Мастер и Маргарита

In 1985, Gennady Kalinovsky (1929–2006) created a series of illustrations for "The Master and Margarita." This work, which the artist considered his greatest creative achievement, met a fate reminiscent of the fate of Bulgakov's manuscript: the illustrations were published only 15 years later, in 2001, and in the same year were awarded diplomas at the XV Moscow International Book Exhibition-Fair. The artist managed to convey the complexity of Bulgakov's novel, where religious-historical mystery intertwined with the legend of the crucified Christ, Moscow's "buffoonery," and supernatural scenes with characters embodying dark forces that "eternally desire evil and eternally do good."