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What is the name of the Russian novel with a large cat who likes drinking and pistols?

Question by Wee-a-boo?: What is the name of the novel with a cat who likes drinking, pistols and is as large as a calf?
I’ve heard it’s thought highly of and, if I recall correctly, is Russian.
Early answers:

Answer by gormenghast10014
“The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov
https://russianbest.com/the-master-and-margarita.html

“Behemoth
An enormous (said to be as large as a hog) black cat, capable of standing on two legs and talking. He has a penchant for chess, vodka and pistols. In Russian, “Begemot”. The word itself means hippopotamus in Russian as well as the Biblical creature.” (Wikipedia)

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