This is a list of authors who have written works of prose and poetry in the

Russian language Russian is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is ...

. For separate lists by literary field: * List of Russian-language novelists * List of Russian-language playwrights * List of Russian-language poets

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* Bavasan Abiduev (1909–1940), poet and one of the founders of Buryat children's literature * Alexander Ablesimov (1742–1783), opera librettist, poet, dramatist, satirist and journalist * Fyodor Abramov (1920–1983), novelist and short story writer, ''Two Winters and Three Summers'' * Grigory Adamov (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 (; born 1982) is a Ukrainian physician as well as a Russian language in Ukraine, Russian-speaking poet, writer, and translator. Biography Anastasia Valerievna Afanasieva was born in 1982, in Kharkiv. She graduated ...

(born 1982), physician, poet, writer & translator *

Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev (; – ) was a Russian Slavist and ethnographer best known for publishing nearly 600 East Slavic and Russian fairy and folk tales, one of the largest collections of folklore in the world. This collection was ...

(1826–1871), folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, ''

Russian Fairy Tales ''Russian Fairy Tales'' (, variously translated; English titles include also ''Russian Folk Tales'') is a collection of nearly 600 fairy and folktales, collected and published by Alexander Afanasyev between 1855 and 1863. The collection cont ...

'' * Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky (1816–1875), poet, writer, ethnographer and translator * Alexander Afinogenov (1904–1941), playwright, ''A Far Place'' * M. Ageyev (1898–1973), pseudonymous writer, ''

Novel with Cocaine ''Novel with Cocaine'' (, also translated as ''Cocain Romance'' and ''Romance with Cocaine'') is a novel first published in 1934 in literature, 1934 in a Russian émigré literary magazine ''Chisla'' (''Numbers'') under a pen name M. Ageyev. Th ...

'' * Chinghiz Aitmatov (1928–2008), Kyrgyz novelist and short story writer, '' Jamilya'', '' The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years'' * David Aizman (1869–1922), Russian-Jewish writer and playwright * Bella Akhmadulina (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; , . ( – 5 March 1966), better known by the pen name Anna Akhmatova,. ...

(1889–1966), acmeist poet, ''

Requiem A Requiem (Latin: ''rest'') or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead () or Mass of the dead (), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the souls of the deceased, using a particular form of the Roman Missal. It is ...

'', ''Poem Without a Hero'' * Ivan Aksakov (1823–1886), journalist, slavophile * Konstantin Aksakov (1817–1860), playwright, critic and writer, slavophile * Sergey Aksakov (1791–1859), novelist and miscellaneous writer, '' The Scarlet Flower'' * Vasily Aksyonov (1932–2009), novelist and short story writer, '' Generations of Winter'' *

Boris Akunin Grigori Chkhartishvili (; ka, გრიგორი ჩხარტიშვილი), better known by his pen name Boris Akunin (, born 20 May 1956), is a Georgian and Russian writer residing in the United Kingdom. He is best known as a write ...

(born 1956), author, essayist, translator and literary critic, '' Erast Fandorin series'', '' Sister Pelagia series'' * Mikhail Albov, (1851–1911), novelist and short story writer * Mark Aldanov (died 1957), historical novelist * Andrey Aldan-Semenov (1908–1985),

Gulag The Gulag was a system of Labor camp, forced labor camps in the Soviet Union. The word ''Gulag'' originally referred only to the division of the Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies, Soviet secret police that was in charge of runnin ...

memoirist * Lidiia Alekseeva (1909–1989), Latvian poet and writer of short stories * Mikhail Alekseyev (1918–2007) writer and editor, ''My Stalingrad'' *

Sholem Aleichem Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich (; May 13, 1916), better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem (Yiddish language, Yiddish and , also spelled in Yiddish orthography#Reform and standardization, Soviet Yiddish, ; Russian language, Russian and ), ...

