The Days of the Turbins

The end of 1918 – the beginning of 1919, Kyiv is engulfed in the madness of the Civil War: German troops, Petlura's forces, Bolsheviks – the city passes from hand to hand…

The old world is perishing, "our whole life is collapsing." In this chaos unfolds the drama of the Turbin family. In the series "Small Classics of Speech" the complete text of the famous third edition of the play is published. It is accompanied by an introductory article and detailed historical and cultural commentary, as well as illustrations by Nikolai Lavrukhin, created specifically for this edition.