмейстера Назарова) - Fireman Pozharov (Herculean feats from the blessed memory of fireman Nazarov) (1924)
2. Крокодил Иванович (Ванькин-дурак) - Crocodile Ivanovich (Johnny the Fool) (1925)
3. В ногу - On bended knees
4. Варфоломеевская ночь - Massacre of St. Bartholomew

Площадь на колесах.
Дневник гениального гражданина Полосухина
Square-feet on Wheels. Diary of genius citizen Polosukhin
Story, Zanoza no. 9, April 9, 1924

Крысиный разговор
Ratspeak
Feuilleton, Gudok, April 11, 1924

Попутчица
The Travel Mate
Story, Bakinsky rabochi, April 16, 1924

Багровый остров.
Роман тов. Жюля Верна.
С французского на эзоповский перевел Михаил А. Булгаков
The Crimson Island.
Novel by Comrade Jules Verne.
Translated from French into Aesopean by Mikhail A. Bulgakov
Long humorous story, Nakanune, April 20, 1924

Говорящая собака
The Talking Dog
Feuilleton, Gudok, May 16, 1924

Повесили его или нет?
Has It Been Broadcast Or Not?
Feuilleton, Gudok, May 21,1924

Москва 20-х годов
Moscow, the year '20
Feuilleton, Nakanune, May 27, June 12, 1924
Slightly modified included in the collection: Трактат о жилище - Treatise on Housing (1926)

Вечерок и Василисы. Отрывок из романа Белая гвардия
Vecherok and Vasilisa. Excerpt From The Novel The White Guard
Story, Nakanune, May 31,1924, June 3, 1924
Sketch for The White Guard (1925)

Петлюра идет на парад. Отрывок из романа Белая гвардия
Petyura Goes To The Parade. Excerpt From The Novel The White Guard
Story, Krazhny zhurnal dlya vsyekh, June 6,1924
Sketch for The White Guard (1925)

Пустыня сахара
(Мучительное умирание от жажды в 1 действии и 8 картинах)
The Sahara Desert (Painful dying of thirst in 1 act and 8 pictures)
Feuilleton, Goudok, June 8, 1924

Рассказ Макара Девушкина
The Story Of Makar Devuzhkin
Feuilleton, Gudok, June 11, 1924

Незаслуженная обида
Undeserved Resentment
Feuilleton, Gudok, June 13, 1924

Сапоги-невидимки. Рассказ
The Invisible Boots. A Story
Feuilleton, Gudok, June 15,1924

Охотники за черепами
The Skull Hunters
Feuilleton, Gudok, June 18,1924

Приключения покойника
The Adventures of a Dead Man
Feuilleton, Gudok, June 27, 1924

Банные дела
Bath Affairs
Feuilleton, Gudok, July 9, 1924

Заседание в присутствии члена
Meeting in the Presence of a Member
Feuilleton, Gudok, July 17, 1924

Глав-полит-богослужение
Centr-Polit-Sermon
Feuilleton, Gudok, July 24, 1924

Выбор курорта
Choosing a resort
Story, Krasnaya gazeta, July 27, August 3, 10, 22, 24, 31, 1924

Как школа провалилась в преисподнюю.
Транспортный рассказ Макара Девушкина
How the School Collapsed into the Underworld
Feuilleton, Gudok, August 1, 1924

Допрос с беспристрастием
Interrogation without Prejudice
Micro Feuilleton, Gudok, August 9, 1924

На каком основании десятник женился?! Быт
On What Basis Did the Foreman Get Married?! Everyday's Life
Feuilleton, Gudok, August 12,1924

Пивной рассказ
A Beer Story
Feuilleton, Gudok, August 17,1924

Три застенка
Three Dungeons
Feuilleton, Bakinsky rabochi, August 18, 1924

Как, истребляя пьянство, председатель транспортников истребил.
Плачевная история
How the Chairman Exterminated the Transport
While Curbing Drunkenness. A Deplorable Story.
Feuilleton, Gudok, August 20, 1924

Как бороться с «Гудком», или Искусство отвечать на заметки.
(Краткое руководство для администрации)
How to deal with «Gudok» or Art responds to notes.
(Quick guide to the administration)
Feuilleton, Gudok, August 20, 1924

