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Russian language Russian (russian: русский язык, russkij jazyk, link=no, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language mainly spoken in Russia. It is the First language, native language of the Russians, and belongs to the Indo-European langua ...
. For separate lists by literary field: * List of Russian-language novelists * List of Russian-language playwrights *
List of Russian-language 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 * List of Russian archit ...


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* Alexander Ablesimov (1742–1783), opera librettist, poet, dramatist, satirist and journalist *
Fyodor Abramov Fyodor Aleksandrovich Abramov (russian: Фёдор Алекса́ндрович Абра́мов) (29 February 192014 May 1983) was a Russian novelist and literary critic. His work focused on the difficult lives of the Russian peasant class. H ...
(1920–1983), novelist and short story writer, ''Two Winters and Three Summers'' *
Grigory Adamov Grigory Borisovich Adamov (russian: link=no, Григорий Борисович Адамов; born Abram Borukhovich Gibs; Абрам Борухович Гибс; May 18, 1886, Kherson, then Russian Empire, now Ukraine, - June 14, 1945, Moscow, U ...
(1886–1945) science fiction writer, ''The Mystery of the Two Oceans'' *
Georgy Adamovich Georgy Viktorovich Adamovich ( rus, Гео́ргий Ви́кторович Адамо́вич, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ ɐdɐˈmovʲɪtɕ, a=Georgy_Viktorovich_Adamovich.ru.oga; — 21 February 1972) was a Russian poet of the ac ...
(1892–1972), poet, critic, memoirist, translator *
Anastasia Afanasieva Anastasia Valerievna Afanasieva ( uk, Анастасія Валеріївна Афанасьєва; born 1982) is a Ukrainian physician as well as a Russian-speaking poet, writer, and translator. Biography Anastasia Valerievna Afanasieva was born ...
(born 1982), physician, poet, writer & translator *
Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev (Afanasief, Afanasiev or Afanas'ev, russian: link=no, Александр Николаевич Афанасьев) ( — ) was a Russian Slavist and ethnographer who published nearly 600 Russian fairy and folk ta ...
(1826–1871), folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, ''
Russian Fairy Tales ''Russian Fairy Tales'' (russian: Народные русские сказки, variously translated; English titles include also ''Russian Folk Tales'') is a collection of nearly 600 fairy and folktales, collected and published by Alexander A ...
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Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky Alexander Stepanovich Afanasyev (russian: link=no, Александр Степанович Афанасьев, 12 March 1817 – 18 September 1875) was a Russian and Ukrainian poet, writer, editor, ethnographer and translator (from Polish and Eng ...
(1816–1875), poet, writer, ethnographer and translator *
Alexander Afinogenov Alexander Nikolayevich Afinogenov (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Афиноге́нов) (, Skopin – 29 October 1941, Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet playwright. Biography Alexander was born in the town of Skopin, in R ...
(1904–1941), playwright, ''A Far Place'' * M. Ageyev (1898–1973), pseudonymous writer, '' Novel with Cocaine'' *
Chinghiz Aitmatov Chinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov (as transliterated from Russian; ky, Чыңгыз Төрөкулович Айтматов, translit=Chynggyz Törökulovich Aytmatov; 12 December 1928 – 10 June 2008) was a Kyrgyz author who wrote mainly in Russia ...
(1928–2008), Kyrgyz novelist and short story writer, '' Jamilya'', ''
The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years ''The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years'' (russian: И дольше века длится день, "And longer than a century lasts a day"), originally published in Russian in the ''Novy Mir'' literary magazine in 1980, is a novel written by th ...
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David Aizman David Yakovlevich Aizman (russian: Дави́д Я́ковлевич А́йзман; 26 March 1869 – 26 September 1922) was a Russian-Jewish novelist and playwright. Biography David Aizman was born in Nikolayev, a coastal city in what is n ...
(1869–1922), Russian-Jewish writer and playwright *
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 ...
(1937–2010), poet, short story writer, and translator, ''The String'' *
Anna Akhmatova Anna Andreyevna Gorenko rus, А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко, p=ˈanːə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈrʲɛnkə, a=Anna Andreyevna Gorenko.ru.oga, links=yes; uk, А́нна Андрі́ївна Горе́нко, Ánna Andríyivn ...
(1889–1966),
acmeist Acmeism, or the Guild of Poets, was a transient poetic school, which emerged in 1912 in Russia under the leadership of Nikolay Gumilev and Sergei Gorodetsky. Their ideals were compactness of form and clarity of expression. The term was coined after ...
poet, ''
Requiem A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead ( la, Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead ( la, Missa defunctorum), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, ...
'', ''Poem Without a Hero'' * Ivan Aksakov (1823–1886), journalist, slavophile * Konstantin Aksakov (1817–1860), playwright, critic and writer, slavophile *
Sergey Aksakov Sergey Timofeyevich Aksakov (russian: Серге́й Тимофе́евич Акса́ков) (—) was a 19th-century Russian literary figure remembered for his semi-autobiographical tales of family life, as well as his books on hunting and fi ...
(1791–1859), novelist and miscellaneous writer, ''
The Scarlet Flower The Scarlet Flower (russian: Аленький цветочек, ''Alen'kiy tsvetochek''), also known as The Little Scarlet Flower or The Little Red Flower, is a Russian folk tale written by Sergey Aksakov. It is an adaptation of traditional fai ...
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Vasily Aksyonov Vasily Pavlovich Aksyonov ( rus, Васи́лий Па́влович Аксёнов, p=vɐˈsʲilʲɪj ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ɐˈksʲɵnəf; August 20, 1932 – July 6, 2009) was a Soviet and Russian novelist. He became known in the West as the autho ...
(1932–2009), novelist and short story writer, '' Generations of Winter'' *
Boris Akunin Boris Akunin (russian: Борис Акунин) is the pen name of Grigori Chkhartishvili (russian: Григорий Шалвович Чхартишвили, Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili; ka, გრიგორი ჩხარტიშვ ...
(born 1956), author, essayist, translator and literary critic, '' Erast Fandorin series'', '' Sister Pelagia series'' *
Mikhail Albov Mikhail Nilovich Albov (russian: Михаи́л Ни́лович А́льбов; November 20, 1851 – June 25, 1911) was a Russian writer. Biography Albov was born in St Petersburg in 1851. From an early age he showed a love for reading. He ...
, (1851–1911), novelist and short story writer *
Mark Aldanov Mark Aldanov (russian: Марк Алда́нов; Mordkhai-Markus Israelevich Landau, Mark Alexandrovich Landau, russian: Мордхай-Маркус Израилевич Ландау, Марк Алекса́ндрович Ланда́у; – Fe ...
(died 1957), historical novelist *
Andrey Aldan-Semenov Andrey Ignatyevich Aldan-Semyonov (russian: Андре́й Игна́тьевич Алда́н-Семёнов; 27 October 1908 – 8 December 1985) was a Russian writer, who was imprisoned in the Far Eastern Soviet Gulag camps from 1938 to 1953. ...
(1908–1985),
Gulag The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= was the government agency in ...
memoirist *
Mikhail Alekseyev Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev (russian: Михаил Васильевич Алексеев) ( – ) was an Imperial Russian Army general during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Between 1915 and 1917 he served as Tsar Nicholas II's Ch ...
(1918–2007) writer and editor, ''My Stalingrad'' *
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(1859–1916), Russian Jewish writer, '' Wandering Stars'' *
Margarita Aliger Margarita Iosifovna Aliger ( rus, Маргари́та Ио́сифовна Алиге́р, p=mərɡɐˈrʲitə ɪˈosʲɪfəvnə ɐlʲɪˈɡʲɛr, a=Margarita Iosifovna Aliger.ru.oga; – August 1, 1992) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian po ...
(1915–1992), poet, translator, and journalist, ''Zoya'' *
Yuz Aleshkovsky Iosif Efimovich Aleshkovsky (russian: Ио́сиф Ефи́мович Алешко́вский), known as Yuz Aleshkovsky (russian: Юз Алешко́вский) (September 21, 1929 – March 21, 2022) was a modern Russian writer, poet, screenwr ...
(1929–2022), writer, poet, playwright and performer of his own songs, ''Kangaroo'' *
Boris Almazov Boris Nikolayevich Almazov ( rus, Бори́с Никола́евич Алма́зов, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ɐlˈmazəf, a=Boris Nikolayevich Almazov.ru.oga; , Vyazma, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire, – , Moscow, Russian Em ...
(1827–1876), poet, translator and literary critic *
Alexander Amfiteatrov Alexander Valentinovich Amfiteatrov (Amphiteatrof) (russian: Алекса́ндр Валенти́нович Амфитеа́тров); (December 26, 1862 – February 26, 1938) was a Russian writer, novelist, and historian. Biography Born a prie ...
(1862–1938), writer and historian, ''Napoleonder'' *
Daniil Andreyev Daniil Leonidovich Andreyev ( rus, Дании́л Леони́дович Андре́ев, p=dənʲɪˈil lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ ɐnˈdrʲejɪf, a=Daniil Lyeonidovich Andryeyev.ru.vorb.oga; November 2, 1906, Berlin – March 30, 1959, Moscow) ...
(1906–1959), writer, poet, and Christian mystic, '' Roza Mira'' *
Leonid Andreyev Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (russian: Леони́д Никола́евич Андре́ев, – 12 September 1919) was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer, who is considered to be a father of Expressionism in Russian litera ...
(1871–1919), novelist, playwright and short story writer, ''
The Seven Who Were Hanged ''The Seven Who Were Hanged'' (russian: Рассказ о семи повешенных) is a 1908 novella by Russian author Leonid Andreyev. The book is believed to have influenced the assassins of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914. Plot A mini ...
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The Life of Man ''The Life of Man'' (russian: Жизнь человека, translit=Zhizn cheloveka) is a five-act symbolist drama by Leonid Andreyev. Written in the September 1906, it premiered on 22 February 1907 in the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre, directed by ...
'' * Sergey Andreyevsky (1847–1918), writer, poet, literary critic, ''The Book on Death'' *
Irakly Andronikov Irakly Luarsabovich Andronikov (the last name spelled also Andronnikov or Andronikashvili, russian: Ира́клий Луарса́бович Андро́ников (Андронников, Андроникашвили); – 13 June 1990) was a S ...
(1908–1990), writer, historian, philologist and media personality * Anna Mitrofanovna Aníchkova (1868/1869 – 1935), writer and translator who wrote under the pseudonym Ivan Strannik *
Pavel Annenkov Pavel Vasilyevich Annenkov (russian: Па́вел Васи́льевич А́нненков) (July 1, 1813 – March 20, 1887) was a significant Russian Empire literary critic and memoirist. Biography Annenkov was born into a wealthy landowning fa ...
(1813–1887), critic and memoirist, ''The Extraordinary Decade'' *
Yury Annenkov Yury Pavlovich Annenkov (russian: Юрий Павлович Анненков also known as Georges Annenkov); in Petropavlovsk, Akmolinsk Oblast, Russian Empire – 12 July 1974 in Paris, France),Names by which he is credited for his work ...
(1889–1974), artist and writer, ''A Tale of Trivia'' * Innokenty Annensky (1855–1909), poet, critic and translator, representative of the first wave of
Russian Symbolism Russian symbolism was an intellectual and artistic movement predominant at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. It arose separately from European symbolism, emphasizing mysticism and ostranenie. Literature Influences Primary ...
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Lev Anninsky Lev Alexandrovich Anninsky (russian: Лев Александрович Аннинский, 7 April 1934 – 6 November 2019) was a Soviet and Russian literary critic, historian, publicist, essayist and author of more than 30 books. He was also a ...
(1934–2019) writer, literary historian and critic * Pavel Antokolsky (1896–1978), poet, ''All We Who in His Name'' * Maxim Antonovich (1835–1918), critic, essayist, memoirist, translator and philosopher * Elena Apreleva (1846–1923), writer, memoirist, playwright, ''Guilty without Guilt'' *
Aleksey Apukhtin Aleksey Nikolayevich Apukhtin ( rus, Алексе́й Никола́евич Апу́хтин, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ɐˈpuxtʲɪn, a=Alyeksyey Nikolayevich Apuhtin.ru.vorb.oga; – ) was a Russian poet, writer and critic. ...
(1840–1893), poet and writer, ''From Death to Life'' *
Maria Arbatova Maria Ivanovna Arbatova (russian: Мари́я Ива́новна Арба́това, born 17 July 1957), is a Russian novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, journalist, talkshow host, politician, and one of Russia's most widely known femi ...
(born 1957), novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet and journalist *
Aleksei Arbuzov Aleksei Nikolayevich Arbuzov (russian: Алексей Николаевич Арбузов) (April 20, 1986) was a Soviet and Russian playwright. Biography Arbuzov was born in Moscow, but his family moved to Petrograd in 1914. His father was Ru ...
(1908–1986), playwright, ''A Long Road'' * Vladimir Arnoldi (1871–1924), children's author and professor of biology * Mikhail Artsybashev (1878–1927), naturalist writer and playwright, '' Sanin'' * Nikolai Aseev (1889–1963),
futurist Futurists (also known as futurologists, prospectivists, foresight practitioners and horizon scanners) are people whose specialty or interest is futurology or the attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities abou ...
poet, ''Night Flute'' *
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 ...
(1924–2001), novelist and short story writer, ''
Sad Detective The ''Sad Detective'' (russian: Печальный Детектив) is a novella by Russian author Viktor Astafyev. It was firstly published in the January 1986 issue of Oktyabr magazine. The book tells the story of urban life during the era of ...
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Lera Auerbach Lera Auerbach (russian: Лера Авербах, born Valeria Lvovna Averbakh, russian: Валерия Львовна Авербах; October 21, 1973) is a Soviet-born American classical composer and concert pianist.
(Averbakh) (born 1973), poet, writer and composer *
Mikhail Avdeev Mikhail Vasilyevich Avdeev (russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Авде́ев, October 10, 1821 in literature, 1821, Orenburg, Russian Empire – February 13, 1876 in literature, 1876, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian n ...
(1821–1876), novelist and playwright, ''Tamarin'' trilogy *
Arkady Averchenko Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko (russian: Арка́дий Тимофе́евич Аве́рченко; 27 March 1881 in Sevastopol – 12 March 1925 in Prague) was a Russian playwright and satirist. He published his stories in the journal ''Sati ...
(1881–1925), satirical writer and playwright, ''Ninochka'' * Vasily Avseenko (1842–1913), writer, journalist and literary critic * Hizgil Avshalumov (1913–2001), Soviet novelist, poet and playwright * Gennadiy Aygi (1934–2006), Chuvash poet and translator * Vasily Azhayev (1915–1968), novelist, ''Far from Moscow''


