Drawing closely on Bulgakov's personal experiences of the horrors of civil war a
s a young doctor, "The White Guard" takes place in Kiev, 1918, a time of turmoil
and suffocating uncertainty as the Bolsheviks, Socialists and Germans fight for
control of the city. It tells the story of the Turbins, a once-wealthy Russian
family, as they are forced to come to terms with revolution and a new regime.
