She was born on 21 October 1893, in
Riga as the daughter of . Her family was connected to the Moscow theater world; for example, her sister Olga worked as a secretary for
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. Between 1933 and 1940, she kept a
diary, which is useful for reconstructing her life, that of
Mikhail Bulgakov, and the Soviet artistic world. Bulgakova supported her husband against censorship and press campaigns orchestrated by
Stalin against him. While the bulk of the work was undertaken by her husband, it was a shared creative process, as she was his
muse, and he resumed writing after marrying her. and even added text in many places. She completed and edited the work in less than a year.
Later life and death Bulgakova remained connected to the Soviet intellectual, and even dissident, circles, receiving visits from figures such as
Anna Akhmatova between 1942 and 1944. She died on 18 July 1970, in Moscow. ==Legacy==