Forty Forties is a story by the famous Russian writer, playwright and theater figure Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891—1940). A poor Muscovite feels like a stranger in his hometown. The bourgeoisie look at him disdainfully as a proletarian, but the proletariat does not recognize him as one of their own. He sadly observes the new Bolshevik order, but still continues to love Moscow with its churches, which have not yet been destroyed...