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* Semyon Babayevsky (1909–2000), novelist and short story writer, ''Golden Star Chavalier'' *
Isaak Babel Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel (russian: Исаак Эммануилович Бабель, p=ˈbabʲɪlʲ; – 27 January 1940) was a Russian writer, journalist, playwright, and literary translator. He is best known as the author of '' Red Cavalry' ...
(1894–1940), short story writer, ''
The Odessa Tales ''Odessa Stories'' (russian: Одесские рассказы, Odesskiye rasskazy), also known as ''Tales of Odessa'', is a collection of four short stories by Isaac Babel, set in Odessa in the last days of the Russian empire and the Russian Revo ...
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Red Cavalry ''Red Cavalry'' or ''Konarmiya'' (russian: Конармия) is a collection of short stories by Russian author Isaac Babel about the 1st Cavalry Army. The stories take place during the Polish–Soviet War and are based on Babel's diary, which h ...
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Eduard Bagritsky Eduard Georgyevich Bagritsky ( rus, Эдуа́рд Гео́ргиевич Багри́цкий, p=ɨdʊˈard ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪjɪvʲɪdʑ bɐˈɡrʲitskʲɪj, a=Eduard Gyeorgiyevich Bagriczkiy.ru.vorb.oga; February 16, 1934) was an important Russia ...
(1895–1934), constructivist poet, ''February'' *
Grigory Baklanov Grigory Yakovlevich Baklanov (russian: Григо́рий Я́ковлевич Бакла́нов) (11 September 1923 – 23 December 2009) was a Soviet and Russian writer, well known for his novels about World War II, and as the editor of the ...
(1923–2009), novelist and magazine editor, ''Forever Nineteen'' *
Ivan Bakhtin Ivan Ivanovich Bakhtin ( rus, Иван Иванович Бахтин; 1756 – April 26, 1818), was a Russian government official and writer. Biography Bakhtin was born in Tula, Russian Empire, to an old family of the nobility. He enlisted in ...
(1756–1818), poet, satirist and politician *
Mikhail Bakhtin Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin ( ; rus, Михаи́л Миха́йлович Бахти́н, , mʲɪxɐˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ bɐxˈtʲin; – 7 March 1975) was a Russian philosopher, literary critic and scholar who worked on literary theor ...
(1895–1975), philosopher, literary critic,
semiotician Semiotics (also called semiotic studies) is the systematic study of sign processes (semiosis) and meaning making. Semiosis is any activity, conduct, or process that involves Sign (semiotics), signs, where a sign is defined as anything that commun ...
and scholar, "
Epic and Novel Epic and Novel: Towards a Methodology for the Study of the Novel пос и роман (О методологии исследования романа)is an essay written by Mikhail Bakhtin in 1941 that compares the novel to the epic; it was one ...
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Mikhail Bakunin Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (; 1814–1876) was a Russian revolutionary anarchist, socialist and founder of collectivist anarchism. He is considered among the most influential figures of anarchism and a major founder of the revolutionary ...
(1814–1876), revolutionary and theorist of collectivist anarchism, ''
God and the State ''God and the State'' (called by its author ''The Historical Sophisms of the Doctrinaire School of Communism'') is an unfinished manuscript by the Russian anarchist philosopher Mikhail Bakunin, published posthumously in 1882. The work criticises ...
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Statism and Anarchy ''Statism and Anarchy'' (russian: Государственность и анархия, ''Gosudarstvennost' i anarkhiia'', literally "Statehood and Anarchy") was the last work by the Russian anarchist Mikhail Bakunin. Written in the summer of 1 ...
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Konstantin Balmont Konstantin Dmitriyevich Balmont ( rus, Константи́н Дми́триевич Бальмо́нт, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪdʑ bɐlʲˈmont, a=Konstantin Dmitriyevich Bal'mont.ru.vorb.oga; – 23 December 1942) was a Rus ...
(1867–1942),
symbolist Symbolism was a late 19th-century art movement of French and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images, mainly as a reaction against naturalism and realis ...
poet and translator, ''
Burning Buildings ''Burning Buildings'' (russian: Горящие здания /pre-1917: Горящiя зданiя, translit=Goryashchiye zdaniya, subtitled: Lyric of the Modern Soul, russian: Лирика современной души) is the fifth book by Russia ...
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Let Us Be Like the Sun ''Let Us Be Like the Sun'' is the sixth book of poetry by Konstantin Balmont, first published in 1903 by Scorpion in Moscow. For an epigraph, Balmont has chosen the words of Anaxagoras: "I entered this world to see the Sun." The book came out ...
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Jurgis Baltrušaitis Jurgis Baltrušaitis (May 2, 1873 – January 3, 1944) was a Lithuanian symbolist poet and translator, who wrote his works in Lithuanian and Russian. In addition to his important contributions to Lithuanian literature, he was noted as a politica ...
(1873–1944), poet and translator, ''The Pendulum'' * Kazimir Barantsevich (1851–1927), writer and poet, ''Family Hearth'' *
Yevgeny Baratynsky Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky (russian: Евге́ний Абра́мович Бараты́нский, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈtɨnskʲɪj, a=Yevgyeniy Abramovich Baratynskiy.ru.vorb.oga; 11 July 1844) was lauded by Alexan ...
(1800–1844), poet, ''The Gipsy'' *
Natalya Baranskaya Natalya Vladimirovna Baranskaya (russian: Наталья Владимировна Баранская; January 31, 1908 – October 29, 2004) was a Soviet Union, Soviet writer of short stories and novellas. Baranskaya wrote her stories in Russi ...
(1908–2004), novelist and short story writer, ''A Week Like Any Other'' *
Ivan Barkov Ivan Semyonovich Barkov ( rus, Ива́н Семёнович Барко́в, p=ɪˈvan sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ bɐrˈkof, a=Ivan Syemyonovich Barkov.ru.vorb.oga; –1768) was a Russian poet, the author of erotic "Shameful Odes". He was a stud ...
(1732–1768), comic and erotic poet, ''Luka Mudischev'' *
Anna Barkova Anna Alexandrovna Barkova (russian: link=no, А́нна Алекса́ндровна Барко́ва), July 16, 1901 – April 29, 1976, was a Soviet poet, journalist, playwright, essayist, memoirist, and writer of fiction. She was imprisoned fo ...
(1901–1976), poet and writer,
Gulag The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= was the government agency in ...
survivor *
Elpidifor Barsov Elpidifor Vasilyevich Barsov (Елпидифор Васильевич Барсов, 13 November 1836, v. Loginovo, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire, — 15 April 1917, Moscow, Russia) was a Russian Empire literary historian, ethnographe ...
(1836–1917), literary historian, ethnographer, folklorist, philologist *
Agniya Barto Agniya Lvovna Barto ( rus, А́гния Льво́вна Барто́, p=ˈaɡnʲɪjə ˈlʲvovnə bɐrˈto, a=Agniya L'vovna Barto.ru.vorb.oga; – 1 April 1981) was a Soviet poet and children's writer of Russian Jewish origin. Biography Agniya ...
(1906–1981), Russian-Jewish poet and children's writer * Alexander Bashlachev (1960–1988), poet, musician, guitarist, and singer-songwriter *
Fyodor Batyushkov Fyodor Dmitrievich Batyushkov (Фёдор Дмитриевич Батюшков, September 7 .s. August 26 1857, Kosma village, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire – March 19, 1920, Petrograd, Soviet Russia) was a Russian philologist, editor (''Ko ...
(1857–1920), philologist, essayist, literary and theatre historian * Konstantin Batyushkov (1787–1855), poet, essayist and translator * Nikolai Bazhin (1843–1908), writer, journalist and critic, ''The History of One People's Partnership'' *
Pavel Bazhov Pavel Petrovich Bazhov (russian: Па́вел Петро́вич Бажо́в; 27 January 1879 – 3 December 1950) was a Russian writer and publicist. Bazhov is best known for his collection of fairy tales ''The Malachite Box'', based on Ural ...
(1879–1950), fairy tale author, '' The Malachite Casket'' *
Demyan Bedny Yefim Alekseevich Pridvorov ( rus, Ефи́м Алексе́евич Придво́ров, p=jɪˈfʲim ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ prʲɪˈdvorəf, a=Yefim Alyeksyeyevich Pridvorov.ru.vorb.oga; – May 25, 1945), better known by the pen name D ...
(1883–1945), poet and satirist, ''New Testament Without Defects'' * Dmitry Begichev (1786–1855), writer and politician *
Alexander Bek Alexander Alfredovich Bek (russian: Алекса́ндр Альфре́дович Бек; 2 November 1972), sometimes transliterated from the Russian Cyrillic as Aleksandr Bek or Anglicized to Alexander Beck, was a Soviet novelist and writer. Bi ...
(1903–1972), novelist, ''And Not to Die'' *
Vissarion Belinsky Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky ( rus, Виссарион Григорьевич БелинскийIn Belinsky's day, his name was written ., Vissarión Grigórʹjevič Belínskij, vʲɪsərʲɪˈon ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʲɪˈlʲinskʲ ...
(1811–1848), writer, literary critic and philosopher *
Vasily Belov Vasily Ivanovich Belov (russian: link=no, Васи́лий Ива́нович Бело́в; 23 October 1932 – 4 December 2012) was a Soviet and Russian writer, poet and dramatist, who published more than sixty books which sold (as of 1998) seven ...
(1932–2012), writer, poet and dramatist, ''Eves'', ''The Year of a Major Breakdown'' *
Andrei Bely Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev ( rus, Бори́с Никола́евич Буга́ев, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ bʊˈɡajɪf, a=Boris Nikolayevich Bugayev.ru.vorb.oga), better known by the pen name Andrei Bely or Biely ( rus, Андре ...
(1880–1934),
symbolist Symbolism was a late 19th-century art movement of French and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images, mainly as a reaction against naturalism and realis ...
poet, writer and essayist, ''The Silver Dove'', '' Petersburg'' * Alexander Belyayev (1884–1942), science fiction author, ''
Amphibian Man ''Amphibian Man'' (rus. Человек-амфибия) is a science fiction adventure novel by the Soviet Russian writer Alexander Beliaev. It was published in 1928. Plot Argentinean doctor Salvator, a scientist and a maverick surgeon, giv ...
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Vladimir Benediktov Vladimir Grigoryevich Benediktov (russian: Влади́мир Григо́рьевич Бенеди́ктов; (17 November o.s.1807, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – 26 April 4 o.s.1873, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian ...
(1807–1873); poet and translator *
Nina Berberova Nina Nikolayevna Berberova (russian: Ни́на Никола́евна Бербе́рова) (St Petersburg, 26 July 1901 – Philadelphia, 26 September 1993) was a Russian writer who chronicled the lives of anti-communist Russian refugees in ...
(1901–1993), novelist and short story writer, ''The Book of Happiness'' *
Nikolai Berg Nikolai Vasilyevich Berg (russian: Никола́й Васи́льевич Берг, , Moscow, Russian Empire, - , Warsaw, Poland) was a Russian poet, journalist, translator and historian. Biography Nikolai Berg was born in Moscow. His father came ...
(1823–1884), poet, journalist, translator and historian *
Olga Bergholz Olga Fyodorovna Bergholz ( rus, Ольга Фёдоровна Берггольц, p=ˈolʲɡə ˈfʲɵdərəvnə bʲɪrˈɡolʲts, a=Ol'ga Fyodorovna Byerghol'cz.ru.vorb.oga; – November 13, 1975) was a Soviet and Russian poet, writer, playwri ...
(1910–1975), poet, playwright and memoirist *
Alexander Bestuzhev Alexander Alexandrovich Bestuzhev ( rus, Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бесту́жев, p=bʲɪˈstuʐɨf, a=Ru-Alyeksandr Alyeksandrovich Byestuzhyev.oga; (), was a Russian writer and Decembrist. After the Decembrist rev ...
(1797–1837), novelist, short story writer and
Decembrist The Decembrist Revolt ( ru , Восстание декабристов, translit = Vosstaniye dekabristov , translation = Uprising of the Decembrists) took place in Russia on , during the interregnum following the sudden death of Emperor Al ...
, ''An Evening on Bivouac'' *
Vitaly Bianki Vitaly Valentinovich Bianki (russian: Вита́лий Валенти́нович Биа́нки; 11 February 1894, St. Petersburg — 10 June 1959, Leningrad) was a popular Russian children’s writer and a prolific author of books on nature. E ...
(1894–1959), nature and children's writer *
Aleksei Bibik Aleksei Pavlovich Bibik (russian: Алексей Павлович Бибик; October 17, 1878 – November 18, 1976) was a Russian and Soviet working class writer, dramatist and revolutionary. Life Bibik was one of a relative handful of worki ...
(1878–1976), working-class novelist and short story writer *
Andrei 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 ...
(1937–2018), novelist and short story writer, ''Pushkin House'' * Nikolai Blagoveshchensky (1837–1889), writer, journalist and biographer *
Helena Blavatsky Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, uk, Олена Петрівна Блаватська, Olena Petrivna Blavatska (; – 8 May 1891), often known as Madame Blavatsky, was a Russian mystic and author who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 187 ...
(1831–1891), a founder of
Theosophy Theosophy is a religion established in the United States during the late 19th century. It was founded primarily by the Russian Helena Blavatsky and draws its teachings predominantly from Blavatsky's writings. Categorized by scholars of religion a ...
and the
Theosophical Society The Theosophical Society, founded in 1875, is a worldwide body with the aim to advance the ideas of Theosophy in continuation of previous Theosophists, especially the Greek and Alexandrian Neo-Platonic philosophers dating back to 3rd century CE ...
, ''The Secret Doctrine'', ''Isis Unveiled'' *
Pyotr Blinov Pyotr Alexandrovich Blinov (russian: Пётр Алекса́ндрович Блино́в; Pekshur village, Uvinsky District, Udmurtia – near Smolensk, January 7, 1942) was a Soviet Udmurt writer and journalist. His most famous wor ...
(1913–1942), Udmurt writer and journalist *
Alexander Blok Alexander Alexandrovich Blok ( rus, Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бло́к, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈblok, a=Ru-Alyeksandr Alyeksandrovich Blok.oga; 7 August 1921) was a Russian lyrical poet, writer, publ ...
(1880–1921), poet, " The Twelve" *
Pyotr Boborykin Pyotr Dmitryevich Boborykin (russian: Пётр Дми́триевич Боборы́кин; – 12 August 1921) was a Russian writer, playwright, and journalist. Biography Boborykin was born into the family of a landowner. He studied at Kazan ...
(1836–1921), writer, playwright and journalist, ''China Town'' * Oleg Bogayev (born 1970), playwright, ''The Russian National Postal Service'' * Andrei Bogdanov (1692–1766), bibliographer and ethnographer *
Alexander Bogdanov Alexander Aleksandrovich Bogdanov (russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Богда́нов; – 7 April 1928), born Alexander Malinovsky, was a Russian and later Soviet physician, philosopher, science fiction writer, and B ...
(1873–1928), novelist, physician, economist and philosopher, '' Red Star'' * Vladimir Bogomolov (1926–2003), novelist and short story writer, ''
Ivan Ivan () is a Slavic languages, Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John (given name), John) from Hebrew language, Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. T ...
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Vladimir Bogoraz Vladimir Germanovich Bogoraz (russian: Влади́мир Ге́рманович Богора́з), who was born Natan Mendelevich Bogoraz (russian: Ната́н Ме́нделевич Богора́з) and used the literary pseudonym N. A. Tan ( ...
(1865–1936), revolutionary, writer and anthropologist *
Yuri Bondarev Yuri Vasilyevich Bondarev (russian: link=no, Юрий Васильевич Бондарев, 15 March 1924 — 29 March 2020) was a Soviet and Russian writer and screenwriter. He was best known for co-authoring the script for the serial film fran ...
(1924–2020), novelist and short story writer, ''The Shore'' *
Leonid Borodin Leonid Ivanovich Borodin (russian: Леони́д Ива́нович Бороди́н; 14 April 1938, in Irkutsk – 24 November 2011, in Moscow) was a Russian people, Russian novelist and journalist. Biography Born in Irkutsk, Borodin was a Rus ...
(1938–2011), novelist and journalist, ''The Story of a Strange Time'' *
Genrikh Borovik Genrikh Averyanovich Borovik (russian: Ге́нрих Аверьянович Борови́к; born 16 November 1929, Minsk) is a Soviet and Russian publicist, writer, playwright and filmmaker, the father of journalist Artyom Borovik. According ...
(born 1929), publicist, writer, playwright and filmmaker *
Vasily Botkin Vasily Petrovich Botkin (russian: link=no, Васи́лий Петро́вич Бо́ткин; – ) was a Russian essayist, literary, art and music critic, translator and publicist. Early life Vasily was born in Moscow, the son of Alexandra ...
(1812–1869), critic, essayist and translator * Valeri Brainin-Passek (born 1948), Russian/German musicologist, music manager, composer and poet *
Osip Brik Osip Maksimovich Brik (russian: link=no, Óсип Макси́мович Брик) (16 January 1888 – 22 February 1945), was a Russian avant garde writer and literary critic, who was one of the most important members of the Russian formali ...
(1888–1945), avant garde writer and literary critic *
Joseph Brodsky Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (; russian: link=no, Иосиф Александрович Бродский ; 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), USSR in 1940, ...
(1940–1996), poet and essayist, Nobel Prize Winner *
Valery Bryusov Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov ( rus, Вале́рий Я́ковлевич Брю́сов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈjakəvlʲɪvʲɪdʑ ˈbrʲusəf, a=Valyeriy Yakovlyevich Bryusov.ru.vorb.oga; – 9 October 1924) was a Russian poet, prose writer, drama ...
(1873–1924), poet, novelist and short story writer, '' The Fiery Angel'' *
Yury Buida Yury Vasilyevich Buida (russian: Юрий Васильевич Буйда) (born 1954) is a Russian author. In 1994 his novel ''The Zero Train'' was shortlisted for the Russian Booker Prize.Russian Booker Prize website. His short story collection ...
(born 1954), novelist and short story writer, ''The Zero Train'' *
Vladimir Bukovsky Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky (russian: link=no, Влади́мир Константи́нович Буко́вский; 30 December 1942 – 27 October 2019) was a Russian-born British human rights activist and writer. From the late 1950 ...
(1942–2019), writer and dissident *
Mikhail Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bʊlˈɡakəf; – 10 March 1940) was a Soviet writer, medical doctor, and playwright active in the fir ...
(1891–1940), novelist, short story writer and playwright, ''
Heart of a Dog ''Heart of a Dog'' (russian: links=no, italic=yes, Собачье сердце, Sobachye serdtse) is a novella by Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. A biting satire of Bolshevism, it was written in 1925 at the height of the NEP period, when commu ...
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The White Guard ''The White Guard'' (russian: links=no, Белая гвардия) is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, first published in 1925 in literary journal ''Rossiya''. It was not reprinted in the Soviet Union until 1966. Background ''The White Guard'' fir ...