(1859–1916), Russian Jewish writer, '' Wandering Stars'' * Margarita Aliger (1915–1992), poet, translator, and journalist, ''Zoya'' * Yuz Aleshkovsky (1929–2022), writer, poet, playwright and performer of his own songs, ''Kangaroo'' * Boris Almazov (1827–1876), poet, translator and literary critic *

Alexander Amfiteatrov Alexander Valentinovich Amfiteatrov (); (26 December 1862 – 26 February 1938) was a Russian writer, novelist, and historian. Biography Born a priest's son in Kaluga, Russian Empire, he was trained as a lawyer but became a journalist and pop ...

(1862–1938), writer and historian, ''Napoleonder'' * Daniil Andreyev (1906–1959), writer, poet, and Christian mystic, '' Roza Mira'' * Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), novelist, playwright and short story writer, '' The Seven Who Were Hanged'', '' The Life of Man'' * Sergey Andreyevsky (1847–1918), writer, poet, literary critic, ''The Book on Death'' * Irakly Andronikov (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 (1813–1887), critic and memoirist, ''The Extraordinary Decade'' * Yury Annenkov (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 * Lev Anninsky (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 (1840–1893), poet and writer, ''From Death to Life'' * Maria Arbatova (born 1957), novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet and journalist * Aleksei Arbuzov (1908–1986), playwright, ''A Long Road'' * Vladimir Arnoldi (1871–1924), children's author and professor of biology * Mikhail Artsybashev (1878–1927),

naturalist Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. A person who studies natural history is cal ...

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 futures studies or futurology or the attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities ...

poet, ''Night Flute'' * Viktor Astafyev (1924–2001), novelist and short story writer, '' Sad Detective'' * Lera Auerbach (Averbakh) (born 1973), poet, writer and composer * Mikhail Avdeev (1821–1876), novelist and playwright, ''Tamarin'' trilogy * Arkady Averchenko (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 (1894–1940), short story writer, ''

The Odessa Tales ''Odessa Stories'' (), 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 October Revolution, Russian Revolution. Published individually in Soviet ...

'', '' Red Cavalry'' * Eduard Bagritsky (1895–1934), constructivist poet, ''February'' * Grigory Baklanov (1923–2009), novelist and magazine editor, ''Forever Nineteen'' * Ivan Bakhtin (1756–1818), poet, satirist and politician *

Mikhail Bakhtin Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin (; rus, Михаи́л Миха́йлович Бахти́н, , mʲɪxɐˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ bɐxˈtʲin; – 7 March 1975) was a Russian people, Russian philosopher and literary critic who worked on the phi ...

(1895–1975), philosopher, literary critic,

semiotician Semiotics ( ) is the systematic study of sign processes and the communication of meaning. In semiotics, a sign is defined as anything that communicates intentional and unintentional meaning or feelings to the sign's interpreter. Semiosis is an ...

and scholar, " Epic and Novel" *

Mikhail Bakunin Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin. Sometimes anglicized to Michael Bakunin. ( ; – 1 July 1876) was a Russian revolutionary anarchist. He is among the most influential figures of anarchism and a major figure in the revolutionary socialist, s ...

(1814–1876), revolutionary and theorist of collectivist anarchism, '' God and the State'', '' Statism and Anarchy'' * Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942),

symbolist Symbolism or symbolist may refer to: *Symbol, any object or sign that represents an idea Arts *Artistic symbol, an element of a literary, visual, or other work of art that represents an idea ** Color symbolism, the use of colors within various c ...

poet and translator, '' Burning Buildings'', '' Let Us Be Like the Sun'' * Jurgis Baltrušaitis (1873–1944), poet and translator, ''The Pendulum'' * Kazimir Barantsevich (1851–1927), writer and poet, ''Family Hearth'' *

Yevgeny Baratynsky Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky ( rus, Евге́ний Абра́мович Бараты́нский, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈtɨnskʲɪj, a=Yevgyeniy Abramovich Baratynskiy.ru.vorb.oga; 11 July 1844) was lauded by Alexande ...