Брачная катастрофа
The Wedding Disaster
Feuilleton, Gudok, August 23,1924

Документ-с (Выдержка из объявления)
Document C (Excerpt from the announcement)
Feuilleton, Gudok, August 23,1924

Сотрудник с массой,
или свинство по профессиональной линии (Рассказ-фотография)
The Comrade Director and the Masses,
or Dirty Tricks at a Professional Level (Photo Story)
Feuilleton, Gudok, August 29, 1924

Три копейки
Three kopecks
Micro Feuilleton, Gudok, September 3, 1924

РЕ-КА-КА
The Arbitration Committee
Feuilleton, Gudok, September 5, 1924

Египетская мумия (Рассказ Члена Профсоюза)
The Egyptian Mummy (The Story of a Union Member)
Feuilleton, Smekhach no.16, September 10, 1924

Игра природы
A Freak of Nature
Feuilleton, Gudok, September 13, 1924

Увертюра Шопена.
Неприятный рассказ (По материалам рабкора)
Chopin's Overture.
An Unpleasant Story
(According to the Documents of the Worker-Correspondent)
Feuilleton, Gudok, September 17, 1924

Колыбель начальника станции
The Cradle of the Station Master
Feuilleton, Gudok, September 24, 1924

Не свыше...
No More...
Feuilleton, Gudok, September 25, 1924

Обмен веществ. Записная книжка
Metabolism. Notebook
Feuilleton, Smechatsj no.19, October 1924

Три вида свинства
Three Orders of Swinehood
Feuilleton, Krasnij perets no. 21, October 1924

Рассказ про Поджилкина и крупу
The Story of Podzhilkin and the Oatmeal
Feuilleton, Gudok, October 1, 1924

Библифетчик
The Biblifettier
Feuilleton, Gudok, October 7, 1924

По голому делу (Письмо)
Concerning the Naked Case (Letter)
Feuilleton, Gudok, October 11, 1924

Проглоченный поезд
The Swallowed Train
Micro Feuilleton, Gudok, October 16, 1924

Стенка на стенку
Wall Against Wall
Feuilleton, Gudok, October 19, 1924

Новый способ распространения книги
A New Means of Book Distribution
Feuilleton, Gudok, October 21, 1924

Повестка с государем императором
A Notice from the Emperor
Feuilleton, Gudok, October 24, 1924

Смуглявый матерщинник
The bronzed impertinent
Micro Feuilleton, Gudok, October 28, 1924

Война воды с железом
The War Between Water and Iron
Feuilleton, Gudok, November 2, 1924

Рассказ рабкора про лишних людей
A Worker-Correspondent’s Report about Extraneous
Feuilleton, Gudok, November 11, 1924

Под мухой. Сценка с натуры
Under the Influence. Scene from Nature
Feuilleton, Gudok, November 15, 1924

Гибель Шурки-уполномоченного. (Дословный рассказ рабкора)
The Demise of Shurka the Commissioned.
(The Textual Story of Our Worker-Correspondent)
Feuilleton, Gudok, November 16 1924

Звуки польки неземной
The Sounds of Heavenly Polka
Feuilleton, Gudok, November 19, 1924

Банан и Сидараф
The Banana and Sidaraf
Feuilleton, Gudok, November 27, 1924

Счастливчик
A Lucky Man
Feuilleton, Gudok, December 2, 1924

Собачья жизнь
The Life of a Dog
Feuilleton, Gudok, December 4, 1924

Желанный платило
Willing to Pay
Feuilleton, Gudok, December 10, 1924

«Ревизор» с вышибанием. Новая постановка
“The Government Inspector” with a Knockout Punch. New Formulation
Feuilleton, Gudok, December 24, 1924

По телефону. Пьеса
By Telephone. Theatre Play
Feuilleton, Gudok, December 30, 1924

Белая гвардия
The White Guard
Novel, Rossiya no. 4, January 1925, Rossiya no. 5, April 1925 (incomplete)
Later completely published by Concorde, Paris:
Part 1 - 1927, as «The Days of the Turbins (The White Guard)»
Part 2 - 1929, as «The End of the White Guard»