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The Master and Margarita ''The Master and Margarita'' (russian: Мастер и Маргарита) is a novel by Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐf ...
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Faddey Bulgarin Thaddeus Venediktovich Bulgarin (russian: Фаддей Венедиктович Булгарин; Polish Jan Tadeusz Krzysztof Bułharyn, – ), was a Russian writer, journalist and publisher of Polish ancestry. In addition to his newspaper ...
(1789–1859), Polish-born writer and journalist *
Kir Bulychev Kir Bulychev (russian: Кир Булычёв ''Kir Bulychyov 18 October 1934 – 5 September 2003) is a pen name of Igor Vsevolodovich Mozheiko (И́горь Все́володович Може́йко), a Soviet Russian science fiction writer, ...
(1934–2003), science fiction author, '' Half a Life'' *
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 ...
(1870–1953), first Russian winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, '' The Village'', ''
The Life of Arseniev ''The Life of Arseniev: Youth'' (russian: Жизнь Арсеньева. Юность) is an autobiographical novel by Nobel Prize-winning Russian author Ivan Bunin seen by many as his most important work written in emigration. It is Bunin's only ...
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Dark Avenues ''Dark Avenues'' (or ''Dark Alleys'', russian: Тёмные аллеи, Tyomnyie alleyi) is a collection of short stories by Nobel Prize-winning Russian author Ivan Bunin. Written in 1937–1944, mostly in Grasse, France, the first eleven stories w ...
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Anna Bunina Anna Petrovna Bunina ( rus, А́нна Петро́вна Бу́нина, p=ˈannə pʲɪˈtrovnə ˈbunʲɪnə, a=Anna Pyetrovna Bunina.ru.vorb.oga; January 18, 1774 – December 16, 1829) was a Russian poet. She was the first female Russian ...
(1774–1829), poet, ''Though Poverty's No Stain'' *
Viktor Burenin Viktor Petrovich Burenin (russian: Виктор Петрович Буренин, March 6 ebruary 22, o.s. 1841 in Moscow, Russian Empire – August 15, 1926 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) was a Russian literary and theatre critic, publicist, no ...
(1841–1926), writer, critic, playwright, librettist and satirical poet *
David Burliuk David Davidovich Burliuk (Давид Давидович Бурлюк; 21 July 1882 – 15 January 1967) was a Russian-language poet, artist and publicist associated with the Futurist and Neo-Primitivist movements. Burliuk has been described as ...
(1882–1967), illustrator, publicist and author associated with
Russian Futurism Russian Futurism is the broad term for a movement of Russian poets and artists who adopted the principles of Filippo Marinetti's "Manifesto of Futurism," which espoused the rejection of the past, and a celebration of speed, machinery, violence ...
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Dmitry Bykov Dmitry Lvovich Bykov ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Львович Быков, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ˈlʲvovʲɪdʑ ˈbɨkəf, a=Dmitriy L'vovich Bykov.ru.vorb.oga; born 20 December 1967) is a Russian writer, poet, literary critic and journalist.< ...
(born 1967) * Pyotr Bykov (1844–1930) literary historian, poet and translator *
Vasil Bykov Vasil ( Bulgarian and Macedonian: Васил, Georgian: ვასილ) is a Bulgarian, Macedonian and Georgian masculine given name. It may refer to: *Vasil Adzhalarski, Bulgarian revolutionary, an IMARO leader of revolutionary bands * Vasil Am ...
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(1673–1723), philosopher, historian, composer, musicologist, linguist, ethnographer and geographer *
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, (1729–1796), patroness of the arts, music and theatre, and opera librettist, ''
Fevey ''Fevey'' is an opera by Vasily Pashkevich to a Russian libretto by Catherine II of Russia. Empress Catherine II had literary ambitions and wrote nine opera librettos. This one, an allegorical fairy tale, was called ''The Story of Tsarevich ...
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Pyotr Chaadayev Pyotr or Petr Yakovlevich Chaadayev (russian: Пётр Я́ковлевич Чаада́ев; also spelled Chaadaev, or Čaadajev; 7 June 7 May Old Style">Old_Style.html" ;"title="7 May Old Style">7 May Old Style1794 – 26 April
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(1794–1856), philosopher, ''Philosophical Letters'' * Aleksey Chapygin (1870–1937), novelist and short story writer, '' Stepan Razin'' *
Lidia Charskaya Lidia Alekseyevna Charskaya (russian: Ли́дия Алексе́евна Чар́ская; January 31, 1875 – March 18, 1938), was a Russian writer and actress. Charskaya was her pseudonym; her real last name was Churilova. Biography Charskaya ...
(1875–1938), novelist and actress * Nikolai Chayev (1824–1914), writer, poet and playwright, ''Svat Faddeyich'' *
Alexander Chekhov Alexander Pavlovich Chekhov (russian: Алекса́ндр Па́влович Че́хов; August 22, 1855 – May 29, 1913), was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and memoirist, and the elder brother of Anton Chekhov. Alexan ...
(1855–1913), writer and journalist *
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 ...
(1860–1904), short story writer and playwright, ''
The Seagull ''The Seagull'' ( rus, Ча́йка, r=Cháyka, links=no) is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatises t ...
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The Cherry Orchard ''The Cherry Orchard'' (russian: Вишнёвый сад, translit=Vishnyovyi sad) is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by ''Znaniye'' (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate edition ...
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Ward No. 6 "Ward No. 6" (russian: Палата № 6, translit=Palata nomer shest) is an 1892 novella by Anton Chekhov. Publication The story was first published in the No.11, November 1892 issue of '' Russkaya Mysl''. Divided into chapters and with minor ...
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The Lady with the Dog "The Lady with the Dog" (russian: Дама с собачкой, translit=Dama s sobachkoy) is a short story by Anton Chekhov. First published in 1899, it describes an adulterous affair between an unhappily married Moscow banker and a young married ...
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Nikolay Chernyshevsky Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky ( – ) was a Russian literary and social critic, journalist, novelist, democrat, and socialist philosopher, often identified as a utopian socialist and leading theoretician of Russian nihilism. He was t ...
(1828–1889), writer, journalist and politician, ''
What Is to Be Done? ''What Is to Be Done? Burning Questions of Our Movement'' is a political pamphlet written by Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin (credited as N. Lenin) in 1901 and published in 1902. Lenin said that the article represented "a skeleton plan t ...
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Evgeny Chirikov Evgeny Nikolayevich Chirikov (russian: Евге́ний Никола́евич Чи́риков; 5 August 1864 – 18 January 1932), was a Russian novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, and publicist. Biography Chirikov was born in ...
(1864–1932), novelist, short story writer and playwright, ''The Magician'' *
Sasha Chorny Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg ( rus, Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Гли́кберг, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ ˈɡlʲikbʲɪrk, a=Alyexandr Mikhaylovich Glickbyerg.ru.vorb.oga), better known as Sasha Chorny ( rus, ...
(1880–1932), poet, satirist and children's writer *
Korney Chukovsky Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky ( rus, Корне́й Ива́нович Чуко́вский, p=kɐrˈnʲej ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ tɕʊˈkofskʲɪj, a=Kornyey Ivanovich Chukovskiy.ru.vorb.oga; 31 March NS 1882 – 28 October 1969) was one of the most p ...
(1882–1969), children's poet, '' Wash'em'clean'' *
Lydia Chukovskaya Lydia Korneyevna Chukovskaya ( rus, Ли́дия Корне́евна Чуко́вская, p=ˈlʲidʲɪjə kɐrˈnʲejɪvnə tɕʊˈkofskəjə, a=Lidiya Kornyeyevna Chukovskaya.ru.vorb.oga; – February 7, 1996) was a Soviet writer, poet, ed ...
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Denis Davydov Denis Vasilyevich Davydov ( rus, Дени́с Васи́льевич Давы́дов, p=dʲɪˈnʲis vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑ dɐˈvɨdəf, a=Dyenis Vasilyevich Davydov.ru.vorb.oga; – ) was a Russian soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars who in ...
(1784–1839), soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars *
Vladimir Dal Vladimir Ivanovich Dal ( rus, Влади́мир Ива́нович Даль, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ɨˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ˈdalʲ; November 22, 1801 – October 4, 1872) was a noted Russian-language lexicographer, polyglot, Turkologist, and founding me ...
(1801–1872), writer and
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Yuli Daniel Yuli Markovich Daniel ( rus, Ю́лий Ма́ркович Даниэ́ль, p=ˈjʉlʲɪj ˈmarkəvʲɪtɕ dənʲɪˈelʲ, a=Yuliy Markovich Daniel'.ru.vorb.oga; 15 November 1925 — 30 December 1988) was a Russian writer and Soviet dissident ...
(1925–1988), dissident writer, poet and translator, ''This is Moscow Speaking'' *
Grigory Danilevsky Grigory Petrovich Danilevsky (russian: Григо́рий Петро́вич Даниле́вский; – ) was a Russian historical novelist, and Privy Councillor of Russia. Danilevsky is well known as the author of the novel ''Beglye v Nov ...
(1829–1890), historical and ethnographical novelist, ''Moscow in Flames'' *
Anton Delvig Baron Anton Antonovich Delvig (russian: Анто́н Анто́нович Де́львигIn Delvig's day, his name was written Антонъ Антоновичъ Дельвигъ., Antón Antónovich Délʹvig, ɐnˈton ɐnˈtonəvʲɪtɕ ˈdelʲv ...
(1798–1831), poet, journalist and magazine editor * Grigoriy Demidovtsev (born 1960), writer and playwright * Andrey Dementyev (1928–2018), poet and writer *
Boris Derevensky Boris Derevensky (russian: link=no, Бoри́с Дереве́нский; born 30 June 1962) is a Russian  writer, best known for his publication of a popular omnibus "Jesus Christ in the Documents of History" (Russian: «Иисус Христо ...
(born 1962), writer and historian * Regina Derieva (1949–2013), poet, writer and essayist *
Gavrila Derzhavin Gavriil (Gavrila) Romanovich Derzhavin ( rus, Гаврии́л (Гаври́ла) Рома́нович Держа́вин, p=ɡɐˈvrilə rɐˈmanəvʲɪtɕ dʲɪrˈʐavʲɪn, a=Gavrila Romanovich Dyerzhavin.ru.vorb.oga; 14 July 1743 – 20 ...
(1743–1816), poet and statesman, '' Let the Thunder of Victory Sound!'' * Nikolai Devitte (1811–1844), poet, harpist and songwriter, ''Not for Me''. * Andrei Dmitriev (born 1956), novelist and short story writer, winner of the 2012
Russian Booker Prize The Russian Booker Prize (russian: Русский Букер, ''Russian Booker'') was a Russian literary award modeled after the Booker Prize. It was awarded from 1992 to 2017. It was inaugurated by English Chief Executive Sir Michael Harris C ...
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Ivan Dmitriev Ivan Ivanovich Dmitriev ( rus, Ива́н Ива́нович Дми́триев, p=ɪˈvan ɪˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪf, a=Ivan Ivanovich Dmitriyev.ru.vorb.oga; – ) was a Russian statesman and poet associated with the sentimentalist ...
(1760–1837), sentimentalist poet and Russian Minister of Justice * Valentina Dmitryeva (1859–1947), writer, doctor and teacher, ''Hveska, the Doctor's Watchman'' *
Nikolay Dobrolyubov Nikolay Alexandrovich Dobrolyubov ( rus, Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Добролю́бов, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ dəbrɐˈlʲubəf, a=Nikolay Alyeksandrovich Dobrolyubov.ru.vorb.oga; 5 February Old_Style_a ...
(1836–1861), literary critic, journalist, poet and essayist *
Leonid Dobychin Leonid Ivanovich Dobychin (russian: Леони́д Ива́нович Добы́чин) (, Ludza, Vitebsk Governorate — March 28, 1936 was a Russian and Soviet writer. Early life The author's father was Ivan Andrianovich Dobychin (1855—19 ...
(1894–1936), novelist and short story writer, ''
The Town of N ''The Town of N'' (russian: Город Эн) is a 1935 novel by Leonid Dobychin. Publication of the novel caused criticism (the novel was attacked for "formalism"), leading to the author's disappearance and the presumable death by suicide. Altho ...
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Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky Yevgeny Aronovich Dolmatovsky (; 5 May 1915 – 10 September 1994) was a Soviet and Russian poet and lyricist. He was born and died in Moscow. Examples of his songs * Ballad of the Siberian Land (music by Nikolai Kryukov) - 1947 :The theme son ...
(1915–1994) poet and songwriter *
Yury Dombrovsky Yury Osipovich Dombrovsky (russian: Ю́рий О́сипович Домбро́вский; 29 May 1978) was a Russian writer who spent nearly eighteen years in Soviet prison camps and exile. Life and career Dombrovsky was the son of Jewish law ...
(1909–1978), poet, writer and Gulag survivor, '' The Faculty of Useless Knowledge'' *
Vlas Doroshevich Vlas Mikhailovich Doroshevich (russian: Влас Миха́йлович Дороше́вич), born April 17, 1864 – died February 22, 1922, was one of Russia's most popular and widely read journalists, and a novelist, essayist, drama criti ...
(1864–1922), journalist, writer and drama critic, ''The Way of the Cross'' *
Lyubov Dostoyevskaya Lyubov Fyodorovna Dostoevskaya (russian: Любо́вь Фёдоровна Достое́вская; 14 September 1869 – 10 November 1926), also known by the name Aimée Dostoyevskaya, was a Russian literature, Russian writer, memoirist, and th ...
(1869–1926), novelist and biographer, ''The Emigrant'' *
Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (, ; rus, Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj, a=ru-Dostoevsky.ogg, links=yes; 11 November 18219 ...
(1821–1881), writer, essayist, journalist and editor, ''
Notes from Underground ''Notes from Underground'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform Russian: ; also translated as ''Notes from the Underground'' or ''Letters from the Underworld'') is a novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published in the journal ''Epoch'' in 186 ...
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Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Преступление и наказание, Prestupléniye i nakazániye, prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲɪje ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲɪje) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. ...
'', ''
The Idiot ''The Idiot'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Идиот, Idiót) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–69. The title is an ...
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Demons A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such as comics, video games, movies, anime, ...
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The Brothers Karamazov ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (russian: Братья Карамазовы, ''Brat'ya Karamazovy'', ), also translated as ''The Karamazov Brothers'', is the last novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky spent nearly two years writing '' ...
'', ''
The House of the Dead ''The House of the Dead'' is a horror-themed light gun shooter video game franchise created by Sega in 1996. Originally released in arcades, it utilizes a light gun on the platform, but can be played with standard controllers on consoles and a ...
'', '' The Gambler'', "
White Nights White night, White Night, or White Nights may refer to: * White night (astronomy), a night in which it never gets completely dark, at high latitudes outside the Arctic and Antarctic Circles * White Night festivals, all-night arts festivals held in ...
", "
A Gentle Creature "A Gentle Creature" (russian: Кроткая, translit=Krotkaya), sometimes also translated as "The Meek One", is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in November 1876. The piece comes with the subtitle of "A Fantastic Story", and it chr ...
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The Dream of a Ridiculous Man "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" (russian: Сон смешного человека, ''Son smeshnovo cheloveka'') is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It chronicles the experiences of a man who decides that there is nothing of any value in the wo ...
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Mikhail Dostoyevsky Mikhail Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (russian: Михаил Михайлович Достоевский; 25 November 1820 – 22 July 1864) was a Russian short story writer, publisher, literary critic and the elder brother of Fyodor Dostoevsky. They w ...
(1820–1864), writer, critic and editor, ''
Vremya ''Vremya'' (russian: Вре́мя, lit. "Time") is the main evening newscast in Russia, airing on Channel One Russia (Russian: , Pervy kanal) and previously on Programme One of the Central Television of the USSR (CT USSR, Russian: ). The program ...
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Sergei Dovlatov Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov (russian: link=no, Сергей Донатович Довлатов; 1941 1990) was a Soviet journalist and writer. Internationally, he is one of the most popular Russian writers of the late 20th century. Biography ...
(1941–1990), novelist, short story writer and journalist, '' Affiliate'' *
Spiridon Drozhzhin Spiridon Dmitryevich Drozhzhin ( rus, Спиридо́н Дми́триевич Дро́жжин, p=sʲpʲɪrʲɪˈdon ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪdʑ ˈdroʐːɨn, - ˈdroʑːɪn, a=Spiridon Dmitriyevich Drozhzhin.ru.vorb.oga; 18 December 1848 – 2 ...
(1848–1930), poet, ''At the Village Assembly'' * Yulia Drunina (1924–1991), poet and politician *
Alexander Druzhinin Alexander Vasilyevich Druzhinin (russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Дружи́нин), (October 20, 1824 – January 31, 1864), was a Russian writer, translator, and magazine editor. Biography Druzhinin was born into a wea ...
(1824–1864), writer and magazine editor, ''Polinka Saks'' *
Vladimir Dudintsev Vladimir Dimitrievich Dudintsev (russian: Влади́мир Дми́триевич Дуди́нцев, ; 29 July 1918 – 23 July 1998) was a Soviet writer who gained fame for his 1956 novel, ''Not by Bread Alone'', published at the time of the ...
(1918–1998), novelist, ''
Not by Bread Alone ''Not by Bread Alone'' (russian: Не хлебом единым) is a 1956 novel by the Soviet author Vladimir Dudintsev. The novel, published in installments in the journal '' Novy Mir'', was a sensation in the USSR. The tale of an engineer w ...
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Sergey Durov Sergey Fyodorovich Durov (russian: Серге́й Фёдорович Ду́ров, 1816, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire - December 18 .s. 6 1869, Poltava, Ukraine, then Russian Empire) was a Russian poet, translator, writer, and political ac ...
(1816–1869), poet, translator, writer, and political activist *
Nadezhda Durova Nadezhda Andreyevna Durova (russian: Наде́жда Андре́евна Ду́рова) (September 17, 1783 – March 21, 1866), also known as Alexander Durov, Alexander Sokolov and Alexander Andreevich Alexandrov, was a woman who, while disgu ...
(1783–1866), soldier and writer, ''The Cavalry Maiden''