(1800–1844), poet, ''The Gipsy'' * Natalya Baranskaya (1908–2004), novelist and short story writer, ''A Week Like Any Other'' * Ivan Barkov (1732–1768), comic and erotic poet, ''Luka Mudischev'' * Anna Barkova (1901–1976), poet and writer,

survivor * Elpidifor Barsov (1836–1917), literary historian, ethnographer, folklorist, philologist * Agniya Barto (1906–1981), Russian-Jewish poet and children's writer * Alexander Bashlachev (1960–1988), poet, musician, guitarist, and singer-songwriter * Fyodor Batyushkov (1857–1920), philologist, essayist, literary and theatre historian * Konstantin Batyushkov (1787–1855), poet, essayist and translator *

Nikolai Bazhin Nikolai Fedotovich Bazhin (; 5 July 1843 – 16 October 1908) was a Russian Empire writer, journalist and critic.Pavel Bazhov (1879–1950), fairy tale author, '' The Malachite Casket'' * Demyan Bedny (1883–1945), poet and satirist, ''New Testament Without Defects'' * Dmitry Begichev (1786–1855), writer and politician * Alexander Bek (1903–1972), novelist, ''And Not to Die'' * Ekaterina Beketova (1855–1892), poet, writer, and translator * Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848), writer, literary critic and philosopher *

Vasily Belov Vasily Ivanovich Belov (; 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 million copies. A prominent member of the influential 1970s–198 ...

(1932–2012), writer, poet and dramatist, ''Eves'', ''The Year of a Major Breakdown'' *

Andrei Bely Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (, ; – 8 January 1934), better known by the pen name Andrei Bely or Biely, was a Russian novelist, Symbolist poet, theorist and literary critic. He was a committed anthroposophist and follower of Rudolf Steiner. Hi ...

(1880–1934),

poet, writer and essayist, ''The Silver Dove'', '' Petersburg'' * Alexander Belyayev (1884–1942), science fiction author, '' Amphibian Man'' * Vladimir Benediktov (1807–1873); poet and translator * Nina Berberova (1901–1993), novelist and short story writer, ''The Book of Happiness'' * Nikolai Berg (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 Union, Soviet and Russian Soviet F ...

(1910–1975), poet, playwright and memoirist * Alexander Bestuzhev (1797–1837), novelist, short story writer and Decembrist, ''An Evening on Bivouac'' * Vitaly Bianki (1894–1959), nature and children's writer * Aleksei Bibik (1878–1976), working-class novelist and short story writer * Andrei Bitov (1937–2018), novelist and short story writer, ''Pushkin House'' * Nikolai Blagoveshchensky (1837–1889), writer, journalist and biographer *

Helena Blavatsky Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (; – 8 May 1891), often known as Madame Blavatsky, was a Russian-born Mysticism, mystic and writer who emigrated to the United States where she co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. She gained an internat ...

(1831–1891), a founder of

Theosophy Theosophy is a religious movement established in the United States in the late 19th century. Founded primarily by the Russian Helena Blavatsky and based largely on her writings, it draws heavily from both older European philosophies such as Neop ...

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Theosophical Society The Theosophical Society is the organizational body of Theosophy, an esoteric new religious movement. It was founded in New York City, U.S.A. in 1875. Among its founders were Helena Blavatsky, a Russian mystic and the principal thinker of the ...

, ''The Secret Doctrine'', ''Isis Unveiled'' *

Pyotr Blinov Pyotr Alexandrovich Blinov (; Pekshur village, Uvinsky District, Udmurtia – near Smolensk, January 7, 1942) was a Soviet Udmurt writer and journalist. His most famous work was the novel ''Wanting to Live'' (Улэм потэ, Russian ). He ...

(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 (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 (; – 7 April 1928), born Alexander Malinovsky, was a Russian and later Soviet physician, philosopher, science fiction writer and Bolshevik revolutionary. He was a polymath who pioneered blood transfusion, a ...

(1873–1928), novelist, physician, economist and philosopher, ''

Red Star A red star, five-pointed and filled, is a symbol that has often historically been associated with communist ideology, particularly in combination with the hammer and sickle, but is also used as a purely socialist symbol in the 21st century. ...

