The Flight

Historical Context and Significance

The play "The Flight" by Mikhail Bulgakov is a work of art in which the tragedy of the Civil War and the flight of Russian émigrés is rendered with piercing expressiveness. Created at the turning point of an era, it became the voice of a generation torn between homeland and exile, between the past and an unknown future. Bulgakov captured with remarkable precision the atmosphere of chaos, despair, and hope that reigned in the minds of those caught at history’s crossroads. "The Flight" not only documented the drama of the White emigration, but also became a symbol of a lost world, longing for home, and the impossibility of return. Its ban and years of silence only heightened the play’s mythology, turning it into a cultural phenomenon that continues to move minds and hearts, reminding us of the cost of historical catastrophe and the fragility of human destiny.