Christening by Turning

'Christening by Turning'' - is a fascinating short story by the famous Russian writer, playwright and theatrical personage Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891 - 1940). A village doctor sleeps peacefully in his house and suddenly he is woken up by somebody's knocking in the door. He is urgently asked to come to the hospital - the patient has the complications during the childbirth, the midwives can...