'' * Vladimir Bogomolov (1926–2003), novelist and short story writer, ''

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'' * Vladimir Bogoraz (1865–1936), revolutionary, writer and anthropologist * Yuri Bondarev (1924–2020), novelist and short story writer, ''The Shore'' * Leonid Borodin (1938–2011), novelist and journalist, ''The Story of a Strange Time'' * Genrikh Borovik (born 1929), publicist, writer, playwright and filmmaker * Vasily Botkin (1812–1869), critic, essayist and translator * Valeri Brainin-Passek (born 1948), Russian/German musicologist, music manager, composer and poet * Osip Brik (1888–1945), avant garde writer and literary critic *

Joseph Brodsky Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (; ; 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in the Soviet Union, Brodsky ran afoul of Soviet authorities and was expelled ("strongly ...

(1940–1996), poet and essayist, Nobel Prize Winner * Valery Bryusov (1873–1924), poet, novelist and short story writer, '' The Fiery Angel'' * Yury Buida (born 1954), novelist and short story writer, ''The Zero Train'' *

Vladimir Bukovsky Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky (; 30 December 1942 – 27 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian Human rights activists, human rights activist and writer. From the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, he was a prominent figure in the Soviet dissid ...

(1942–2019), writer and dissident *

Mikhail Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( ; rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf; – 10 March 1940) was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright. His novel ''The M ...

(1891–1940), novelist, short story writer and playwright, ''

Heart of a Dog ''Heart of a Dog'' (, ) is a novella by Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. A biting satire of Bolshevism, it was written in 1925 at the height of the New Economic Policy, a period during which communism appeared to be relaxing in the Soviet Union. ...

'', '' The White Guard'', ''

The Master and Margarita ''The Master and Margarita'' () is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940. A censored version, with several chapters cut by editors, was published posthumously in ''Moscow (magazine), Moscow'' magazine in ...

'' * Faddey Bulgarin (1789–1859), Polish-born writer and journalist * Kir Bulychev (1934–2003), science fiction author, '' Half a Life'' * Ivan Bunin (1870–1953), first Russian winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, '' The Village'', '' The Life of Arseniev'', '' Dark Avenues'' * Anna Bunina (1774–1829), poet, ''Though Poverty's No Stain'' * Viktor Burenin (1841–1926), writer, critic, playwright, librettist and satirical poet *

David Burliuk David Davidovich Burliuk (; 21 July 1882 – 15 January 1967) was a Russian poet, artist and publicist of Ukrainian origin associated with the Futurism (art), Futurist and Neo-Primitivist movements. Burliuk has been described as "the father of ...

(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 "Futurist Manifesto, Manifesto of Futurism", which espoused the rejection of the past, and a celebration of speed, ...

* Dmitry Bykov (born 1967) * Pyotr Bykov (1844–1930) literary historian, poet and translator * Vasil Bykov (1924–2003)

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Dimitrie Cantemir Dimitrie or Demetrius; Cantemir (; ; 26 October 1673 – 21 August 1723), also known by other spellings, was a Moldavian prince, statesman, and man of letters. He twice served as voivode of Moldavia (March–April 1693 and 1710–1711). Durin ...

(1673–1723), philosopher, historian, composer, musicologist, linguist, ethnographer and geographer *

Catherine the Great Catherine II. (born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 172917 November 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter I ...

, (1729–1796), patroness of the arts, music and theatre, and opera librettist, '' Fevey'' * Pyotr Chaadayev (1794–1856), philosopher, ''Philosophical Letters'' * Aleksey Chapygin (1870–1937), novelist and short story writer, '' Stepan Razin'' * Lidia Charskaya (1875–1938), novelist and actress * Nikolai Chayev (1824–1914), writer, poet and playwright, ''Svat Faddeyich'' * Alexander Chekhov (1855–1913), writer and journalist *

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...

(1860–1904), short story writer and playwright, ''

The Seagull ''The Seagull'' () is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 in literature, 1895 and first produced in 1896 in literature#Drama, 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramati ...

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The Cherry Orchard ''The Cherry Orchard'' () 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 later that year in Saint Petersburg, via A.F. Marks Pu ...

