num_pages: 319
description: Drawing closely on Bulgakov's personal experiences of the horrors of civil war as a young doctor, "The White Guard" takes place in Kiev, 1918, a time of turmoil and suffocating uncertainty as the Bolsheviks, Socialists and Germans fight for control of the city. It tells the story of the Turbins, a once-wealthy Russian family, as they are forced to come to terms with revolution and a new regime.
language: English
title: The White Guard
titlecomplete: The White Guard
genres: 20th Century, Russia, Historical Fiction, Ukraine, Novels, Literature, Russian Literature, Classics, War, Fiction
ratings_count: 14112
places: Kyiv, Ukraine
publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers