The White Guard
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The White Guard is a semi-autobiographical novel by Mikhail Bulgakov that portrays the turmoil of the Russian Civil War through the experiences of an intellectual family in Kiev.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | stage play ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | The Days of the Turbins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Mikhail Bulgakov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Bulgakov’s own experiences in Kiev ⓘ |
| centralCharacters | members of the Turbin family ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCountry | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial publication ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | journal Rossiya ⓘ |
| focusesOn | an intellectual family in Kiev ⓘ |
| follows | events after the Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
historical novel
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semi‑autobiographical novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Aleksei Turbin
NERFINISHED
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Elena Turbin NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Turbin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleInRussian | Белая гвардия NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
advance of Bolshevik forces
ⓘ
fall of the Hetmanate in Ukraine ⓘ presence of German troops in Kiev ⓘ |
| influenced | Soviet stage adaptations of civil war themes ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Russian literature of the early 20th century ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | major early work of Mikhail Bulgakov ⓘ |
| mainEvent | Russian Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSetting | Kiev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third‑person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of White Army officers
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portrayal of multiple factions in the Russian Civil War ⓘ sympathetic treatment of the White side ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| protagonistFamilyName | Turbin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Nedra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Days of the Turbins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | multi‑chapter narrative ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
White Guard officers
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urban life during civil war ⓘ |
| themes |
civil war
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collapse of empire ⓘ family ⓘ intelligentsia in crisis ⓘ loyalty ⓘ political chaos ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1918 ⓘ |
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