# Has The Satanic Verses been translated into Russian?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-satanic-verses-been-translated-into-russian/130997>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 5, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-satanic-verses-been-translated-into-russian/130997 "2002-10-05T20:47:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Dreaming\_of\_Maria\_Callas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@Dreaming\_of\_Maria\_Callas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dreaming_of_Maria_Callas)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-satanic-verses-been-translated-into-russian/130997/1 "2002-10-05T20:47:29Z")

</div>

My Ukrainian girlfriend’s favourite book is Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita (which I think really sucks and is incredibly misguided, but that’s a thread for another day). This book happened to be one of Salman Rushdie’s biggest inspirations in writing The Satanic Verses, so I figure she’ll like that as well. Her English, though fine, isn’t strong enough to make her endure an entire novel, so I’m looking for a Russian translation. Has a translation of the book ever been made into Russian?

UnuMondo

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-satanic-verses-been-translated-into-russian/130997/2 "2002-10-05T21:30:30Z")

</div>

According to [this site](http://www.24houressays.com/Satanic%20Verses.htm), publication in Russia was cancelled at some point. I know that doesn’t answer your question, but it suggests the possibility of a “no.”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Dreaming\_of\_Maria\_Callas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@Dreaming\_of\_Maria\_Callas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dreaming_of_Maria_Callas)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-satanic-verses-been-translated-into-russian/130997/3 "2002-10-05T23:01:45Z")

</div>

> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \*  
> \*\*According to [this site](http://www.24houressays.com/Satanic%20Verses.htm), publication in Russia was cancelled at some point. I know that doesn’t answer your question, but it suggests the possibility of a “no.” \*\*

That seems to answer that. Thanks for finding the information.

It’s a shame that it doesn’t exist in Russian, as I think a lot of Russians would like to see what a Westerner (well, Rushdie’s book is very Occidental even if he isn’t) has gotten out of \*\* The Master and Margarita\*\*, which is supposedly incomprehensible to non-Russians.

UnuMondo