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  Chapter 28 - The Last Adventures of Koroviev and Behemoth  
     
 
Okay, I know that most of you don't speak Russian. And, even if you once did, like me, you have probably forgotten most of it. I'm going to try to explain what's going on, but I'm not going to do a very good job of it. First of all, I haven't read the book in a few years and while I have another copy of it here, it is the first translation, the Ginsburg Translation - and as I understand it, the novel's text was heavily censored so as to get it published in Soviet Russia in the sixies (the novel itself was written in the thirties). Anyway, it seems that this particular episode I illustrated is completely absent from the Ginsburg Translation. So, if you are attempting to follow along from home, start with the Burgin/O'Connor Translation.
 
     
 
Second warning- I have not spared a thought for Russian since January 1, 2000. So my hasty translations aren't perhaps going to be the most helpful things in the world.
 
 
 
 
It's not the whole chapter 28, either. It's just one episode from a very hectic Chapter 28
 
 
 
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