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* Yevgeny Edelson (1824–1868), literary critic, essayist and translator *
Ilya Ehrenburg Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg (russian: link=no, Илья́ Григо́рьевич Эренбу́рг, ; – August 31, 1967) was a Soviet writer, revolutionary, journalist and historian. Ehrenburg was among the most prolific and notable autho ...
(1891–1967), novelist and
WWII World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
war correspondent, '' The Black Book'', '' The Thaw'' * Natan Eidelman (1930–1989), author, biographer and historian *
Grigory Eliseev Grigory Zakharovich Eliseev (russian: Григо́рий Заха́рович Елисе́ев, 6 February (25 January) 1821, village Spasskoe, Kainsk district, Tomsk Governorate, Russian Empire – 30 (18) January 1891, Saint Petersburg, Russian ...
(1821–1891) essayist, historian, editor, and publisher. *
Sergey Elpatyevsky Sergey Yakovlevich Elpatyevsky (russian: Серге́й Я́ковлевич Елпа́тьевский), November 3, 1854 – January 9, 1933, was a Russian Empire and Soviet writer and doctor. Early life Elpatyevsky was born in the village o ...
(1854–1933), novelist and short story writer, ''Pity Me!'' * Nikolai Engelhardt (1867–1942), writer, critic, poet, journalist and memoirist *
Asar Eppel Asar Isayevich Eppel (russian: Аса́р Иса́евич Э́ппель; 11 January 1935 – 20 February 2012) was a Russian writer and translator. Biography Eppel was born in Ostankino District, Ostankino, a suburb of Moscow. He studied ar ...
(1935–2012), writer and translator, ''Red Caviar Sandwiches'' *
Nikolai Erdman Nikolai Robertovich Erdman ( rus, Николай Робертович Эрдман, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ˈrobʲɪrtəvʲɪtɕ ˈɛrdmən, a=Nikolay Robyertovich Erdman.ru.vorb.oga; , Moscow – 10 August 1970) was a Soviet dramatist and screenwriter ...
(1900–1970), playwright, '' The Suicide'' *
Victor Erofeyev Viktor Vladimirovich Yerofeyev (russian: Ви́ктор Влади́мирович Ерофе́ев, also transliterated as Erofeyev; born 19 September 1947 in Moscow) is a Russian writer. As son of a high-ranking Soviet diplomat Vladimir Yero ...
(born 1947), writer, literary critic and magazine editor, '' Russian Beauty'' *
Alexander Ertel Alexander Ivanovich Ertel (russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Э́ртель) (19 July 1855 – 7 February 1908) was a Russian novelist and short story writer. Biography Ertel was born near Voronezh, where his father – a soldi ...
(1855–1908), novelist and short story writer, ''A Greedy Peasant'' *
Mikhail Evstafiev Mikhail Aleksandrovich Evstafiev (russian: link=no, Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Евста́фьев; born in 1963) is a Russian artist, photographer, and writer. His interest in painting and photography began at an early age. ...
(born 1963), artist, photographer and writer, '' Two Steps from Heaven'' *
Nikolai Evreinov Nikolai Nikolayevich Evreinov (russian: Николай Николаевич Евреинов; February 13, 1879 – September 7, 1953) was a Russian director, dramatist and theatre practitioner associated with Russian Symbolism. Life The son of ...
(1879–1953), director, dramatist and theatre practitioner, ''
The Storming of the Winter Palace ''The Storming of the Winter Palace'' was a 1920 mass spectacle, based on historical events that took place in Petrograd during the 1917 October Revolution. Taking place on the third anniversary of the revolution, it was directed by Nikolai Evre ...
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* Alexander Fadeyev (1901–1956), novelist, known for his war fiction, ''The Rout'', ''The Young Guard'' *
Konstantin Fedin Konstantin Aleksandrovich Fedin ( rus, Константи́н Алекса́ндрович Фе́дин, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈfʲedʲɪn, a=Konstantin Alyeksandrovich Fyedin.ru.vorb.oga; – 15 July 1977) was a So ...
(1892–1977), novelist, ''Cities and Years'' *
Georgy Fedotov Georgy Petrovich Fedotov (russian: Гео́ргий Петро́вич Федо́тов, October 1 (13) 1886, Saratov, Russian Empire, – September 1, 1951, New York, US) was a Russian religious philosopher, historian, essayist, author of many bo ...
(1886–1951), religious philosopher, historian and essayist *
Afanasy Fet Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet ( rus, Афана́сий Афана́сьевич Фет, p=ɐfɐˈnasʲɪj ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈfʲɛt, a=Ru-Afanasiy Afanas'yevich Fyet.oga), later known as Shenshin ( rus, Шенши́н, p=ʂɨnˈʂɨn, a=Ru-Afa ...
(1820–1892), poet and translator *
Vera Figner Vera Nikolayevna Figner Filippova (Russian: Ве́ра Никола́евна Фи́гнер Фили́ппова; 7 July ld Style and New Style dates, O.S. 25 June1852 – 25 June 1942) was a prominent Russian revolutionary political activis ...
(1852–1942), revolutionary and writer, member of
Narodnaya Volya Narodnaya Volya ( rus, Наро́дная во́ля, p=nɐˈrodnəjə ˈvolʲə, t=People's Will) was a late 19th-century revolutionary political organization in the Russian Empire which conducted assassinations of government officials in an att ...
* Terty Filippov (1825–1899) folklorist, essayist, editor and pedagogue *
Dmitry Filosofov Dmitry Vladimirovich Filosofov (russian: Дми́трий Влади́мирович Филосо́фов; in Saint Petersburg – 4 August 1940 in Otwock, Poland) was a Russian author, essayist, literary critic, religious thinker, newspaper edit ...
(1872–1940) essayist, critic, religious thinker, editor and political activist * Konstantin Fofanov (1862–1911), poet, considered to be a precursor of the symbolists, ''Shadows and Mystery'' *
Denis Fonvizin Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin (russian: Денис Иванович Фонвизин; —) was a playwright and writer of the Russian Enlightenment, one of the founders of literary comedy in Russia. His main works are two satirical comedies, one of th ...
(1744–1792), dramatist, ''The Minor'' *
Olga Forsh Olga Dmitryevna Forsh (russian: О́льга Дми́триевна Форш, ), née Komarova (russian: Комаро́ва) (July 17, 1961), was a Russian/Soviet novelist, dramatist, memoirist, and scenarist. Early life Forsh was born in the for ...
(1873–1961), writer, dramatist, memoirist and scenarist, ''Palace and Prison'' * Ruvim Frayerman (1891–1972) writer, poet, essayist and journalist, ''Wild Dog Dingo'' *
Dmitry Furmanov Dmitriy Andreyevich Furmanov (russian: Дми́трий Андре́евич Фу́рманов; 7 November 1891, Sereda – 15 March 1926, Moscow) was a Russian writer, revolutionary and military officer. Biography He was born to a peasant fa ...
(1891–1926), writer, known for his
Russian Civil War , date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...
novel ''
Chapayev Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev or Chapaev (russian: link=no, Василий Иванович Чапаев; 5 September 1919) was a Russian soldier and Red Army commander during the Russian Civil War. Biography Chapayev was born into a poor peasan ...
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Cherubina de Gabriak Elisaveta Ivanovna Dmitrieva ( rus, Елизаве́та Ива́новна Дми́триева, p=jɪlʲɪzɐˈvʲetə ɪˈvanəvnə ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvə, a=Yelizavyeta Ivanovna Dmitriyeva.ru.vorb.oga; 31 March 1887 – 5 December 1928), more fa ...
(1887–1928), pseudonymous poet *
Arkady Gaidar Arkady Petrovich Gaidar (russian: link=no, Арка́дий Петро́вич Гайда́р, born Golikov, russian: link=no, Го́ликов; – 26 October 1941) was a Russian Soviet writer, whose stories were very popular among Soviet chil ...
(1904–1941), children's writer, ''Timur and His Squad'' * Alexey Galakhov (1807–1892), writer, memoirist and literary historian, ''The History of Russian Literature'' * Alexander Galich (1918–1977), poet, screenwriter, playwright and singer-songwriter *
Alisa Ganieva Alisa Arkadyevna Ganieva (or Ganiyeva; russian: Алиса Аркадьевна Ганиева, born 1985) is a Russian author, writing novels, short prose and essays. Life Ganieva was born in Moscow in an Avar family but moved with her family ...
(pseudonym Gulla Khirachev) (born 1985), writer and essayist *
Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovsky Nikolai Georgievich Mikhailovsky (Russian: Никола́й Гео́ргиевич Михайло́вский, ) was a Russian writer and essayist, locating engineer and railroad constructor. As a writer, he published under the pseudonym N. Gar ...
(1852–1906), writer, essayist and engineer, ''Practical Training'' *
Vsevolod Garshin Vsevolod Mikhailovich Garshin (russian: Всеволод Михайлович Гаршин; 14 February 1855 — 5 April 1888) was a Russian author of short stories. Life Garshin was the son of an officer, from a family tracing its roots back ...
(1855–1888), short story writer, "Four Days", "The Red Flower" *
Aleksei Gastev Aleksei Kapitonovich Gastev (russian: Алексей Капитонович Гастев) (8 October 1882, Suzdal, Vladimir Governorate – 15 April 1939, Kommunarka, Moscow) was a Russian revolutionary, a pioneering theorist of the scien ...
(1882–1939),
avant garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or 'vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical De ...
poet *
Gaito Gazdanov Gaito Gazdanov (russian: Гайто́ (Гео́ргий) Ива́нович Газда́нов, ''Gaito'' 'Georgii'Ivanovich Gazdanov''; os, Гæздæнты Бæппийы фырт Гайто, ''Gæzdænty Bæppijy fyrt Gajto''; 5 December ...
(1903–1971), novelist and short story writer, ''An Evening with Claire'', ''The Spectre of Alexander Wolf'' * Mikhail Gerasimov (1889–1939), working-class poet *
Yuri German Yuri Pavlovich German (russian: Ю́рий Па́влович Ге́рман) ( – January 16, 1967) was a Soviet and Russian writer, playwright, screenwriter, and journalist. Life German was born in Riga (then part of the Russian Empire ...
(1910–1967), writer, playwright, screenwriter and journalist, ''The Cause You Serve'' *
Vladimir Gilyarovsky Vladimir Alekseyevich Gilyarovsky (russian: link=no, Влади́мир Алексе́евич Гиляро́вский; 26 November 1853 – 1 October 1935), was a Russian writer and newspaper journalist, best known for his reminiscences of life ...
(1853–1935), writer and journalist, ''The Stories of the Slums'' *
Lidiya Ginzburg Lidiya Yakovlevna Ginzburg (russian: Ли́дия Я́ковлевна Ги́нзбург; March 18, 1902, Odessa, Russian Empire – July 17, 1990, Leningrad, USSR) was a major Soviet literary critic and historian and a survivor of the siege of L ...
(1902–1990), literary critic and a survivor of the
Siege of Leningrad The siege of Leningrad (russian: links=no, translit=Blokada Leningrada, Блокада Ленинграда; german: links=no, Leningrader Blockade; ) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of L ...
, ''Blockade Diary'' *
Yevgenia Ginzburg Yevgenia Solomonovna Ginzburg (December 20, 1904 – May 25, 1977) (russian: Евге́ния Соломо́новна Ги́нзбург) was a Soviet writer who served an 18-year sentence in the Gulag. Her given name is often Latinized to Eugenia ...
(1904–1977),
Gulag The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= was the government agency in ...
memoirist, ''
Journey into the Whirlwind ''Journey into the Whirlwind'' is the English title of the memoir by Eugenia Ginzburg. It was published in English in 1967, some thirty years after the story begins. The two-part book is a highly detailed first-hand account of her life and impris ...
'', ''Within the Whirlwind'' *
Zinaida Gippius Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (Hippius) (; – 9 September 1945) was a Russian literature, Russian poet, playwright, novelist, editor and religious thinker, one of the major figures in Russian symbolism. The story of her marriage to Dmitry Merezhk ...
(1869–1945), essayist, memoirist, writer, poet and playwright, '' The Green Ring'' * Anatoly Gladilin (1935–2018), novelist, ''Moscow Racetrack'' *
Fyodor Gladkov Feodor Vasilyevich Gladkov (russian: Фёдор Васильевич Гладков) – December 20, 1958) was a Soviet and Russian socialist realist writer. Gladkov joined a Marxist group in 1904, and in 1905 went to Tiflis (now Tbilisi) an ...
(1883–1958), novelist and short story writer, ''
Cement A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel ( aggregate) together. Cement mix ...
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Nikolay Glazkov Nikolay Ivanovich Glazkov ( rus, Николай Иванович Глазков, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ɡlɐˈskof, a=Nikolay Ivanovich Glazkov.ru.vorb.oga; 30 January 19191 October 1979) was a Soviet and Russian poet who coined the t ...
(1919–1979), poet, creator of the term "
Samizdat Samizdat (russian: самиздат, lit=self-publishing, links=no) was a form of dissident activity across the Eastern Bloc in which individuals reproduced censored and underground makeshift publications, often by hand, and passed the document ...
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Fyodor Glinka Fyodor Nikolaevich Glinka ( rus, Фёдор Никола́евич Гли́нка, p=ˈfʲɵdər nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪdʑ ˈɡlʲinkə, a=Fyodor Nikolayevich Glinka.ru.vorb.oga; 1786–1880) was a Russian poet and author. Biography Glinka was bor ...
(1786–1880), poet and playwright, ''Karelia'' *
Boris Glinsky Boris Borisovich Glinsky (russian: Бори′с Бори′сович Гли′нский, 12 October 1860, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, – 30 November 1917, Petrograd, Soviet Russia The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Ru ...
(1860–1917) writer, publicist, publisher, editor and politician *
Dmitry Glukhovsky Dmitry Alekseyevich Glukhovsky (russian: Дми́трий Алексе́евич Глухо́вский, born 12 June 1979) is a Russian author and journalist best known for the science fiction novel ''Metro 2033'' and its sequels. As a journal ...
(born 1979), writer and journalist, ''
Metro 2033 Metro 2033 may refer to: * ''Metro 2033'' (novel), a 2002 novel by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky * ''Metro 2033'' (video game), a 2010 first-person shooter video game based on the novel See also * ''Metro'' (franchise), originating from t ...
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Nikolay Gnedich Nikolay Ivanovich Gnedich ( rus, Никола́й Ива́нович Гне́дич, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ˈɡnʲedʲɪtɕ, a=Nikolay Ivanovich Gnyedich.ru.vorb.oga; – ) was a Ukrainian-born Russian poet and translator best kn ...
(1784–1833), poet and translator, ''The Fishers'' *
Pyotr Gnedich Pyotr Petrovich Gnedich ( rus, Пётр Петро́вич Гне́дич, p=ˈpʲɵtr pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈɡnʲedʲɪtɕ, a=Pyotr Pyetrovich Gnyedich.ru.vorb.oga; – July 16, 1925), also known as Gnedich-Smolensky, was a Russian writer, poet, ...
(1855–1925), novelist, poet, playwright, translator, theatre entrepreneur and art historian *
Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...
(1809–1852), writer and dramatist, ''
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka ''Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka'' (russian: «Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки») is a collection of short stories by Nikolai Gogol, written in 1829–1832. They appeared in various magazines and were published in book f ...
'', ''
The Government Inspector ''The Government Inspector'', also known as ''The Inspector General'' ( rus, links=no, Ревизор, Revizor, literally: "Inspector"), is a satirical play by Russian dramatist and novelist, Nikolai Gogol. Originally published in 1836, the pla ...
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Dead Souls ''Dead Souls'' (russian: «Мёртвые души», ''Mjórtvyje dúshi'') is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. The novel chronicles the travels and adv ...
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Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov Arseny Arkadyevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (; 1848–1913), was a Russian poet known in part for writing the texts of Modest Mussorgsky's two song cycles of the 1870s: '' Sunless'' and '' Songs and Dances of Death''. He was the son of (1812-1859), a ...
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Songs and Dances of Death ''Songs and Dances of Death'' (russian: Песни и пляски смерти, ''Pesni i plyaski smerti'') is a song cycle for voice (usually bass or bass-baritone) and piano by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, written in the mid-1870s, to poems b ...
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Boris Golovin Boris Golovin ( rus, Бори́с Голови́н, p=bɐˈrʲis ɡəlɐˈvʲin, a=Boris Nikolayevich Golovin.ru.vorb.oga; born 26 May 1955) is a New Zealand composer and poet with Russian background. Education 1975–79. Moscow State University ...
(born 1955), singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist *
Ivan Goncharov Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov (, also ; rus, Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Гончаро́в, r=Iván Aleksándrovich Goncharóv, p=ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ɡənʲtɕɪˈrof; – ) was a Russian novelist best known for his ...
(1812–1891), novelist, ''
Oblomov ''Oblomov'' ( ru , link=no, Обломов; ) is the second novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is the central character of the novel, portrayed as the ultimate incarnation of the superfluous man, ...
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Natalya Gorbanevskaya Natalya Yevgenyevna Gorbanevskaya ( rus, Ната́лья Евге́ньевна Горбане́вская, p=nɐˈtalʲjə jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvnə ɡərbɐˈnʲefskəjə, a=Natal'ya Yevgen'yevna Gorbanyevskaya.ru.vorb.oga; 26 May 1936 – 29 Nove ...
(1936–2013), poet, translator and civil rights activist * Ivan Gorbunov (1831–1896), writer and stage actor, ''The Scenes from People's Life'' * Dmitry Gorchakov (1758–1824), poet, playwright and satirist *
Grigori Gorin Grigori Gorin (russian: Григо́рий Го́рин), real name Grigori Israilevich Ofshtein (russian: Григо́рий Изра́илевич Офштейн; March 12, 1940, Moscow — June 15, 2000, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian play ...
(1940–2000), writer, playwright and screenwriter, ''
The Very Same Munchhausen ''The Very Same Munchhausen'' ( rus, Тот самый Мюнхгаузен, Tot samyy Myunkhgauzen, alt. translation - ''That Very Münchhausen'') is a 1979 Soviet fantasy dramedy television film directed by Mark Zakharov, based on a script b ...
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Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в;  – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...
(1868–1936), novelist, short story writer and playwright, ''
The Lower Depths ''The Lower Depths'' (russian: На дне, translit=Na dne, literally: ''At the bottom'') is a play by Russian dramatist Maxim Gorky written in 1902 and produced by the Moscow Arts Theatre on December 18, 1902 under the direction of Konstantin ...
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Mother ] A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given childbirth, birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the cas ...
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The Life of Klim Samgin ''The Life of Klim Samgin'' (russian: Жизнь Клима Самгина, translit=Zhizn' Klima Samgina) is a four-volume novel written by Maxim Gorky from 1925 up to his death in 1936. It is Gorky's most ambitious work, intended to depict "all ...
'' *Nina Gorlanova (born 1947), novelist and short story writer *Sergey Gorodetsky (1884–1967), poet, one of the founders of the acmeist school *Daniil Granin (1919–2017), novelist, ''Those Who Seek'' *Nikolay Gretsch (1787–1867), journalist, writer and magazine editor, ''Northern Bee'' *Aleksander Griboyedov (1795–1828), dramatist and statesman, ''Woe from Wit'' *Dmitry Grigorovich (1822–1900), novelist, The Fishermen (Grigorovich), ''The Fishermen'' *Oleg Grigoriev (1943–1992), poet and artist *Apollon Grigoryev (1822–1864), poet, literary and theatrical critic, translator and memoirist *Alexander Grin (1880–1932), author of novels and stories set in Grinlandia, ''Scarlet Sails (tradition), Scarlet Sails'' *Isabella Grinevskaya (1864–1944), poet, writer and playwright *Vasily Grossman (1905–1964), writer and war correspondent, ''Life and Fate'' *Vitali Gubarev (1912–1981), journalist and writer *Igor Guberman (born 1936), writer and satirical poet *Semyon Gudzenko (1922–1953), poet War generation of Russian poets, of the World War II generation *Lev Gumilev (1912–1992), historian, ethnologist and anthropologist *Nikolay Gumilev (1886–1921), poet, founder of the acmeism, acmeist movement *Elena Guro (1877–1913), Futurism, futurist writer and painter, ''The Hurdy-Gurdy'' *Andrei Gusev (born 1952), writer and journalist, ''The World According to Novikoff'' *Sergey Gusev-Orenburgsky (1867–1963), novelist, ''The Land of the Fathers''


