Yelena Bulgakova
Yelena Bulgakova (born Nürenberg; 21st of October/2nd of November 1893, Riga, Russian Empire –18th of July 1970, Moscow, Russian SFSR) – a translator, the spouse of Mikhail Bulgakov. She was the prototype of Margarita in the novel «The Master and Margarita».
Y. Bulgakova was born in Riga and was studying at Riga Lomonosov Gymnasum. During the First World War she moved to Moscow and began working at the information agency ROSTA and afterwards at the newspaper «Izvestiya». In 1929 Yelena got acquainted with M. Bulgakov who at that time had one of the hardest periods of his life. They got married and Yelena not only became his spouse but also the source of inspiration for M.Bulgakov's works. She was a reliable wife and partner, who was helping him in his creative literary work. She retained his archives and unique manuscrits. Y. Bulgakova also was a skillfull manager and after her husband's death was concluding contracts with many publishing houses.
Due to the efforts of Yelena Bulgakova her husband's famous novel «The Master and Margarita» was published after 26 years of the author's death.
Alexander Gurin
Sources of information:
Александр Гурин. Божественная знакомая сатаны