Богема
Bohemia
Feuilleton, Krasnaya Niva no. 11, January 4, 1925

Целитель
The Healer
Feuilleton, Gudok, January 4, 1925

Аптека
The Pharmacy
Feuilleton, Gudok, January 7, 1925

Заколдованное место
An Enchanted Place
Feuilleton, Gudok, January 9, 1925

Круглая печать
The Round Stamp
Feuilleton, Gudok, January 11, 1925

Реальная постановка
The Real Production
Feuilleton, Na vachte, January 13, 1925

Гениальная личность
A Genius Individual
Feuilleton, Gudok, January 15, 1925

Коллекция гнилых фактов (Письма рабкора).
Факт 1. История о том, как фельдшер жертвовал сукно в МОПР
A Collection of Putrid Facts
(Letters from the Worker-Correspondent).
Fact 1. The Story of How a Paramedic Offered Cloth at the International Red Aid
Feuilleton, Gudok, January 17, 1925

Ревизия. Из рабкоровских сцен с натуры
Inspection. From the Nature Scenes of the Workers-Correspondents
Feuilleton, Gudok, January 24, 1925

Приключения стенгазеты (Ее собственны дневник)
Adventure of the Wall Newspaper (Her Own Diary)
Feuilleton, Gudok, February 5, 1925

Удачные и неудачные роды. 553-го рабкора рассказ
A Successful and an Unsuccessful Delivery. The 553rd Story of the Worker-Correspondent
Feuilleton, Gudok, February 8, 1925

Залог любви
Love Collateral
Feuilleton, Gudok, February 12, 1925

Собачье сердце
Heart of a Dog
Novella. Finished on February 14, 1925, never published during the author's life..
First publication: Flegon Press, London, Student no. 9/10, 1968

Они хочуть свою образованность показать...
They Want to Show that They are Educated
Feuilleton, Gudok, February 15, 1925

Чертовщина
Deviltry
Feuilleton, Gudok, February 18 1925

Мадмазель Жанна
Mademoiselle Jeanna
Feuilleton, Gudok, February 25, 1925

Кондуктор и член императорской фамилии
The Conductor and a Member of the Imperial Family
Feuilleton, Gudok, February 27, 1925

Неунывающие бодистки
Undespairing Teletypists
Feuilleton, Gudok, March 6 1925

С наступлением темноты
When Darkness Falls
Feuilleton, Gudok, March 10, 1925

Ряд изумительных проектов
A Series of Fascinating Projects
Feuilleton, Gudok, March 21, 1925

Семь раз примерь - один отрежь.
О неудачных и непродуманных приказах
Look Before You Leap.
About Unfortunate and Bad Orders
Feuilleton, Gudok, March 25, 1925

Праздник с сифилисом
A Holiday with Syphilis
Feuilleton, Gudok, March 27, 1925

Банщица - Иван
Sauna Attendant Ivan
Feuilleton, Gudok, April 9, 1925

О пользе алкоголизма
On the Benefit of Alcoholism
Feuilleton, Gudok, April 15, 1925

Восстановите платформу!
Restore the Platform!
Feuilleton, Gudok, April 17, 1925

Свадьба с секретарями. Подлинное письмо рабкора Толкача
Wedding With Secretaries.
Genuine Letter of Worker-Correspondent Tolkach
Feuilleton, Gudok, April 18, 1925

Как Бутон женился
How Buton Got Married
Feuilleton, Gudok, April 28, 1925

Буза с печатями
A Battle with Stamps
Feuilleton, Gudok, April 30, 1925

Несгораемый американский дом
The Fireproof American House
Feuilleton, Krasnaya Gazeta, April 30, 1925
Repris dans le recueil Золотые корреспонденции Ферапонта Ферапонтовича Капорцева - The Golden Correspondence of Ferapont Ferapontovich Kaportsev (1926)

Роковые яйца
The Fatal Eggs
Novella, Krasnaya Panorama,
As «Луч жизни» - «The Life Beam»: no. 19, May 10; no. 20, May 17; no. 21, May 24, 1925;
As «Роковые яйца» - «The Fatal Eggs»: no. 22, May 30; no. 24, June 13, 1925

Лжедимитрий Луначарский
The False Dmitry Lunacharsky
Feuilleton, Krasnaya Gazeta, May 26, 1925
Repris dans le recueil Золотые корреспонденции Ферапонта Ферапонтовича Капорцева - The Golden Correspondence of Ferapont Ferapontovich Kaportsev (1926)

