The Master and Margarita

           

           

           

           

           

           

• Introduction
• Pavel Orinyansky
• Jean Daniel Lorieux
• Herman Van Gestel
• Charlie Stone
• Gennady Kalinovsky
• Viktor Vasilevich Prokofiev
• Leonid Kovtun
• Rezo Kaishauri
• Slawka Gorna
• Svetlana Borshchenko
• Arina Gheorghita
• Nadya Grunina
• Ivan Kulik
• Kacper Bozek
• Andrei Nabokov
• Glushenko and others
• Nadya Rusheva
• Vyacheslav Zhelvakov
• Laura the Shawl
• Pavel Zablotski

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Nadya (Nadezhda Nikolayevna) Rusheva (1952-1969) was a Russian artist, born in Mongolia. During her short life she created over 10.000 drawings. Impetuous and impulsive, free of all conventions, they were perceived by her contemporaries as a revelation. She arranged sheets with her drawings of The Master and Margarita so as to form a kind of book on which Bulgakov's widow, Elena Sergeevna left a note: "I wish I knew this amazing and subtle creature, Nadya Rusheva".

Nadya's Margarita bears a striking resemblance to Elena Sergeevna, although they never met. It's amazing how the 16-year-old girl penetrated into adult feelings and historical epochs depicted by Bulgakov, where she got that virtuoso grotesque for scenes from a variety show. How she could feel so deeply and know so much remains a mystery. She saw what they eye cannot see.