The Pushkin Prize (russian: Пушкинская премия) was established in 1881 by the

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to honor one of the greatest

Russian poets This is a list of authors who have written poetry in the Russian language. Alphabetical list A B C D E F G I K L M N O P R S T U V Y Z Sources See also

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Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...

(1799–1837). The prize was awarded to the Russian who achieved the highest standard of literary excellence. The prize was discontinued during the Soviet period. It was restored in 1989 by

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.История Пушкинских премий.
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Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

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, with Vladimir Sokolov being the first laureate. Both lasted till 2005. In 2005 the New Pushkin Prize was established by the Aleksander Zhukov Fund, as well as the

Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...

and Mikhaylovskoye museums.The New Pushkin Prize laureates
In 2017 the International Creative Contest "World Pushkin" was established by the Russkiy Mir Foundation and the A. Pushkin State Literary Memorial and Natural Museum-Reserve Boldino.

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Yakov Polonsky Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (russian: Яков Петрович Полонский; ) was a leading Pushkinist poet who tried to uphold the waning traditions of Russian Romantic poetry during the heyday of realistic prose. Of noble birth, Polonsky ...

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Apollon Maykov Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (russian: Аполло́н Никола́евич Ма́йков, , Moscow – , Saint Petersburg) was a Russian poet, best known for his lyric verse showcasing images of Russian villages, nature, and history. His love ...

(1821–1897) * Nikolai Kholodkovsky (1858–1921) *

Konstantin Stanyukovich Konstantin Mikhaylovich Staniukovich or Stanyukovich (russian: Константин Михайлович Станюкович; March 30, 1843 – May 20, 1903) National Library of Australia"Library items by K. M. Staniukovich" was a Russian writer, ...

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Ivan Bunin Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( or ; rus, Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин, p=ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ˈbunʲɪn, a=Ivan Alyeksyeyevich Bunin.ru.vorb.oga; – 8 November 1953) was the first Russian writer awarded the ...

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Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...

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Mirra Lokhvitskaya Mirra Lokhvitskaya (russian: Ми́рра Ло́хвицкая; born Maria Alexandrovna Lokhvitskaya – russian: Мари́я Алекса́ндровна Ло́хвицкая; November 19, 1869 – August 27, 1905) was a Russian poet who rose t ...

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Aleksandr Kuprin Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (russian: link=no, Александр Иванович Куприн; – 25 August 1938) was a Russian literature, Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (Kuprin novel), ''The Duel'' (1905)Kuprin sc ...

(1870–1938) * Ferdinand de la Bart (1870–1915)

Alfred Toepfer Pushkin Prize

Andrey Bitov Andrei Georgiyevich Bitov (russian: Андре́й Гео́ргиевич Би́тов, 27 May 1937 – 3 December 2018) was a prominent Russian writer of Circassian ancestry. Biography Bitov was born in Leningrad. His father was an architect ...

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Lyudmila Petrushevskaya Lyudmila Stefanovna Petrushevskaya (russian: Людмила Стефановна Петрушевская; born 26 May 1938) is a Russian writer, novelist and playwright. She began her career writing and putting on plays, which were often cens ...

(1991) *

Fazil Iskander Fazil Abdulovich Iskander (russian: Фази́ль Абду́лович Исканде́р; ab, Фазиль Абдул-иԥа Искандер; 6 March 1929 – 31 July 2016) was a Soviet and Russian"There's no doubt I'm a Russian writer who pr ...

and

Oleg Volkov Oleg Volkov (born 1958) is a Russian pianist. Early life and education Volkov was born in the south of Russia in 1958. He began his musical studies at the age of seven, studying in Russian music schools, where he graduated with honors. His studies ...

(1992) *

Dmitri Prigov Dmitri Aleksandrovich Prigov (russian: Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович При́гов, 5 November 1940 in Moscow – 16 July 2007 in Moscow Timur Kibirov Timur ; chg, ''Aqsaq Temür'', 'Timur the Lame') or as ''Sahib-i-Qiran'' ( 'Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction'), his epithet. ( chg, ''Temür'', 'Iron'; 9 April 133617–19 February 1405), later Timūr Gurkānī ( chg, ''Temür Kür ...

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Bella Akhmadulina Izabella Akhatovna Akhmadulina ( rus, Бе́лла (Изабе́лла) Аха́товна Ахмаду́лина, tt-Cyrl, Белла Әхәт кызы Әхмәдуллина; 10 April 1937 – 29 November 2010) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and ...