Смычкой по черепу
An Assembly to the Skull
Feuilleton, Gudok, May 27, 1925

Двуликий Чемс
Bifacial Chems
Feuilleton, Gudok, June 2, 1925

Караул!
Guard!
Story, Zjoernalist, no. 6-7, June-July 1925

Запорожцы пишут письмо турецкому султану
The Cossacks Write a Letter to the Turkish Sultan
Feuilleton, Gudok, June 3, 1925

Работа достигает 30 градусов
The Work Attains 30 Degrees
Feuilleton, Gudok, June 4,1925

Радио-Петя. Записки пострадавшего
Radio-Petya. Notes of the Victim
Feuilleton, Gudok, June 4, 1925

Дрожжи и записки
Yeast and Notes
Micro Feuilleton, Gudok, June 30, 1925

При исполнении святых обязанностей
In the Holy Performance of Duties
Feuilleton, Gudok, July 15, 1925

Человек с градусником
The Man with te Thermometer
Feuilleton, Gudok, July 16, 1925

По поводу битья жен
Concerning Wife Beating
Feuilleton, Gudok, July 18, 1925

Негритянское происшествие. Письмо рабкора Лага
The Negro Incident. Letter of Worker-Correspondent Lag
Feuilleton, Gudok, July 25, 1925

Путешествие по Крыму
Travel across Crimea
Feuilleton, Krasnaya Gazeta, July 27, August 3, August 10, August 22, August 24, August 31, 1925

Ванькин дурак
Johnny the Fool
Story, Buzoter no. 19, August 1925
Part of the cycle Золотые корреспонденции Ферапонта Ферапонтовича Капорцева - The Golden Correspondence of Ferapont Ferapontovich Kaportsev (1926)
Included as Крокодил Иванович - Crocodile Ivanovich in the cycle Золотые документы. Из моей коллекции - Golden Documents. From my Collection (1924)

Шпрехен зи дейтч?
Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Story, Buzoter no. 19, August 1925

Угрызаемый хвост
The Bitten Tail
Story, Buzoter no. 20, August 1925

Колесо судьбы
Wheel of Fortune
Feuilleton, Gudok, August 3, 1925

Когда мертвые встают из гробов...
When the Dead Rise from the Grave​​...
Feuilleton, Gudok, August 8, 1925

Кулак бухгалтера. Пьеса.
(Может идти вместо «Заговора императрицы»)
The Kulak Accountants. A Theatre Play.
(Can Run Instead of "The Conspiracy of the Empress")
Feuilleton, Gudok, August 9, 1925

Как на теткины деньги местком подарок купил
How the Local Committee Bought a Present with the Money from the Old Lady
Feuilleton, Gudok, August 14, 1925

Стальное горло (Записки юного врача)
The Steel Windpipe (A Country Doctor's Notebook)
Story, Krasnaya panorama no.33, August 15, 1925

Пожар (С натуры)
Fire (From Nature)
Feuilleton, Gudok, August 19, 1925

Таракан
The Cockroach
Story, Zarja Vostoka, Tiflis, August 23, 1925

Летучий голландец
The Flying Dutchman
Feuilleton, Gudok, September 2, 1925

Благим матом
Using Foul Language
Feuilleton, Gudok, September 10, 1925

Не те брюки
The Wrong Pants
Feuilleton, Gudok, September 16, 1925

Страдалец-папаша
The Father–Martyr
Feuilleton, Gudok, September 22, 1925

Мертвые ходят
The Dead Walk
Feuilleton, Gudok, September 25, 1925

Динамит!!!
Dynamite!!!
Feuilleton, Gudok, September 30, 1925

Горемыка-Всеволод. История одного безобразия
Vsevolod the Unlucky. The Story of a Scandal
Feuilleton, Gudok, October 1, 1925

Ликующий вокзал
The Jubilant Station
Feuilleton, Gudok, October 14, 1925

Сентиментальный водолей
The Sentimental Aquarius
Feuilleton, Gudok, October 16, 1925

На чем люди сидят. Подлинное письмо
Where People Sit On. A Genuine Letter
Feuilleton, Gudok, October 21, 1925

Крещение поворотом (Записки юного врача)
Baptism by Rotation (A Country Doctor's Notebook)
Story, Meditsinsky rabotnik no. 41, October 25, 1925, no. 42, November 2 1925

Под пятой. Мой дневник 1923 года
Under the Fifth. My Diary of the Year 1923
Diary from May 24, 1923 to ​​December 13, 1925. During a search on May 7, 1926 in Bulgakov's flat, it was confiscated by the NKVD, together with manuscripts and a a typed version of Heart of a Dog.
The diary was only published in Teatr no. 2, 1990.

