Bulgakov. Belaia gvardiia - Bulgakov Mikhail Afanas'evich

"White Guard" is an autobiographical novel and at the same time an exciting account of the fate of intellectuals in Russia after the 1918 revolution, a novel about social catastrophe, about the violence of one segment of the population over all others, about a disorderly retreat Petlura's troops under the onslaught of the Reds. About the disappearance of an entire way of life, which will never be.

"... These were the legendary times, those times when in the gardens of the most beautiful city of our homeland lived a carefree young generation. Then in the hearts of this generation was born confidence that all life will pass in white, quietly, calmly: dawns, sunsets, Dnipro, Kreshchatik, sunny streets in summer, and in winter - not cold, not hard - large, affectionate snow ...

... And it turned out quite the opposite.

Legendary times have come to an end, and suddenly and menacingly history has come."

M. Bulgakov