The main theme of M. Bulgakov's work is the depiction of the Russian intelligentsia, which often displeased the government and ideology of the time, which is why many of his works were banned and appeared only after his death. He wrote the works "The White Guard", "The Devil", and one of the most famous works of Mikhail Bulgakov is the novel "The Master and Margarita".
The short story "The Heart of a Dog" was written in 1925. January-March The work's sharp social satire, combined with genetic engineering fiction, was highly controversial at the time. M. Bulgakov's manuscript has been kept in the archives for six decades. First published only in 1987