«Вода жизни»
The Water of Life
Feuilleton, Gudok, December 18, 1925

Паршивый тип
A Lousy Type
Feuilleton, Gudok, December 19, 1925

Чемпион мира. Фантазия в прозе
The World Champion. Fantasia in prose
Feuilleton, Gudok, December 25, 1925

Мне приснился сон
I Dreamed a Dream
Autobiography, 1926
Sketch for To a Secret Friend (1929)
First publication in «Nedelia» no. 43, 1973

Трактат о жилище
Treatise on Housing
Collection of stories, Zemlya i Fabrika, 1926

1. Трактат о жилище (Москва 20-х годов) - Treatise on Housing (Moscow, the Year '20) (1924)
2. Псалом - Psalm (1923)
3. Четыре портрета (Московские сцены) - Four Portraits (Moscow Scenes) (1923)
4. Самогонное озеро - Moonshine Lake(1923)

Золотые корреспонденции Ферапонта Ферапонтовича Капорцева
The Golden Correspondence of Ferapont Ferapontovich Kaportsev
Correspondence, Smekhach, 1924

1. Несгораемый американский дом - The Fireproof American House (1925)
2. Лжедимитрий Луначарский - The False Dimitry Lunacharsky (1925)
3. Ванькин дурак (Крокодил Иванович) - Johnny the Fool (Crocodile Ivanovich) (1925)
4. Брандмейстер Пожаров (Геркулесовы подвиги светлой памяти
брандмейстера Назарова) - Fireman Pozharov (Herculean feats from the blessed memory of fireman Nazarov) (1924)

Воспаление мозгов
Encephalitis
Feuilleton, Smekhach no. 15, 1926

Вьюга (Записки юного врача)
The Blizzard (A Country Doctor's Notebook)
Story, Meditsinsky rabotnik no. 2, January 18; no. 3, January 25, 1926

Тайна несгораемого шкафа. Маленький уголовный роман
The Mystery of the Fireproof Safe. Small Criminal Novel.
Feuilleton, Gudok, April 18, 1926

Английские булавки
English Safety Pins
Aforisms, Buzoter no. 11, May 1926

Акафист нашему качеству
Ode to Our Quality
Story, Krasnaya gazeta, May 15, 1926

Музыкально-вокальная катастрофа
A Musical and Vocal Disaster
Feuilleton, Gudok, May 28, 1926

Рассказы
Stories
Stories, Zhurnal «Smekhach», Leningrad, July 1926

1. Воспаление мозгов - Hersenkoorts (1926)
2. Золотые корреспонденции Ферапонта Ферапонтовича Капорцева - The Golden Correspondence of Ferapont Ferapontovich Kaportsev (1924)
3. Летучий голландец - The Flying Dutchman(1925)
4. Паршивый тип - A Lousy Type(1925)
5. «Вода жизни» - The Water of Life(1925)
6. Самоцветный быт - Colourful Customs (1923)
7. Площадь на колесах - Square-feet on Wheels (1924)
8. Египетская мумия - The Egyptian Mummy (1924)

Бубновая история
A Diamond Story
Feuilleton, Gudok, June 8, 1926

Пьяный паровоз
The Drunk Locomotive
Feuilleton, Gudok, June 12, 1926

«Развратник». Разговорчик
The Libertine. Small Talk
Feuilleton, Gudok, June 14, 1926

Громкий рай
The Noisy Paradise
Feuilleton, Gudok, June 30, 1926

Тьма египетская(Записки юного врача)
Black as Egypt's Night (A Country Doctor's Notebook)
Story, Meditsinsky rabotnik no. 26, July 20; no. 27, July 27, 1926

Звёздная сыпь (Записки юного врача)
The Speckled Rash (A Country Doctor's Notebook)
Story, Meditsinsky rabotnik no. 29, August 12; no. 30, August 19, 1926

Полотенце с петухом (Записки юного врача)
The Embroidered Towel (A Country Doctor's Notebook)
Story, Meditsinsky rabotnik no. 33, September 12; no. 34, September 18, 1926