(1994) *

Semyon Lipkin Semyon Izrailevich Lipkin (russian: Семён Израилевич Липкин) (6 September (19, New Style) 1911 – 31 March 2003) was a Russian writer, poet, and literary translator. Lipkin's importance as a poet was recognized once his w ...

(1995) *

Sasha Sokolov Sasha Sokolov (born Александр Всеволодович Соколов (''Alexander Vsevolodovitch Sokolov'') on November 6, 1943, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a writer of Russian literature. He became known worldwide in the 1970s aft ...

(1995, 1996) *

Anatoly Zhigulin Anatoly (russian: Анато́лий, Anatólij , uk, Анато́лій, Anatólij ) is a common Russian and Ukrainian male given name, derived from the Greek name ''Anatolios'', meaning "sunrise." Other common Russian transliterations are Ana ...

(1996) *

Viktor Astafyev Viktor Petrovich Astafyev also spelled Astafiev or Astaf'ev (russian: Ви́ктор Петро́вич Аста́фьев; 1 May 1924 – 29 November 2001), was a Soviet and Russian writer, playwright and screenwriter. He was recognized with th ...

(1997) *

Vladimir Makanin Vladimir Semyonovich Makanin (russian: Владимир Семёнович Маканин; 13 March 1937 in Orsk, Orenburg Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union – 1 November 2017 in , Aksaysky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia) was a Russian writer of ...

(1998) * Oleg Chukhontsev and

Alexander Kushner Alexander Semyonovich Kushner (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Семёнович Ку́шнер) is a Russian poet from Saint Petersburg. Biography Kushner was born in Leningrad into a Russian-Jewish family; his father was a naval eng ...

(1999) * Yuri Mamleev (2000) *

Yevgeny Rein Yevgeni, Yevgeny, Yevgenii or Yevgeniy (russian: Евгений), also transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii or Evgeniy, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. People with the name include: :''Note: Occasionally, a person may b ...

(2003) * Boris Paramonov (2005)

Yeltsyn Pushkin Prize

* Vladimir Sokolov (1995) *

(1996) * Alexander Kushner *

Vadim Shefner Vadim Sergeevich Shefner (russian: Вади́м Серге́евич Ше́фнер); (December 30, 1914 (January 12, 1915) - January 5, 2002) was a Soviet and Russian poet and writer who started publishing poetry in 1936. His first poetry collectio ...

* Novella Matveeva *

Igor Shklyarevsky Igor Ivanovich Shklyarevsky (russian: Игорь Иванович Шкляре́вский; June 25, 1938 – September 8, 2021) was a Russian poet and translator. Shklyarevsky was a 1987 Laureate of the USSR State Prize. He died from complicatio ...

The New Pushkin Prize (2005–present)

* Sergey Bocharov (2005) *

Yuri Kublanovsky Yury Mikhaylovich Kublanovsky (russian: Ю́рий Миха́йлович Кублано́вский; 30 April 1947 in Rybinsk) is a Russian poet, essayist, critic and art historian, known for his dissident past, started in the informal literary un ...

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Alexey Lukyanov Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian and Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Ale ...

(2006) *

Dmitry Novikov Dmitry Novikov is a deputy for the Communist Party in the 7th State Duma of the Russian Federation. He is first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs. He was elected effective September 18, 2016. He was educated at t ...

(2007) * Vyacheslav Pyetsukh (2007) * Valerya Pustovaya (2008) * Gleb Gorbovsky (2008) * Oleg Sivun (2009) * Luis Freixial (2009; declined prize) * Valery Popov (2009) *

Valentin Kurbatov Valentin Yakovlevich Kurbatov (russian: Валенти́н Я́ковлевич Курба́тов) (29 September 1939 – 6 March 2021) was a Russian literary critic, prose writer, jury member of the Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award, member of t ...

(2010) *

Irina Rodnyanskaya Irina (Cyrillic: Ирина) is a feminine given name of Ancient Greek origin, commonly borne by followers of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is derived from Eirene (Ancient Greek: Εἰρήνη), an ancient Greek goddess, personification of pe ...

(2010) * Vera Milchina (2011) *

Ildar Abuzyarov Ildar is a given name of hybrid Turkic-Persian origin (Turkic ''İl''="nation"; Persian ''dar''="door", "gate", "portal"). It is common among Tatars in Russia and other minorities of Muslim heritage. The name may refer to: *Ildar Abdrazakov (born 1 ...

(2011) * Hans Boland (2014; declined prize)

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Alfred Toepfer Pushkin Prize

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