Michael Bulgakov. Can you expect help from the devil?

The episode starts at 00:00:00 with an introduction, then at 00:00:32 Tamara shares her ski trips, at 00:01:56 she discusses the semi‑forbidden Mikhail Bulgakov, at 00:06:23 the audience’s misunderstanding of "The Master and Margarita", at 00:09:22 the various facets of Bulgakov, at 00:12:21 the Bulgakov cult, at 00:13:47 criticism of Bulgakov by readers, at 00:16:39 what makes his biography interesting, at 00:19:43 his youth, political views, first wife, at 00:23:37 the tense atmosphere in the Russian Empire, at 00:25:13 what kind of person he was, at 00:28:28 religion in the family, at 00:30:13 Bulgakov during WWI, at 00:32:13 his drug addiction, at 00:35:27 the impact of the Civil War, at 00:40:07 his time in Vladikavkaz, at 00:42:44 change of power, at 00:46:17 moving to Moscow, at 00:49:04 struggle for a good life, at 00:51:23 life of Muscovites in the 1920s, at 00:55:09 path to success, at 00:57:26 phantasmagoria in "Diaboliad", at 01:02:04 "The Fatal Eggs", at 01:04:47 "Heart of a Dog", at 01:09:09 favor towards government officials, at 01:14:32 theatrical success, at 01:17:26 recollections of a guard, at 01:19:43 interrogations, at 01:24:38 "The Cabal of Hypocrites", at 01:30:00 letter to the USSR, at 01:36:35 work at the Moscow Art Theatre, at 01:39:48 first drafts, at 01:41:49 resuming work, at 01:45:08 Woland as Stalin, at 01:47:42 the Great Terror, at 01:53:51 vague notions of good and evil, at 01:58:05 Gasparov on "The Master and Margarita", at 02:02:54 the play "Batumi", at 02:05:51 deterioration of health, at 02:07:45 Gasparov on autobiographical nature.