Пропавший глаз (Записки юного врача)
The Vanishing Eye (A Country Doctor's Notebook)
Story, Meditsinsky rabotnik no. 36, October 2; no. 37, October 12, 1926

Микробы
Microbes
Feuilleton, Gudok, November 10, 926

Я убил (Записки юного врача)
I Committed a Murder (A Country Doctor's Notebook)
Story, Meditsinsky rabotnik no. 44, December 8; no. 45, December 12, 1926

Морфий (Записки юного врача)
Morphine (A Country Doctor's Notebook)
Story, Meditsinsky rabotnik no. 45, December 9; no. 46, December 17; no. 47, December 23, 1927

Тайному другу
To a Secret Friend
Novella. Written in September 1929.
Published in: Pamir, Dushanbe no. 4, 1987.
An excerpt of this novella has been translated in English by Margaret Wettlin as Remembering Gudok

Жизнь господина де Мольера
The Life of Monsieur de Molière
Novel, finished on March 8, 1933
 Published: Molodaya gvardiya, 1962

Был май
It Was in May
Story, written on May 17,1934.
Published: Avrora, no. 3, 1978.

Курс истории СССР
The Course of History of the USSR
Unfinished history textbook for students of the 3rd and 4th year of primary school, written between March 5 and July 1,1936.

Театральный роман
Blak Snow - A Theatrical Novel
Novel, finished on June 3, 1937
Published: Novy mir no. 8, 1965

Детский рассказ
Children's Story
Story, Sovyetsky Artist, January 1, 1939

Мастер и Маргарита
The Master and Margarita
Novel, written between1928 and 1940
Published:
Book One, Moskva no. 11, December 1966
Book Two, Moskva no. 1, February 1967

Bibliography - Theatre plays

Early works - never published

Первый цвет
The First Flower
Drama, autumn 1919, never staged

Самооборона
Self-defense
Vaudeville, staged by the First Soviet Theatre, Vladikavkaz, premiere June 6, 1920

Глиняные женихи
The Clay Grooms
Comedia buffa, finished on November 25,1920, never staged

Братья Турбины
The Brothers Turbin
Drama, staged by the First Soviet Theatre, Vladikavkaz, premiere October 1920

Парижские коммунары
The Communards From Paris
Drama, staged by the First Soviet Theatre, Vladikavkaz, premiere March 15, 1921

Сыновья муллы
The Sons of the Mullah
Drama, staged by the First Soviet Theatre, Vladikavkaz, premiere May 15, 1921


Published works

Дни Турбиных
 The Days of the Turbins
Drama, stage adaptation of The White Guard.
Premiere at the Moscow Art Theatre MKhAT, October 5,1926.
On orders from Glavrepertkom removed from the repertoire on February 26, 1929.
Resumed on February 16, 1932.
A total of 987 performances between October 5, 1926 and June 1941.

Зойкина квартира
Zoyka's Apartment
Satire, premiere at the Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow, October 28, 1926.
On orders from Glavrepertkom removed from the repertoire on March 17, 1929 after 198 performances.

Бег (Восемь снов)
The Flight (Eight Dreams)
Drama, finished on January 1, 1928. On May 9, 1928 Glavrepertkom qualified the play as "unacceptable". It was never performed during Bulgakov's life.
Publication: one scène - the 7th dream - was published in Kraznaya gazeta on October 1, 1932.

Багровый остров
The Crimson Island (Theatre version)
Comedy. Premiere at the Aleksandr Tairov Chamber Theatre, Moscow, December 11, 1928.
On orders from Glavrepertkom removed from the repertoire in June 1929 after more than 60 performances.

Адам и Ева
Adam and Eve
Drama, finished on August 22, 1931. In the autumn of 1931, during a reading of the piece at the Vakhtangov Theatre, Jakob Ivanovitsj Aliksin (1897-1938), one of the leading officers of the Soviet Air Force, said that it was «impossible to stage this piece». As a result, it got forbidden, and It was never performed during Bulgakov's life.
Publication in the USSR: October no. 6, 1987

Война и мир
War and Peace
Drama, stage adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910).
Bulgakov worked on the text from September 24, 1921 to February 27, 1932.
It was never performed during Bulgakov's life.

Полоумный Журден (Мольериана в трех действиях)
Crazy Jourdain (Moleriana in three acts)
Comedy, translation and adaptation of the ballet comedy Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Jean-Baptiste Molière (1622-1673), finished on July 18, 1932.
It was never performed during Bulgakov's life.

