The White Guard

A Kyiv family is caught up in the Ukrainian War of Independence in this novel by the author of The Master and Margarita , drawing from his own life.   Reds, Whites, German troops, and Ukrainian nationalists battle for control of the city of Kyiv as the war becomes more tumultuous in Mikhail Bulgakov’s debut novel,  The White Guard .   Drawing heavily from the author’s own experiences in Ukraine during the period of the Russian Civil War—he witnessed ten changes of government himse