The Days of the Turbins

Mikhail Bulgakov’s play “The Days of the Turbins” is a dramatic work based on his novel “The White Guard.” The plot centers on the fate of the Turbin family and their circle during the Russian Civil War in Kyiv between 1918 and 1919. The piece portrays the collapse of the old world and the tragedy of the Russian intelligentsia against the backdrop of historic upheavals.