'', " Ward No. 6", '' The Lady with the Dog" * Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828–1889), writer, journalist and politician, '' What Is to Be Done?'' * Evgeny Chirikov (1864–1932), novelist, short story writer and playwright, ''The Magician'' * Sasha Chorny (1880–1932), poet, satirist and children's writer * Korney Chukovsky (1882–1969), children's poet, '' Wash'em'clean'' * Lydia Chukovskaya (1907–1996), writer and poet, '' Sofia Petrovna'' * Georgy Chulkov (1879–1939), poet, editor, writer and critic

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* Denis Davydov (1784–1839), soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars *

Vladimir Dal Vladimir Ivanovich Dal (, ; 22 November 1801 – 4 October 1872) was a Russians, Russian Lexicography, lexicographer, Multilingualism, speaker of many languages, Turkology, Turkologist, and founding member of the Russian Geographical Society. Du ...

(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 disside ...

(1925–1988), dissident writer, poet and translator, ''This is Moscow Speaking'' * Grigory Danilevsky (1829–1890), historical and ethnographical novelist, ''Moscow in Flames'' * Anton Delvig (1798–1831), poet, journalist and magazine editor *

Grigoriy Demidovtsev Grigoriy Demidovtsev (Russian: Григорий Демидовцев) is the pen name of Grigoriy Anatolyevich Petrov (Russian: Григорий Анатольевич Петров) (born 1960), a Russians, Russian fiction writer and a playwrig ...

(born 1960), writer and playwright * Andrey Dementyev (1928–2018), poet and writer * Boris Derevensky (born 1962), writer and historian * Regina Derieva (1949–2013), poet, writer and essayist *

Gavrila Derzhavin Gavriil (Gavrila) Romanovich Derzhavin (, ; 14 July 1743 – 20 July 1816) was one of the most highly esteemed Russian poets before Alexander Pushkin, as well as a statesman. Although his works are traditionally considered literary classicis ...

(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 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 Caine. It was awarded each year to ...

* Ivan Dmitriev (1760–1837), sentimentalist poet and Russian Minister of Justice * Valentina Dmitryeva (1859–1947), writer, doctor and teacher, ''Hveska, the Doctor's Watchman'' * Nikolay Dobrolyubov (1836–1861), literary critic, journalist, poet and essayist * Leonid Dobychin (1894–1936), novelist and short story writer, '' The Town of N'' * Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky (1915–1994) poet and songwriter * Yury Dombrovsky (1909–1978), poet, writer and Gulag survivor, '' The Faculty of Useless Knowledge'' *

Vlas Doroshevich Vlas Mikhailovich Doroshevich (, April 17, 1864 – February 22, 1922), was one of Russia's most popular and widely read journalists, and a novelist, essayist, drama critic, and short story writer. Early life Doroshevich was born in Moscow, wher ...

(1864–1922), journalist, writer and drama critic, ''The Way of the Cross'' * Lyubov Dostoyevskaya (1869–1926), novelist and biographer, ''The Emigrant'' *

Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. () was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. He is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in both Russian literature, Russian and world literature, and many of his works are consider ...

(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 1864. ...

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Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published in the literary journal '' The Russian Messenger'' in twelve monthly installments during 1866.

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The Idiot ''The Idiot'' (Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform ) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–1869. The titl ...

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The Brothers Karamazov ''The Brothers Karamazov'' ( rus, Братья Карамазовы, Brat'ya Karamazovy, ˈbratʲjə kərɐˈmazəvɨ), also translated as ''The Karamazov Brothers'', is the last novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky spent nearly ...

'', '' The House of the Dead'', '' The Gambler'', " White Nights", " A Gentle Creature", " The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" *

Mikhail Dostoyevsky Mikhail Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (; 25 November 1820 – 22 July 1864) was a Russian short story writer, publisher, literary critic and the elder brother of Fyodor Dostoevsky. They were less than a year apart in age and spent their childhood toget ...

(1820–1864), writer, critic and editor, ''

Vremya ''Vremya'' (, 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 programme has been on th ...

