RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and JournalismRUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism2312-92202312-9247Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)2044610.22363/2312-9220-2018-23-4-384-392Research ArticleThe Moscow housing problem of 1920s in the stories and feuilletons of Mikhail BulgakovMikhaylovskiAnna<p>PhD Candidate, Institute of Slavic Studies at the University of Wuerzburg, Germany</p>anna.michailowski@uni-wuerzburg.deUniversity of Wuerzburg1512201823438439202022019Copyright © 2018, Mikhaylovski A.2018<p>At the beginning of the 1920s Moscow was in the middle of a housing crisis: after the revolution the housing resources in Moscow have decreased, while the population has increased. The housing shortage has become the sign of decade and has been treated therefore in many satirical magazines by Sergei Garin, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Pantelejmon Romanov and other satirists. Mikhail Bulgakov, who went through this crisis himself, also belonged to these satirists. The present article deals with Bulgakovs feuilletons and stories which treat the housing question in Moscow. The analysis includes following stories and feuilletons: Vospominanie, Stolitsa v bloknote, Ploshchad na kolesakh, Moskva 20-kh godov, Moskovskie stseny, Samogonnoe ozero, Nr. 13 Dom Ėlpit-Rabkommuna.</p>Mikhail BulgakovVospominanie“Stolitsa v bloknote”“Ploshchad’ na kolesakh”“Moskva 20-kh godov”“Moskovskie stseny”“Samogonnoe ozero”Moskauer Wohnungsfrage20er Jahre in MoskauWohnraummangelWohnraumverkleinerungKommunales Leben in MoskauМихаил Булгаков«Воспоминание»«Столица в блокноте»«Площадь на колесах»«Москва 20-х годов»«Московские сцены»«Самогонное озеро»московский квартирный вопрос1920-е гг. в Москвеуплотнениекоммунальная жизнь в Москве[Wielspütz, Michael. “Haus Nr. 13” von M. A. Bulgakov (Wohnprobleme der 20er Jahre in der Sowjetunion) [“House NR. 13” of Mikhail Bulgakov (Living problems of 1920s in the Soviet Union)]. In: Beatrice Haas, editor. Michael A. Bulgakovs Prose. Vol. 1. Hamburg: Helmut Buske, 1981. P. 37-59. (In Germ.)][Bulgakov, Mikhail. Collected works in 5 volumes. Vol. 2. Editor: Gennadij Goc. Moscow: Khudozhestvennaja Literatura, 1989. (In Russ.)][Gerasimova, E.Ju. Soviet communal apartment. Sotsiologicheskij zhurnal. 1998; 1(2): 224-243. (In Russ.)][Bulgakov, Mikhail. Gesammelte Werke [Collected Works]. Vol. 7. Editor: Ralf Schröder. Berlin: Volk und Welt, 1995. (In Germ.)][Sokolov, Boris. Encyclopedia of Bulgakov. Moscow: Lokid, 1998. (In Russ.)][Fialkovaja, L.L. Comments. Stories and feuilletons. In: Gennadij Gos, editor. Collected Works of Mikhail Bulgakov. Vol. 2. Moscow: Khudozhestvennaja Literatura, 1989. P. 704-735. (In Russ.)][Chudakova, Mariétta. Biography of Mikhail Bulgakov. Moscow: Kniga, 1988. (In Russ.)][Lebina, Natalija. Soviet everyday life. Norms and deviations: from the war communism to the big style. Moscow: Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie, 2015. (In Russ.)]