The Master And Margarita polka

Picked up the mandolin and the tune wrote itself. Had a vaguely Russian feel to it, so here you go!

When (European) tunes in the major mode are played in minor they often sound (vaguely) Russian. Especially true of Irish polkas…
Your first part sounds like a minor version of “Campbell’s farewell to Redcastle”, an iconic Scottish pipe march.

I bought a cheap Russian mandolin once but I gave it up cause of the extra notes which were put in…