Yanovskaya, L. M. Notes on Mikhail Bulgakov (Zapiski o Mikhaile Bulgakove), 2007. In Russian.

Яновская Л. М. Записки о Михаиле Булгакове.
Москва: Текст, 2007.
433, [3] с. : ил. Твёрдый издательский переплёт, обычный формат.
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Yanovskaya, L. M. Notes on Mikhail Bulgakov (Zapiski o Mikhaile Bulgakove).
Moscow: Tekst, 2007.
433 pp.: ill. Publisher’s hardcover, standard format.

This 2007 edition is a fundamental work by Lidiya Yanovskaya (1926–2011), the pioneering scholar who effectively rescued the legacy of Mikhail Bulgakov from archival oblivion. Yanovskaya was the first researcher granted access to the writer’s restricted archives in the 1960s, and her meticulous textological work was instrumental in restoring the original manuscripts of The Master and Margarita. This volume, Notes on Mikhail Bulgakov, represents the culmination of her life's work, blending rigorous scholarly inquiry with the intimacy of a memoir.
The book is structured as a series of thematic essays that reconstruct Bulgakov’s creative biography and the complex history of his most famous works. Yanovskaya draws upon her extensive personal interviews with Bulgakov’s third wife, Elena Sergeevna Bulgakova, and other contemporaries, providing a "first-hand" perspective on the writer's daily life, his struggles with Soviet censorship, and his final days. Her analysis of the writer’s drafts reveals the evolution of his characters and the hidden autobiographical layers within his prose and plays.
Unlike a dry academic biography, Yanovskaya's writing is characterized by a deep emotional resonance and an "investigative" passion. She details the dramatic story of how Bulgakov’s manuscripts were preserved and the decade-long battle to have them published during the Thaw and Stagnation eras. The book serves as both a psychological portrait of the author of Heart of a Dog and The White Guard and a chronicle of the birth of "Bulgakovology" (bulgakovedenie) as a scientific discipline.
For bibliophiles and scholars, this 2007 printing by the Tekst publishing house is an essential primary source. It captures the intersection of literature and history, documenting the resilience of the Russian intelligentsia and the enduring power of a writer who claimed that "manuscripts don't burn." This volume is a vital addition to any library focused on 20th-century Russian literature and the fate of genius under totalitarianism.