"To replace Gusev, Chertkov sent Father a new secretary toward the end of January. This was a student by the name of V. F. Bulgakov, a jolly, buoyant youth, a bit in love with himself."
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Alexandra Tolstaya, Tolstoy: A Life of My Father, trans. Elizabeth R. Hapgood (London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1953), p. 483.
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Valentin Bulgakov
Valentin Fyodorovich Bulgakov (25 November 1886 – 22 September 1966) was the last secretary of Leo Tolstoy and his biographer.
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