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*Yelena Hahn, writer for Biblioteka Dlya Chteniya and Otechestvennye Zapiski, mother of
Helena Blavatsky Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, uk, Олена Петрівна Блаватська, Olena Petrivna Blavatska (; – 8 May 1891), often known as Madame Blavatsky, was a Russian mystic and author who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 187 ...
*Alexander Herzen (1812–1870), essayist, novelist, philosopher and magazine editor, ''Who is to Blame?''


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*Ilf and Petrov (Ilf 1897–1937) (Petrov 1903–1942), satirical writers, ''The Twelve Chairs'', ''The Little Golden Calf'' *Vera Inber (1890–1972), poet and writer, ''Lalla's Interests'' *Mikhail Isakovsky (1900–1973), poet and songwriter, ''Katyusha (song), Katyusha'' *Fazil Iskander, (1929–2016), Abkhaz people, Abkhaz writer, ''Sandro of Chegem'' *Alexei Viktorovich Ivanov, Alexei Ivanov (born 1969), novelist and screenwriter *Georgy Ivanov (1894–1958), poet and essayist, ''Disintegration of the Atom'' *Vsevolod Ivanov (1895–1963), writer and plawright, ''Armoured Train 14-69'' *Vyacheslav Ivanov (poet), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866–1949), poet, playwright, philosopher, translator and literary critic *Yuri Ivask (1907–1986), poet, essayist, literary critic and historian *Ryurik Ivnev (1891–1981), poet, novelist and translator *Sergey Izgiyayev (1922–1972), poet, playwright and translator *Alexander Izmaylov (1779–1831), fabulist, poet and novelist