'' * Sergei Dovlatov (1941–1990), novelist, short story writer and journalist, '' Affiliate'' * Spiridon Drozhzhin (1848–1930), poet, ''At the Village Assembly'' * Yulia Drunina (1924–1991), poet and politician * Alexander Druzhinin (1824–1864), writer and magazine editor, ''Polinka Saks'' * Vladimir Dudintsev (1918–1998), novelist, '' Not by Bread Alone'' * Sergey Durov (1816–1869), poet, translator, writer, and political activist * Nadezhda Durova (1783–1866), soldier and writer, ''The Cavalry Maiden''

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* Yevgeny Edelson (1824–1868), literary critic, essayist and translator * Ilya Ehrenburg (1891–1967), novelist and

WWII World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

war correspondent, '' The Black Book'', '' The Thaw'' * Natan Eidelman (1930–1989), author, biographer and historian * Grigory Eliseev (1821–1891) essayist, historian, editor, and publisher. * Sergey Elpatyevsky (1854–1933), novelist and short story writer, ''Pity Me!'' * Nikolai Engelhardt (1867–1942), writer, critic, poet, journalist and memoirist * Asar Eppel (1935–2012), writer and translator, ''Red Caviar Sandwiches'' * Nikolai Erdman (1900–1970), playwright, '' The Suicide'' * Victor Erofeyev (born 1947), writer, literary critic and magazine editor, '' Russian Beauty'' * Alexander Ertel (1855–1908), novelist and short story writer, ''A Greedy Peasant'' *

Mikhail Evstafiev Mikhail Aleksandrovich Evstafiev (; born 12 January 1963) is a Russian artist, photographer, and writer. His interest in painting and photography began at an early age. His mother, grandmother and great-grandfather – all prominent Russian s ...

(born 1963), artist, photographer and writer, '' Two Steps from Heaven'' *

Nikolai Evreinov Nikolai Nikolayevich Evreinov (; February 13, 1879 – September 7, 1953) was a Russians, Russian theatre director, director, dramatist and theatre practitioner associated with Russian Symbolism. Life The son of a French woman and a Russian eng ...

(1879–1953), director, dramatist and theatre practitioner, '' The Storming of the Winter Palace''

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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 Sovie ...

(1892–1977), novelist, ''Cities and Years'' * Georgy Fedotov (1886–1951), religious philosopher, historian and essayist * Afanasy Fet (1820–1892), poet and translator * Vera Figner (1852–1942), revolutionary and writer, member of

Narodnaya Volya Narodnaya Volya () was a late 19th-century revolutionary socialist political organization operating in the Russian Empire, which conducted assassinations of government officials in an attempt to overthrow the autocratic Tsarist system. The org ...

* Terty Filippov (1825–1899) folklorist, essayist, editor and pedagogue * Dmitry Filosofov (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 (1744–1792), dramatist, ''The Minor'' * Olga Forsh (1873–1961), writer, dramatist, memoirist and scenarist, ''Palace and Prison'' * Ruvim Frayerman (1891–1972) writer, poet, essayist and journalist, ''Wild Dog Dingo'' * Dmitry Furmanov (1891–1926), writer, known for his

Russian Civil War The Russian Civil War () was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the 1917 overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. I ...

novel '' Chapayev''

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* Cherubina de Gabriak (1887–1928), pseudonymous poet * Arkady Gaidar (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; , born 1985) is a Russian author, writing novels, short prose and essays. Life Ganieva was born in Moscow in an Avar people (Caucasus), Avar family but moved with her family to Dagestan, where she lived i ...

(pseudonym Gulla Khirachev) (born 1985), writer and essayist * Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovsky (1852–1906), writer, essayist and engineer, ''Practical Training'' * Vsevolod Garshin (1855–1888), short story writer, "Four Days", "The Red Flower" * Aleksei Gastev (1882–1939),

avant garde In the arts and literature, the term ''avant-garde'' ( meaning or ) identifies an experimental genre or work of art, and the artist who created it, which usually is aesthetically innovative, whilst initially being ideologically unacceptable ...

poet * Gaito Gazdanov (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 (1910–1967), writer, playwright, screenwriter and journalist, ''The Cause You Serve'' *

Vladimir Gilyarovsky Vladimir Alekseyevich Gilyarovsky (; 26 November 1853 – 1 October 1935), was a Russian writer and newspaper journalist, best known for his reminiscences of life in pre-Revolutionary Moscow (''Moscow and Muscovites''), which he first published i ...

