In 1977 as an undergrad at UMASS Amherst I had the pleasure of taking a Russian Lit course on the Bulgakov book Master and Margarita. Vladimir Dremlyuga was engáged as a teaching assistent for this course, and being a grad of DLI Russian, I was one of the few undergrads who could actually speak Russian. Vladimir and I became close friends. I will be eternally grateful for his having introduced me to Bulgakov's masterpiece.