Bulgakov Museum in Moscow Vandalized by Religious Fanatics
Moscow museum dedicated to a Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov, who was condemned by the Orthodox Church for his works, was largely destroyed last week, AFP reports.
The museum celebrated the life and work of Mikhail Bulgakov, author of “The Master and Margarita” a work of fantasy and satire telling us about the devil coming to Communist-era Moscow.
The Orthodox Church called the book published only 26 years after Bulgakov’s death in 1940 “the fifth gospel, that of Satan.”
According to Svetlana Kostina, deputy director of the museum, Alexander Morozov, a bitter critic of Bulgakov’s work, which he condemned as Satanic, last Thursday locked himself in the museum, situated on the ground floor of a building and demanded that it be evicted.
The man threw many objects out of the window, including valuable illustrations of Bulgakov’s works, signed by Great Russian artists, not to mention several computers, Kostina said. About half the contents were damaged.
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The museum celebrated the life and work of Mikhail Bulgakov, author of “The Master and Margarita” a work of fantasy and satire telling us about the devil coming to Communist-era Moscow.
The Orthodox Church called the book published only 26 years after Bulgakov’s death in 1940 “the fifth gospel, that of Satan.”
According to Svetlana Kostina, deputy director of the museum, Alexander Morozov, a bitter critic of Bulgakov’s work, which he condemned as Satanic, last Thursday locked himself in the museum, situated on the ground floor of a building and demanded that it be evicted.
The man threw many objects out of the window, including valuable illustrations of Bulgakov’s works, signed by Great Russian artists, not to mention several computers, Kostina said. About half the contents were damaged.