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*Gavril Kamenev (1772–1803), poet, writer and translator *Vasily Kamensky (1884–1961), poet, playwright and artist, one of the first Russian aviators *Antiochus Kantemir (1708–1744), writer and poet, ''On the Envy and Pride of Evil-Minded Courtiers'' *Nikolay Karamzin (1766–1826), poet, writer and historian, ''Poor Liza'' *Alexander Karasyov (born 1971), writer, Russian War Prose *Pyotr Karatygin (1805–1879), playwright, actor and memoirist *Nikolay Karazin (1842–1908), painter and writer, ''The Two-Legged Wolf'' *Nikolay Karonin-Petropavlovsky (1853–1892), narodnik writer, ''First Storm'' *Evtikhy Karpov, Evtikhy Pavlovich Karpov (1857–1926), playwright and theatre director *Vladimir Karpov (1922–2010), novelist and magazine editor, ''The Commander'' *Vasily Kapnist (1758–1823), poet and playwright, ''Chicane'' *Lev Kassil (1905–1970), writer of juvenile and young adult literature *Ivan Kataev (1902–1937), novelist and short story writer, ''Immortality'' *Valentin Kataev (1897–1986), writer and playwright, ''Time, Forward! (novel), Time, Forward!'' *Pavel Katenin (1792–1853), classicist poet, dramatist and literary critic *Mikhail Katkov (1818–1887), journalist and publicist, ''Moscow News (Imperial Russia), Moscow News'' *Veniamin Kaverin (1902–1989), novelist, ''The Two Captains'' *Emmanuil Kazakevich (1913–1962), writer, poet and playwright, ''The Blue Notebook'' *Yury Kazakov (1927–1982), short story writer, ''Going To Town'' *Rimma Kazakova (1932–2008), poet, ''Let's Meet in the East'' *Dmitri Kedrin (1907–1945), poet, ''Confession'' *Yuri Khanon (born 1965), novelist and eccentric, ''Skryabin As a Face'' *Mark Kharitonov (born 1937), writer, poet, and translator, ''Lines of Fate'' *Yevgeny Kharitonov (poet), Yevgeny Kharitonov (1941–1981), writer, poet, playwright and theater director *Daniil Kharms (1905–1942), novelist, short story writer and playwright, ''The Old Woman'', ''Incidences'', ''Elizaveta Bam'' *Ivan Khemnitser (1745–1784), satirical poet, ''The Rich Man and the Poor Man'' *Mikhail Kheraskov (1733–1807), poet, writer and playwright, ''Vladimir Reborn'' *Velimir Khlebnikov (1885–1922), futurist poet and author, ''Incantation by Laughter'' *Nikolai Khmelnitsky (1789–1845), playwright, literary critic and translator, ''Chatterbox'' *Vladislav Khodasevich (1886–1939), poet and literary critic *Aleksey Khomyakov (1804–1860), poet, co-founder of the slavophile movement *Nadezhda Khvoshchinskaya (1824–1889), writer, critic and translator, ''The Boarding-School Girl'' *Ivan Kireyevsky (1806–1856), writer, co-founder of the slavophile movement *Dmitry Khvostov (1757–1835), poet and fabulist *Vladimir Kirshon (1902–1938), playwright, ''The Miraculous Alloy'' *Marusya Klimova (born 1961), writer and translator *Daniel Kluger (born 1951), author and songwriter *Nikolai Klyuev (1884–1937), peasant poet, ''A Northern Poem'' *Viktor Klyushnikov (1841–1892), writer, editor and journalist, ''The Haze'' *Yakov Knyazhnin (1740/42–1791), playwright, poet and translator, ''The Braggart'' *Vsevolod Kochetov (1912–1973), novelist and journalist, ''The Zhurbin Family'' *Pavel Kogan (poet), Pavel Kogan (1918–1942), poet and military interpreter *Ivan Timofeevich Kokorev, Ivan Kokorev (1825–1853), short story writer and essayist *Alexandra Kollontai (1872–1952), writer, feminist and important political figure, ''Love of Worker Bees'' *Aleksey Koltsov (1809–1842), poet, ''An Old Man's Song'' *Mikhail Koltsov (1898–1940/42), journalist and satirist *Fyodor Koni (1809–1889), dramatist, theatre critic, literary historian, editor and memoirist *Evgenia Konradi (1838–1898), essayist, journalist, writer, and women's education advocate *Lev Kopelev (1912–1997), writer, journalist and dissident *Apollon Korinfsky (1868–1937), writer, poet, essayist, translator and memoirist *Oleksandr Korniychuk (1905–1972), playwright, literary critic and state official, ''In the Steppes of Ukraine'' *Vladimir Korolenko (1853–1921), writer and memoirist, ''The Blind Musician'' *Nestor Kotlyarevsky (1863–1925), writer, publicist, literary critic and historian, ''The Nineteenth Century'' *Arkady Kots (1872–1943), poet and translator, ''Proletarian Songs'' *Yury Iosifovich Koval, Yury Koval (1938–1995), writer and artist *Sofia Kovalevskaya (1859–1891), writer and mathematician, ''Nihilist Girl'' *Vadim Kozhevnikov (1909–1984), novelist and short story writer, ''Shield and Sword'' *Nadezhda Kozhevnikova (born 1949), writer and journalist, ''Attorney Alexandra Tikhonovna'' *Ivan Kozlov (1779–1840), poet and translator, ''The Monk'' *Eugene Kozlovsky (born 1946), writer, journalist, theatre director and film director *Vasili Krasovsky (1782–1824), poet, ''Scrolls of the Muse'' *Andrey Krayevsky (1810–1889), journalist, publicist, publisher and editor, ''Otechestvennye Zapiski'' *Vsevolod Krestovsky (1840–1895), writer, ''Knights of Industry'' *Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921), writer and anarchist theorist, ''In Russian and French Prisons'' *Aleksei Kruchenykh (1886–1968), futurist poet, co-creator of the literary concept "Zaum" *Vladimir Krupin (born 1941), writer, editor and religious author, ''Aqua Vitae'' *Ivan Krylov (1769–1844), major Fable, fabulist and dramatist *Gleb Krzhizhanovsky (1872–1959), poet, author of the Russian version of the ''Whirlwinds of Danger, Warszawianka'' *Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (1887–1950), short story writer, ''Quadraturin'' *Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954), poet and novelist *Pyotr Kudryavtsev (1816–1858), writer, historian, literary critic, philologist and journalist *Nestor Kukolnik (1809–1868), playwright, poet and librettist, ''A Life for the Tsar'' *Aleksandr Kuprin (1870–1938), novelist and short story writer, ''The Duel (Kuprin novel), The Duel'' *Wilhelm Küchelbecker (1797–1846), poet and magazine editor, ''Mnemozina'' *Nikolai Kurochkin (1830–1884), poet, editor, translator and essayist *Vasily Kurochkin (1831–1875), satirical poet, journalist and translator *Vladimir Kurochkin (1829–1885), dramatist, translator, editor and publisher *Ivan Kushchevsky (1847–1876), novelist and short story writer, ''Nikolai Negorev'' *Alexander Kushner (born 1936), poet and essayist, ''The First Impression'' *Dmitry Kuzmin (born 1968), poet, critic and publisher *Mikhail Kuzmin (1872–1936), poet and novelist, ''Wings (Kuzmin novel), Wings'' *Anatoly Kuznetsov (1929–1979), novelist, ''Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel''


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*Lazar Lagin (1903–1979), satirist and children's writer, ''Old Khottabych'' *Yuri Grigorievich Laptev, Yuri Laptev (1903–1984), writer and journalist, ''Zarya'' *Yulia Latynina (born 1966), writer and journalist, ''The Insider (Latynina novel), The Insider'' *Boris Lavrenyov (1891–1959), writer and playwright, ''Such a Simple Thing'' *Pyotr Lavrov (1823–1900), prominent theorist of narodism, philosopher, publicist and sociologist. *Ivan Lazhechnikov (1792–1869), historical novelist, ''The Heretic'' *Vasily Lebedev-Kumach (1898–1949), poet and lyricist, ''Serdtse (song), Serdtse'' *Anatoly Leman (1859–1913), writer and editor, ''The Gentry's Tale'' *Leonid Leonov (1899–1994), major novelist and short story writer, ''The Thief'' *Konstantin Leontiev (1831–1891), philosopher and essayist *Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841), major poet, playwright and novelist, ''A Hero of Our Time'' *Nikolai Leskov (1831–1895), novelist, short story writer and journalist, ''Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (novella), Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District'', ''The Cathedral Clergy'', ''The Enchanted Wanderer'' *Alexander Levitov (1835–1877), short story writer, ''Leatherhide the Cobbler'' *Nikolay Leykin (1841–1906), writer and publisher, ''Fragments (magazine), Fragments Magazine'' *Vladimir Lichutin (born 1940), writer and essayist *Viktor Likhonosov (1936–2021), writer and editor, ''Unwritten Memoirs. Our Little Paris''. *Eduard Limonov (1943–2020), writer and dissident, ''It's Me, Eddie'' *Dmitri Lipskerov (born 1964), writer and playwright, ''The Forty Years of Changzhoeh'' *Mirra Lokhvitskaya (1869–1905), poet and playwright *Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765), polymath, scientist, writer and linguistic reformer *Vladimir Lugovskoy (1901–1957), constructivist poet *Sergey Lukyanenko (born 1968), popular science-fiction and fantasy author, ''The Stars Are Cold Toys'' *Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875–1933), journalist and publicist *Lev Lunts (1901–1924), writer, playwright, essayist and critic, member of the Serapion Brothers


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*Grigori Machtet (1852–1901), novelist, short story writer and poet *Vladimir Makanin (1937–2017), novelist and short story writer, ''Antileader'' *Sergey Malitsky (born 1962), fantasy fiction writer *Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak (1852–1912), novelist, ''The Privalov Fortune'' *Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899–1980), writer and memoirist, ''Hope Against Hope'', ''Hope Abandoned'' *Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938), poet and writer, member of the acmeist school, ''The Stone'' *Anatoly Marienhof (1897–1962), novelist, poet and playwright, ''A Novel Without Lies'' *Alexandra Marinina (born 1957), writer of detective stories *Evgeny Markov (writer), Evgeny Markov (1835–1903), writer, critic and ethnographer, ''Black Earth Field'' *Maria Markova (born 1982), poet *Boleslav Markevich (1822–1884), writer, essayist, journalist, literary critic and translator *Samuil Marshak (1887–1964), writer, translator and children's poet, ''The Twelve Months'' *Vladilen Mashkovtsev (1929–1997), poet, writer and journalist *Mikhail Matinsky (1750–1820), scientist, dramatist, librettist and opera composer. *Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930), futurist poet, writer and playwright, ''Mystery-Bouffe'' *Apollon Maykov (1821–1897), poet and translator *Valerian Maykov (1823–1847), literary critic, brother of Apollon Maykov *Vasily Maykov (1728–1778), poet, fabulist, playwright and translator *Lev Mei (1822–1862), poet and playwright, ''The Tsar's Bride'' *Pavel Ivanovich Melnikov, Pavel Melnikov (1818–1883), ethnographical novelist, ''In the Forests'' *Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1866–1941), poet and novelist, ''Christ and Antichrist'' *Aleksey Merzlyakov (1778–1830), poet, critic, translator and professor *Arvo Mets (1937–1997), poet and translator, ''Resemblance'' *Alexander Mezhirov (1923–2009), poet, translator and critic *Sergey Mikhalkov (1913–2009), children's writer, satirist and songwriter, author of the National Anthem of the Soviet Union *Nikolay Mikhaylovsky (1842–1904), publicist, literary critic, sociologist and narodnik theoretician *Dmitry Minayev (1835–1889), satirical poet, journalist, translator and literary critic *Nikolai Minsky (1855–1937), poet, writer and translator, ''From the Gloom to the Light'' *Boris Mozhayev (1923–1996), writer, playwright, script-writer and editor, ''Alive'' *Daniil Mordovtsev (1830–1905), writer and historian of Ukrainian descent *Yunna Morits (born 1937), poet and artist, ''The Vine'' *Sergey Mstislavsky (1876–1943), writer, dramatist, publicist, anthropologist, editor and political activist *Viktor Muyzhel (1880–1924), writer and painter *Viktor Muravin (born 1929), novelist, ''The Diary of Vikenty Angarov''


