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Bulgakov

British  
/ bʊlˈɡakəf /

noun

  1. Mikhail Afanaseyev (ʌfʌˈnasjef). 1891–1940, Soviet novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer; his novels include The Master and Margerita (1966–67)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The killer was a former schoolmate of Paustovsky’s; they had pulled boyish pranks together at their Kyiv gymnasium, along with the future writer Mikhail Bulgakov.

From Washington Post Feb. 10, 2023

Gen Bulgakov has run the military's logistics operations since 2008 and was responsible for keeping Russian troops supplied after their deployment to Syria in 2015.

From BBC Sep. 24, 2022

The Defense Ministry on Saturday announced the dismissal of Gen. Dmitry Bulgakov from the post of deputy defense minister in charge of military logistics.

From Washington Times Sep. 24, 2022

Maksim Bulgakov, 40, the theater director, said he had never wanted to join the army.

From Seattle Times May 27, 2022

See Ilya Tolstoy, My Reminiscences, pages 246-7 and 272; Bulgakov, Leo Tolstoy, pages 34-5, 267, 289, and 323.

From Autobiography of Countess Tolstoy by Sophie Andreevna Tolstoy

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