Why did Joseph Stalin call Russian writers? Natalya Kochetkova Mar 22 2026 History

https://www.gw2ru.com/history/246876-why-did-joseph-stalin-call-russian-writers It happened twice – he spoke with Mikhail Bulgakov and Boris Pasternak. In Spring 1930, Joseph Stalin called Mikhail Bulgakov, author of ‘The Master and Margarita’. And, in May 1934, he called Boris Pasternak, author of ‘Dr. Zhivago’. Both conversations lasted only a few minutes, but became legendary and were seen as the most important events in the lives of both writers.