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*Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977), poet and novelist, wrote first in Russian, then in English, author of ''Lolita'' *Nikolai Nadezhdin (1804–1856), literary critic and ethnographer *Semyon Nadson (1862–1887), poet, ''Pity the Stately Cypress Trees'' *Yuri Nagibin (1920–1994), novelist, short story writer and screenwriter *Vladimir Narbut (1888–1938), acmeist poet and magazine editor *Vasily Narezhny (1780–1825), novelist, ''A Russian Gil Blas'' *Sergey Narovchatov (1919–1981), writer and magazine editor, ''Novy Mir'' *Nikolai Naumov, (1838–1901), essayist and short story writer, ''Cobweb'' *Filipp Nefyodov (1838–1902), writer, journalist, editor, ethnographer and archeologist, ''Among People'' *Nikolay Nekrasov (1821–1878), major poet and magazine editor, ''Who Is Happy in Russia?, Who Can be Happy and Free in Russia?'' *Viktor Nekrasov (1911–1987), novelist, ''Front-line Stalingrad'' *Viktor Nekipelov (1928–1989), poet, writer and dissident *Miroslav Nemirov (1961–2016), poet and songwriter *Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko (1845–1936), novelist, essayist and war correspondent *Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858–1943), theatre director, writer and playwright, co-founder of the Moscow Art Theatre *Löb Nevakhovich (1776/78–1831), Russia-Jewish writer and playwright *Alexander Neverov (1886–1923), writer and playwright, ''City of Bread'' *Friedrich Neznansky (1932–2013), crime novelist, ''Red Square'' *Ivan Savvich Nikitin, Ivan Nikitin (1824–1861), poet and writer, ''Kulak'' *Nikolai Nikolev (1758–1815), poet and playwright *Pavel Nilin (1908–1981), writer, journalist and playwright, ''Man Goes Uphill'' *Nikolay Nosov (1908–1976), children's writer, ''Neznaika'' *Yevgeni Nosov (writer), Yevgeny Nosov (1925–2002), writer, ''Usvyat Warriors'' *Osip Notovich (1849–1914), publisher, playwright and essayist *Alexey Novikov-Priboy (1877–1944), novelist and short story writer, ''The Captain''


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*Vladimir Obruchev (1863–1956), science fiction writer, ''Sannikov Land'' *Alexander Odoevsky (1802–1839), poet and playwright, activist of the Decembrist Revolt *Vladimir Odoevsky (1803–1869), philosopher, writer, music critic, philanthropist and pedagogue, ''The Living Corpse (Odoevsky), The Living Corpse'' *Irina Odoyevtseva (1895–1990), poet, novelist and memoirist *Nikolay Ogarev (1813–1877), poet, historian and political activist *Bulat Okudzhava (1924–1997), poet, writer and singer-songwriter, ''The Art of Needles and Sins'' *Yury Olesha (1899–1960), novelist and short story writer, ''Envy (Olesha novel), Envy'' *Nikolay Oleynikov (1898–1937), editor, avant-garde poet and playwright *Vladimir Orlov (author) (1936–2014), novelist *Mikhail Osorgin (1878–1942), journalist, novelist, short story writer and essayist *Sergey Ostrovoy (1911–2005), poet, author of lyrics to many popular Soviet songs *Alexander Ostrovsky (1823–1886), major playwright, ''The Storm (Ostrovsky), The Storm'' *Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904–1936), socialist realist writer, ''How the Steel Was Tempered'' *Valentin Ovechkin (1904–1968), writer, playwright, journalist and war correspondent, ''Greetings from the Front'' *Vladislav Ozerov (1769–1816), playwright, ''Dmitry Donskoy''


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*Marina Palei (born 1955), scriptwriter, publicist, novelist and translator, ''Rendezvous'' *Alexander Palm (1822–1885), poet, novelist and playwright, Petrashevsky Circle member, ''Alexey Slobodin'' *Liodor Palmin (1841–1891), poet, translator and journalist *Ivan Panaev (1812–1862), writer, critic and publisher/editor of ''Sovremennik'' magazine *Avdotya Panaeva (1820–1893), novelist, short story writer and memoirist *Vera Panova (1905–1973), novelist, short story writer, journalist and playwright, ''Seryozha (novel), Seryozha'' *Valentin Parnakh (1891–1951), poet, translator, choreographer and musician, founder of Russian jazz music *Sophia Parnok (1885–1933), poet, playwright and translator *Andrei Parshev (born 1955), political writer *Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), poet and novelist, not permitted by the Soviet Union to accept the Nobel Prize, ''Doctor Zhivago (novel), Doctor Zhivago'' *Pyotr Patrushev (1942–2016), writer and dissident *Konstantin Paustovsky (1892–1968), writer, Nobel Prize nominee, ''Story of a Life'' *Pyotr Pavlenko (1899–1951), writer, ''Happiness'' *Oleg Pavlov (1970–2018), novelist and short story writer *Karolina Pavlova (1807–1893), poet and novelist, ''A Double Life'' *Vladimir Pecherin (1807–1885), poet and writer, ''Notes from Beyond the Tomb'' *Victor Pelevin (born 1962), modern writer, ''Omon Ra'' *Yakov Perelman (1882–1942), science writer, ''Physics for Entertainment'' *Pyotr Pertsov (1868–1947), publisher, editor, literary critic, journalist and memoirist *Nick Perumov (born 1963), fantasy and science fiction writer *Pyotr Petrov (1827–1891), writer, arts historian, genealogist and bibliographer, ''The Tsar's Judgement'' *Mariya Petrovykh (1908–1979), poet and translator *Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (born 1938), modern writer and playwright, ''The Time: Night'' *Valentin Pikul (1928–1990), novelist, ''At the Last Frontier'' *Boris Pilnyak (1894–1938), novelist, ''The Naked Year'' *Dmitry Pisarev (1840–1868), critic and publicist *Aleksey Pisemsky (1821–1881), novelist and dramatist, ''A Bitter Fate'' *Andrei Platonov (1899–1951), novelist, short story writer and playwright, ''Chevengur'', ''The Foundation Pit'' *Georgi Plekhanov (1857–1918), writer, revolutionary and Marxist theoretician *Aleksey Pleshcheyev (1825–1893), radical poet, ''Step Forward! Without Fear or Doubt'' *Pyotr Pletnyov (1792–1866), poet, dedicatee of Pushkin's ''Eugene Onegin'' *Mikhail Pogodin (1800–1875), historian and journalist *Nikolai Pogodin (1900–1962), playwright, journalist and magazine editor *Antony Pogorelsky (1787–1837), fantasy fiction writer, ''Dvoinik'' * Evgeny Pogozhev (1870–1931), religious writer, essayist and journalist (pen name E. Poselyanin) *Konstantin Podrevsky (1888–1930), poet, translator, lyricist, ''Those Were the Days (song), Dorogoi dlinnoyu'' *Boris Polevoy (1908–1981), writer and journalist, ''The Story of a Real Man'' *Ksenofont Polevoy (1801–1867), writer, literary critic, journalist, publisher and translator *Nikolai Polevoy (1796–1846), writer, historian and magazine editor, ''The Moscow Telegraph'' *Pyotr Polevoy (1839–1902), writer, playwright, translator, critic and literary historian *Alexander Polezhayev (1804–1838), satirical poet, ''Sashka'' *Elizaveta Polonskaya (1890–1969), poet, translator, and journalist, the only female member of the Serapion Brothers *Leonid Polonsky (1833–1913), writer, journalist, editor and publisher, ''Mad Musician'' *Yakov Polonsky (1819–1898), poet, ''Georgian Night'' *Nikolay Pomyalovsky (1835–1863), novelist and short story writer, ''Seminary Sketches'' *Mikhail Ivanovich Popov, Mikhail Popov (1742–1790), writer, poet, dramatist and opera librettist, ''Anyuta'' *Nikolay Popovsky (1730–1760), poet and translator *Vasili Popugaev (1778/79–1816), poet, novelist and translator *Oleg Postnov (born 1962), novelist and translator *Ignaty Potapenko (1856–1929), writer and playwright, ''A Russian Priest'' *Michael Prawdin (1894–1970), historical writer *Alexander Preys (1905–1942), playwright and librettist, ''The Nose (opera), The Nose'' *Dmitri Prigov (1940–2007), writer and artist, ''Live in Moscow'' *Zakhar Prilepin (born 1975), writer and dissident, member of the National Bolshevik Party *Maria Prilezhayeva (1903–1989), children's writer, ''The Life of Lenin'' *Mikhail Prishvin (1873–1954), journalist and writer *Valentyn Prodaievych (born 1960), journalist and writer, lives in Florida *Alexander Prokhanov (born 1938), writer and newspaper editor, ''Empire's Last Soldier'' *Alexander Prokofyev (1900–1971), poet and war correspondent *Iosif Prut (1900–1996), playwright and screenwriter *Kozma Prutkov (1803–1863), satirist, pseudonym of Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy and his cousins *Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837), poet, novelist and dramatist, ''Eugene Onegin'' *Vasily Pushkin (1766–1830), poet, uncle of Alexander Pushkin *Konstantin Pyatnitsky (1864–1938), journalist, publisher and memoirist


R

*Alexander Radishchev (1749–1802), radical writer and social critic, ''Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow'' *Edvard Radzinsky (born 1936), writer, playwright, TV personality, screenwriter and historian *Vladimir Rayevsky (1795–1872), poet and Decembrist *Valentin Rasputin (1937–2015), novelist, ''Farewell to Matyora'' *Irina Ratushinskaya (1954–2017) dissident poet and writer, ''Grey is the Color of Hope'' *Razumnik Ivanov-Razumnik (1878–1946), writer, philosopher and literary critic *Yevgeny Rein (born 1935), poet and writer, ''The Names of Bridges'' *Vera Reznik (born 1944), writer, translator and literary scholar *Aleksey Remizov (1877–1957), modernist writer, calligrapher and folklore enthusiast, ''The Clock'', ''Sisters of the Cross'' *Fyodor Mikhaylovich Reshetnikov, Fyodor Reshetnikov (1841–1871), novelist, ''The Podlipnayans'' *Mikhail Rosenheim (1820–1887), poet, editor, publicist and translator *Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932–1994), poet, ''Flags of Spring'' *Helena Roerich (1879–1949), philosopher, writer and public figure *Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947), painter, philosopher, scientist, writer, traveler and public figure *Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia, Konstantin Romanov (1858–1915), poet and playwright, ''The King of the Jews'' *Panteleimon Romanov (1884–1938), writer, ''Without Bird-Cherry Blossoms'' *Mikhail Roshchin (1933–2010), playwright, screenwriter and short story writer *Yevdokiya Rostopchina (1811–1858), poet and writer, ''Forced Marriage'' *Vasily Rozanov (1856–1919), writer and philosopher *Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932–1994), poet, ''Flags of Spring'' *Dina Rubina (born 1953), novelist and short story writer, ''The Blackthorn'' *Anatoly Rybakov (1911–1998), novelist, ''Children of the Arbat'' *Vladimir Rybakov (1947–2018), novelist and journalist, ''The Afghans: A Novella of Soviet Soldiers in Afghanistan'' *Vyacheslav Rybakov (born 1954), science fiction author and orientalist, ''The Trial Sphere'' *Maria Rybakova (born 1973), novelist and short story writer *Pavel Rybnikov (1831–1885), ethnographer, folklorist and literary historian *Kondraty Ryleyev (1795–1826), poet, publisher and a leader of the Decembrist Revolt *Yuri Rytkheu (1930–2008), Chukchis, Chukchi writer, ''A Dream in Polar Fog''


