The Man from the USSR and Other Plays is a collection of four dramas by the Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov, first published in 1984.

'The Man from the USSR' was first produced in Berlin in 1926, and the first act was published in Rul' on January 1 the following year.

[3] 'The Event' was written in Paris in 1938, and was published in Russkie zapiskie (Russian Annuls).

[3] The plot follows a painter in tsarist Russia and his wife as they await a convict who has threatened them with violence.

[3] According to Kanfer's review in Time magazine, 'Because of the melodramatic structure and blank-verse dialogue, the play is the least successful.