Мёртвые души
Dead Souls
Drama, stage adaptation of the novel by Nikolay Gogol (1809-1852).
Premièreat the Moscow Art Theatre MKhAT, November 28, 1932

Блаженство (Сон инженера Рейна в четырех актах)
Bliss (The Dream of Engineer Reyn in Four Acts)
Drama, finished on April 23, 1934. On April 25, 1934, a reading of the piece was held at the Moscow Satire Theatre. Neither the director nor the actors liked the piece. So Bulgakov decided to write a new piece which would become known as Ivan Vasilyevich.
It was never performed during Bulgakov's life.
Publication: Zvezda Vostoka, Tasjkent, no. 7, 1966.

Александр Пушкин (Последние дни)
Aleksandr Pushkin (The Last Days)
Drama, finished on September 9, 1935.
The piece wasn't premiered until after the death of the playwright, on April 10, 1943, at the Moscow Art Theatre MKhAT. By order of the Glavrepertkom the name was changed in The Last Days. The play was very successful: it was on the repertoire until 1959.

Кабала святош (Мольер)
The Cabal of the Hypocrites (Molière)
 Drama on the renowned French comedian Jean Baptiste Molière (1622-1673), finished on December 6, 1929.
On March 18, 1930, the Glavrepertkom prohibited to perform the piece. After some adjustments to the text, on October 3, 1931, permission was given to carry on, but only in Moscow and Leningrad. At the request of the censorship the title was changed to Moliere.
Premiere at the Moscow Art Theatre MKhAT, February 16, 1936.

Иван Васильевич
Ivan Vasiljevich
Drama, finished on September 30, 1935, written after the rejection of Bliss by the Moscow Satire Theatre.
On October 29, 1935, Glavrepertkom granted the permission to stage the piece​​, providing some changes in the text. On May 13, 1936, a last rehearsal was organised, immediately followed by a stage ban.
It was never performed during Bulgakov's life.

Дон Кихот
Don Quichot
Drama, stage adaptation of the novel by the Spanisqh author Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), finished on September 9, 1938.
It was never performed during Bulgakov's life.
Premiere at the Ostrovsky Drama Theatre in Kineshma on April 7, 1940, six weeks after the playwright's dead.

Батум
Batum
Theatre piece about the youth of Joseph Stalin.
On August 14, 1939, Bulgakov was leading a mission of the Moscow Art Theatre, on commissioned by Stalin to colledt study material for the upcoming production. Two hours later, in Serpukhov, he received a telegram from the theatre director G. M. Kalishyan: «Your trip is no longer needed,return to Moscow»
It was never performed during Bulgakov's life.
Publication: Ardis, Ann Arbor, 1977.

Bibliography - Libretto's

Минин и Пожарский
Minin and Pozharsky
Composer: Boris Vladimirovich Asafiev (Igor Glebov) (1884-1949).
Bulgakov worked on the text from July 16, 1936 to October 1, 1936.
The opera was never performed during his life.

Чёрное море
The Black Sea
Composer: Sergey Ivanovich Pototsky (1883-1958).
Bulgakov worked on the text from 16 October 1936 to November 18, 1936.
The opera was never performed during his life.

Пётр Великий
Peter the Great
Composer: E.V. Petunin.
Libretto finished on September 13, 1937.
The opera was never performed during Bulgakov's life. On September 22, 1937, the Committee for the Arts gave him a list of 10 comments on the text, which, de facto, put an end to the work.

Рашель
Rachel
Composer: Isaak Osipovich Dunaevsky (1900-1955).
The opera was never performed during Bulgakov's life. He worked on the text from 23 September 1938 until his death.

Юбилейное заседание
Birthday Party
Libretto with comic greetings to the staff of the Moscow Art Theatre MKhAT on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the theater, written on October 14, 1938, and performed on November 3, 1938. Bulgakov himself played the role of entertainer.

Bibliography - Film scripts

Ревизор
The revisor
Script based on the work by Nikolay Gogol (1809-1852).
Bulgakov worked on the text from August 25, 1934 to October 15, 1934.
The film was never made.

Мёртвые души
Dead Souls
Script based on the work by Nikolay Gogol (1809-1852).
Finished on August 12, 1934.
The film was never made.



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