S

*Irina Saburova (1907–1979), writer, poet, translator, and magazine editor *Dmitry Sadovnikov (1847–1883), poet, folklorist and ethnographer, "The Carnival Is Over, Iz-za ostrova na strezhen" *Boris Sadovskoy (1881–1952), poet, writer and literary critic *German Sadulaev (born 1973), Chechnya, Chechen writer, ''I am a Chechen!'' *Evgeny Salias De Tournemire (1840–1908), writer, ''The Krutoyar Princess'' *Ilya Salov (1834–1902), writer, playwright and translator, ''Butuzka'' *Yuri Samarin (1819–1876), publicist and critic *Vladimir Sanin (1928–1989), writer of travel fiction *Genrikh Sapgir (1928–1999), poet and novelist *Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826–1889), novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist, ''The History of a Town'', ''The Golovlyov Family'' *Boris Savinkov (1879–1925), writer and revolutionary terrorist, ''What Never Happened'' *Feodosy Savinov (1865–1915), poet, ''Rodnoye'' *Ilya Selvinsky (1899–1968), poet, leader of the constructivist school *Sergey Terentyevich Semyonov, Sergey Semyonov (1868–1922), peasant writer, ''Gluttons'' *Yulian Semyonov (1931–1993), writer of spy fiction and crime fiction, ''Seventeen Instants of Spring'' *Osip Senkovsky (1800–1858), Polish-Russian orientalist, journalist, writer and entertainer. *Alexander Serafimovich (1863–1949), writer, ''The Iron Flood'' *Andrey Sergeev (1933–1998), poet, translator and writer *Sergei Sergeyev-Tsensky (1875–1958), writer and academician, ''Brusilov's Breakthrough'' *Efraim Sevela (1928–2010), writer, screenwriter, director and producer *Igor Severyanin (1887–1941), Ego-Futurism, ego futurist poet, ''The Cup of Thunder'' *Marietta Shaginyan (1888–1982), writer of Armenian descent, ''Mess-Mend'' *Alexander Shakhovskoy (1777–1846) playwright, writer, poet, librettist and critic, ''The New Stern'' *Varlam Shalamov (1907–1982), short story writer and poet, ''Kolyma Tales'' *Olga Shapir (1850–1916), writer and feminist, ''The Settlement'' *Pyotr Shchebalsky (1810–1886), critic, editor and literary historian *Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik (1874–1952), poet, writer, playwright and translator, ''Deborah'' *Vladimir Shchiglev (1840–1903), satirical poet and playwright *Stepan Shchipachev (1889–1980), poet, ''Lines of Love'' *Vadim Shefner (1915–2002), poet and writer *Alexander Sheller (1838–1900), writer, poet and essayist, ''Putrid Moors'' *Nikolay Sherbina (1821–1869), poet, ''To the Sea'' *Vadim Shershenevich (1893–1942), futurist poet, writer and screenwriter, ''A Kiss From Mary Pickford'' *Stepan Shevyryov (1806–1864), poet, writer, critic and philologist *Mikhail Pavlovich Shishkin, Mikhail Shishkin (born 1961), modern writer, ''The Taking of Izmail'' *Vyacheslav Shishkov (1873–1945), writer, known for his descriptions of Siberia *Maria Shkapskaya (1891–1952), poet and journalist *Ivan Shmelyov (1873–1950), novelist, ''The Sun of the Dead'' *Mikhail Sholokhov (1905–1984), Nobel Prize–winning writer, ''And Quiet Flows the Don'' *Gennady Shpalikov (1937–1974), poet and screenwriter, ''I Step Through Moscow'' *Nikolai Shpanov (1896–1961), author *Vasily Shukshin (1929–1974), actor, writer, screenwriter and movie director, ''Roubles in Words, Kopeks in Figures'' *Pavel Shumil (born 1957), science fiction author *Evgeny Shvarts (1896–1958), writer, playwright and screenwriter, ''The Dragon'' *Konstantin Simonov (1915–1979), novelist and poet, "Wait for Me (poem), Wait for Me" *Andrei Sinyavsky (1925–1997), writer, publisher and dissident, ''Fantastic Stories'' *Alexander Skabichevsky (1838–1911), writer and literary critic *Stepan Skitalets (1869–1941), poet and writer, ''The Love of a Scene Painter'' *Victor Skumin (born 1948), writer and magazine editor *Olga Slavnikova (born 1957), novelist and literary critic *Vasily Sleptsov (1836–1878), novelist, short story writer and playwright, ''Hard Times'', "The Ward" *Konstantin Sluchevsky (1837–1904), poet and magazine editor *Boris Slutsky (1919–1986), representative of the War generation of Russian poets *Nikolai Snessarev (1856–1928), publicist, writer, literary critic and politician *Sofia Soboleva (1840–1884), writer and journalist, ''Pros and Cons'' *Anatoly Sofronov (1911–1990), writer, poet, playwright, scriptwriter, editor and literary administrator, ''The Cookie'' *Sasha Sokolov (born 1943), novelist, ''A School for Fools'' *Ivan Sokolov-Mikitov (1882–1975), author, journalist and short-story writer, ''Childhood'' *Vladimir Sollogub (1813–1882), writer and poet, ''The Snowstorm'' *Fyodor Sologub (1863–1927), symbolist poet, playwright and novelist, ''The Petty Demon'' *Vladimir Soloukhin (1924–1997), writer, journalist and poet, ''Verdict'' *Leonid Solovyov (writer), Leonid Solovyov (1906–1962), writer and playwright, ''Tale of Nasreddin, Hodja Nasreddin'' *Vladimir Solovyov (philosopher), Vladimir Solovyov (1853–1900), philosopher, poet, pamphleteer and literary critic *Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), Nobel Prize–winning writer, ''One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'', ''The Gulag Archipelago'' *Orest Somov (1793–1833), writer, journalist, literary critic and translator, ''Mommy and Sonny'' *Vladimir Sorokin (born 1955), popular postmodern writer and dramatist *Konstantin Staniukovich (1843–1903), nautical fiction, sea stories writer, ''Maximka'' *Mikhail Stasyulevich (1826–1911), writer, literary historian, editor and publisher *Vladimir Stavsky (1900–1943), writer, editor and literary administrator, ''Fighting for Motherland'' *Alexander Stein (1906–1993), writer, playwright, scriptwriter and memoirist *Ksenya Stepanycheva (born 1978), playwright, ''Pink Bow'' *Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky (1851–1895), writer, publicist and revolutionary, ''King Stork and King Log'' *Fyodor Stepun (1884–1965), Russian-German writer, philosopher, historian and sociologist *Dmitry Strelnikov (born 1969), poet, essayist and novelist *Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Arkady 1925–1991) (Boris 1933–2012), science fiction writers, ''Hard to Be a God'' *Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin (1817–1903), playwright, ''Scenes from the Past'' *Alexander Sumarokov (1717–1777), early poet and playwright *Ivan Surikov (1841–1880), peasant poet *Alexey Surkov (1899–1983), poet, editor, literary critic, "Zemlyanka" *Mikhail Sushkov (1775–1792), writer, ''The Russian Werther'' *Alexei Suvorin (1834–1912), publisher and journalist *Viktor Suvorov (born 1947), writer and historian *Fyodor Svarovsky (born 1971), poet *Mikhail Arkadyevich Svetlov, Mikhail Svetlov (1903–1964), poet and journalist, ''Song of Kakhovka''


T

*Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891–1968), poet, playwright, translator and children's writer *Alexander Tarasov-Rodionov (1885–1938), writer, ''Chocolate'' *Arseny Tarkovsky (1907–1989), poet and translator *Valery Tarsis (1906–1983), novelist and dissident, ''Ward 7'' *Nadezhda Teffi (1872–1952), humorist writer, ''All About Love'' *Nikolay Teleshov (1867–1957), writer and memoirist, organizer of the Sreda (literary group), Moscow Sreda *Vladimir Tendryakov (1923–1984), novelist and short story writer, ''Three, Seven, Ace'' *Yuri Terapiano (1892–1980), poet, writer, translator, literary critic and historian *Sergey Terpigorev (1841–1895), writer and essayist *Nikolai Tikhonov (author), Nikolai Tikhonov (1896–1979), writer and poet, member of the Serapion Brothers *Vladislav Titov (1934–1987), novelist who lost both arms in a coal mine accident, ''Defying Death'' *Pyotr Tkachev (1844–1886), publicist, writer and critic *Viktoriya Tokareva (born 1937), screenwriter and short story writer *Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817–1875), poet, dramatist and novelist, ''The Death of Ivan the Terrible'' *Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1882–1945), novelist and science fiction writer, ''The Garin Death Ray'' *Ilya Tolstoy (1866–1933), author of a memoir about his father Leo Tolstoy *Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist and public figure, ''War and Peace'', ''Anna Karenina'', ''The Death of Ivan Ilyich'', ''Resurrection (Tolstoy novel), Resurrection'', ''Hadji Murat (novel), Hadji Murat'' *Tatyana Tolstaya (born 1951), writer, TV host, publicist, novelist and essayist *Edward Topol (born 1938), novelist and journalist, ''Red Square'' *Sergey Trakhimenok (born 1950), novelist, playwrights, screenwriter and short story writer, detective story writer *Vasily Trediakovsky (1703–1768), poet, essayist and playwright *Konstantin Trenyov (1876–1945), playwright and short story writer, ''Lyubov Yarovaya'' *Sergei Tretyakov (writer), Sergei Tretyakov (1892–1937), playwright, ''I Want a Baby'' *Yury Trifonov (1925–1981), novelist and short story writer, ''The House on the Embankment (novel), The House on the Embankment'' *Gavriil Troyepolsky (1905–1995), novelist, ''White Bim Black Ear'' *Mikhail Tsetlin (1882–1945), poet, playwright, novelist, memoirist and translator *Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941), poet and essayist, ''The Rat-Catcher'' *Alexei Tsvetkov (poet), Alexei Tsvetkov (born 1947), poet, novelist and journalist *Nikolai Tsyganov (1797–1832), poet, folklorist, singer and actor, ''Russian Songs'' *Evgenia Tur (1815–1892), writer, critic, journalist and publisher, ''Antonina'' *Sergey Turbin (1821–1884), playwright and journalist *Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883), novelist and playwright, ''A Sportsman's Sketches'', ''Home of the Gentry'', ''Fathers and Sons (novel), Fathers and Sons'' *Veronika Tushnova (1911–1965), poet and translator, ''Memory of the Heart'' *Aleksandr Tvardovsky (1910–1971), poet, war correspondent and editor of Novy Mir, ''Vasily Tyorkin'' *Yury Tynyanov (1894–1943), writer, literary critic, translator, scholar and screenwriter *Fyodor Tyutchev (1803–1873), poet, ''The Last Love''


U

*Vladimir Uflyand (1937–2007), poet, ''The Working Week Comes To An End'' *Pavel Ulitin (1918–1986), writer *Lyudmila Ulitskaya (born 1943), novelist and short-story writer, ''Medea and Her Children'' *Alexander Ivanovich Urusov, Alexander Urusov (1843–1900), literary critic, translator, lawyer and philanthropist *Eduard Uspensky (1937–2018), children's writer, ''Cheburashka, Cheburashka series'' *Gleb Uspensky (1843–1902), novelist, short story writer and essayist, ''The Power of the Land'' *Nikolay Uspensky (1837–1889), short story writer, ''A Good Existence'' *Iosif Utkin (1903–1944), poet and journalist, ''Dear Childhood''


V

*Konstantin Vaginov (1899–1934), poet and novelist, ''Goat Song'', ''The Works and Days of Svistonov'' *Pyotr Valuyev (1815–1890), statesman, novelist, poet and essayist *Alexander Vampilov (1937–1972), playwright, ''Elder Son'' *Mikhail Veller (born 1948), writer and journalist, ''The Guru'' *Alexander Veltman (1800–1870), writer, one of the pioneers of Russian science fiction *Dmitry Venevitinov (1805–1827), philosophical poet *Anastasiya Verbitskaya (1861–1928), novelist, playwright, screenplay writer, publisher and feminist, ''The Keys to Happiness'' *Vikenty Veresaev (1867–1945), writer and medical doctor, ''Memoirs of a Physician'' *Lidia Veselitskaya (1857–1936), writer, translator and memoirist, ''Mimi's Marriage'' *Sergey Vikulov (1922–2006), poet, essayist, memoirist and editor, ''Nash Sovremennik'' *Tony Vilgotsky (born 1980), horror and fantasy writer, columnist *Nikolai Virta (1906–1976), writer and playwright, ''Alone'' *Vsevolod Vishnevsky (1900–1951), playwright, ''Optimistic Tragedy'' *Igor Vishnevetsky (born 1964), poet and music historian *Georgi Vladimov (1931–2003), dissident writer, ''Faithful Ruslan'' *Dmitry Vodennikov (born 1968), poet and essayist *Vladimir Voinovich (1932–2018), satirical novelist, ''The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin'' *Zinaida Volkonskaya (1792–1862), writer, poet, singer, composer, salonist and lady in waiting *Alexander Melentyevich Volkov, Alexander Volkov (1891–1977), novelist and mathematician, ''The Wizard of the Emerald City'' *Anri Volokhonsky (1936–2017), poet and translator *Maximilian Voloshin (1877–1932), poet, translator, art and literary critic *Konstantin Vorobyov (writer), Konstantin Vorobyov (1919–1975), writer, ''Slain Near Moscow'' *Vatslav Vorovsky (1871–1923), Marxist revolutionary, literary critic, diplomat and publicist *Julia Voznesenskaya (1940–2015), novelist, ''The Women's Decameron'' *Zoya Voskresenskaya (1907–1992), children's writer, diplomat, NKVD foreign office secret agent, ''Mother's Heart'' *Andrei Voznesensky (1933–2010), poet and writer, ''First Frost'' *Alexander Vvedensky (poet), Alexander Vvedensky (1904–1941), poet, co-founder of OBERIU *Arseny Vvedensky (1844–1909), writer, journalist, literary critic and historian *Pyotr Vyazemsky (1792–1878), poet, representative of the Golden Age of Russian poetry *Vladimir Vysotsky (1938–1980), singer, songwriter, poet and actor


Y

*Alexander Stepanovich Yakovlev, Alexander Yakovlev (1886–1953), writer and essayist, ''The Peasant'' *Pyotr Yakubovich (1860–1911), poet and writer, member of
Narodnaya Volya Narodnaya Volya ( rus, Наро́дная во́ля, p=nɐˈrodnəjə ˈvolʲə, t=People's Will) was a late 19th-century revolutionary political organization in the Russian Empire which conducted assassinations of government officials in an att ...
*Pavel Yakushkin (1822–1872), writer, ethnographer and folklorist *Alexander Yashin (1913–1968), writer associated with the Village Prose movement *Ieronim Yasinsky (1850–1931), novelist, poet, essayist and memoirist *Nikolay Yazykov (1803–1846), poet and slavophile *Ivan Yefremov (1908–1972), paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker, ''Andromeda (novel), Andromeda'' *Dmitri Yemets (born 1974), author of fantasy literature for children and young adults, ''Tanya Grotter'' *Venedikt Yerofeyev (1938–1990), writer and playwright, ''Moscow-Petushki'' *Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, Pyotr Yershov (1815–1869), fairy tale writer, poet and playwright, ''The Humpbacked Horse'' *Sergei Yesenin (1895–1925), poet, ''Land of Scoundrels (poem), Land of Scoundrels'' *Tatyana Yesenina (1918–1992), writer and daughter of Sergei Yesenin, ''Zhenya, the Wonder of the Twentieth Century'' *Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933–2017), poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, actor, editor, and film director *Semyon Yushkevich (1868–1927), writer and playwright


Z

*Nikolay Zabolotsky (1903–1958), poet, children's writer and translator, one of the founders of the absurdist group OBERIU *Boris Zakhoder (1918–2000), poet, children's writer and translator *Mikhail Zagoskin (1789–1852), historical novelist, ''Tales of Three Centuries'' *Boris Konstantinovich Zaytsev, Boris Zaitsev (1881–1972), writer and playwright, ''Anna'' *Mark Zakharov (1933–2019), theatrical director, playwright and actor *Sergey Zalygin (1913–2000), novelist and magazine editor, ''The South American Variant'' *Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884–1937), novelist, short story writer and playwright, ''We (novel), We'' *Vsevolod Zelchenko (born 1972), poet *Mikhail Zenkevich (1886–1973), poet and translator, ''Wild Porphyry'' *Yulia Zhadovskaya (1824–1883), poet and writer, ''Apart from the Great World'' *Vera Zhelikhovsky (1835–1896), novelist and children's writer, ''The General's Will'' *Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov (1821–1908), poet and dramatist, co-creator of Kozma Prutkov *Boris Zhitkov (1882–1938), novelist, short story writer, playwright and children's writer, ''Viktor Vavich'' *Maria Zhukova (1804–1855), writer, ''Evenings on the Karpovka'' *Vasily Zhukovsky (1783–1852), poet, translator and magazine editor *Zinovy Zinik (born 1945), novelist and broadcaster, ''The Mushroom-Picker'' *Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal (1866–1907), writer and playwright, ''The Tragic Menagerie'' *Nikolai Zlatovratsky (1845–1911), novelist and short story writer, ''Old Shadows'' *Mikhail Znamensky (1833–1892), writer, memoirist, caricaturist, archeologist and ethnographer, ''The Vanished Men'' *Mikhail Zoshchenko (1895–1958), satirical short story writer and novelist, ''The Galosh'' *Rafail Zotov (1795–1871), playwright, novelist, journalist, translator and theatre critic, ''Jealous Wife''


See also

*List of Russian artists *List of Russian architects *List of Russian inventors *List of Russian explorers *Russian culture {{DEFAULTSORT:Russian-language writers Russian-language writers, Lists of writers by language, Russian Russian literature-related lists, Writers