Recently, it is generally accepted that the Russian intelligentsia did not accept the Bolshevik revolution en masse and suffered more than others from it. However, everything is not so simple. On the other hand, hardly any other social group in modern European history was so inclined towards radical non-conformism and rebellion. Indeed, this handful of people managed to shake the foundations of the powerful monarchy and greatly contribute to its collapse. And this despite the fact that the revolutionary intelligentsia had no influence on the apparatus of power, was not in any way rooted in society and in the literal sense of the word personified groundlessness. In this collection, the reader will plunge into artistic depiction and comprehension of those great shocks and transformations that individuals from the intelligentsia experienced during the years of the revolution and civil war. Alexey Nikolaevich Tolstoy. The Road to CalvaryBoris Leonidovich Pasternak. Doctor ZhivagoMikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov. White GuardIvan Alekseevich Bunin. Cursed days

Recently, it is generally accepted that the Russian intelligentsia did not accept the Bolshevik revolution en masse and suffered more than others from it. However, everything is not so simple. On the other hand, hardly any other social group in modern European history was so inclined towards radical non-conformism and rebellion. Indeed, this handful of people managed to shake the foundations of the powerful monarchy and greatly contribute to its collapse. And this despite the fact that the revolutionary intelligentsia had no influence on the apparatus of power, was not in any way rooted in society and in the literal sense of the word personified groundlessness. In this collection, the reader will plunge into artistic depiction and comprehension of those great shocks and transformations that individuals from the intelligentsia experienced during the years of the revolution and civil war. Alexey Nikolaevich Tolstoy. The Road to CalvaryBoris Leonidovich Pasternak. Doctor ZhivagoMikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov. White GuardIvan Alekseevich Bunin. Cursed days

Recently, it is generally accepted that the Russian intelligentsia did not accept the Bolshevik revolution en masse and suffered more than others from it. However, everything is not so simple. On the other hand, hardly any other social group in modern European history was so inclined towards radical non-conformism and rebellion. Indeed, this handful of people managed to shake the foundations of the powerful monarchy and greatly contribute to its collapse. And this despite the fact that the revolutionary intelligentsia had no influence on the apparatus of power, was not in any way rooted in society and in the literal sense of the word personified groundlessness. In this collection, the reader will plunge into artistic depiction and comprehension of those great shocks and transformations that individuals from the intelligentsia experienced during the years of the revolution and civil war. Alexey Nikolaevich Tolstoy. The Road to CalvaryBoris Leonidovich Pasternak. Doctor ZhivagoMikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov. White GuardIvan Alekseevich Bunin. Cursed days