The Raid (Bulgakov)

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Mikhail Bulgakov around 1935

The raid ( Russian Налёт , Naljot ) is a short story by the Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov , which appeared on December 25, 1923 in the satirical magazine Gudok .

background

Near the Chain Bridge in Kiev ( Ukraine ) went Rotarmist Streltsov fearless to death when he was in the night of February 3, 1919 - probably by Petlyura was attacked and killed - ists.

content

Before 1923 in Ukraine: The Jewish worker Abram and his neighboring posts Strelzow and Stschukin from the guard regiment are attacked by mounted "bandits" in the snowstorm on the railway embankment. Abram miraculously survives. Despite a severe head wound, he crawls to the stationer's house, which a woman lives with her child, and is let in. Abram wants to dig Strelzow out of the snow the next morning - in vain.

German-language editions

Output used:

  • The raid. In the magic lantern. Translated from the Russian by Thomas Reschke . Pp. 165-173 in Ralf Schröder (Ed.): Bulgakow. The red crown. Autobiographical stories and diaries. Volk & Welt, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-353-00944-2 (= Vol. 5: Collected Works (13 Vols.))

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Russian Гудок - The pipe
  2. ↑ Russian. The attack notes at bulgakov.ru