(1853–1935), writer and journalist, ''The Stories of the Slums'' *

Lidiya Ginzburg Lidiya Yakovlevna Ginzburg (; March 18, 1902, Odessa, Russian Empire – July 17, 1990, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet Union, Soviet literary critic, historian, writer of the Russian formalism, Russian Formalist school, and surviv ...

(1902–1990), literary critic and a survivor of the

Siege of Leningrad The siege of Leningrad was a Siege, military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) in the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front of World War II from 1941 t ...

, ''Blockade Diary'' * Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904–1977),

memoirist, '' Journey into the Whirlwind'', ''Within the Whirlwind'' * Zinaida Gippius (1869–1945), essayist, memoirist, writer, poet and playwright, '' The Green Ring'' * Anatoly Gladilin (1935–2018), novelist, ''Moscow Racetrack'' * Fyodor Gladkov (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 mi ...

'' *

Nikolay Glazkov Nikolay Ivanovich Glazkov ( rus, Николай Иванович Глазков, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ɡlɐˈskof, a=Nikolay Ivanovich Glazkov.ru.vorb.oga; 30 January 19191 October 1979) was a Soviet Russian poet who coined the ter ...

(1919–1979), poet, creator of the term "

Samizdat Samizdat (, , ) 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 documents from reader to reader. The practice of manual rep ...

" * Fyodor Glinka (1786–1880), poet and playwright, ''Karelia'' * Boris Glinsky (1860–1917) writer, publicist, publisher, editor and politician *

Dmitry Glukhovsky Dmitry Alekseyevich Glukhovsky (, born 12 June 1979) is a Russian author, best known for the science fiction novel '' Metro 2033'' and its sequels. As a journalist, Dmitry Glukhovsky has worked for Euronews, RT in its early years, and others. ...

(born 1979), writer and journalist, '' Metro 2033'' * Nikolay Gnedich (1784–1833), poet and translator, ''The Fishers'' * Pyotr Gnedich (1855–1925), novelist, poet, playwright, translator, theatre entrepreneur and art historian *

Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; ; (; () was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin. Gogol used the Grotesque#In literature, grotesque in his writings, for example, in his works "The Nose (Gogol short story), ...

(1809–1852), writer and dramatist, '' Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka'', ''

The Government Inspector ''The Government Inspector'', also known as ''The Inspector General'' (, literally: "Inspector"), is a satirical play by Russian dramatist and novelist Nikolai Gogol. Originally published in 1836, the play was revised for an 1842 edition. Base ...

'', '' Dead Souls'' *

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), ...

(1848–1913), poet, '' Songs and Dances of Death'' * Boris Golovin (born 1955), singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist *

Ivan Goncharov Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov ( , ; rus, Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Гончаро́в, r=Iván Aleksándrovich Goncharóv, p=ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ɡənʲtɕɪˈrof; – ) was a Russian novelist best known for his n ...

(1812–1891), novelist, '' Oblomov'' *

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 No ...

(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 (1940–2000), writer, playwright and screenwriter, ''

The Very Same Munchhausen ''The Very Same Munchhausen'' (, alt. translation - ''That Very Münchhausen'') is a 1980 Soviet fantasy comedy-drama television film directed by Mark Zakharov, based on a script by Grigoriy Gorin. The film relays the story of the baron's li ...

'' *

Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (; ), was a Russian and Soviet writer and proponent of socialism. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Before his success as an aut ...

(1868–1936), novelist, short story writer and playwright, ''

The Lower Depths ''The Lower Depths'' (, 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 Stanislavski. It became his first ma ...

'', ''

Mother A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of ges ...

'', '' My Childhood. In the World. My Universities'', ''

The Life of Klim Samgin ''The Life of Klim Samgin'' () 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 the classes, all the trends, all the tendencies, all the hell-like commotio ...

'' * 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'' * Oleg Grigoriev (1943–1992), poet and artist *

Apollon Grigoryev Apollon Aleksandrovich Grigoryev ( rus, Аполло́н Алекса́ндрович Григо́рьев, p=ɐpɐˈlon ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪf, a=Apollon Alyeksandrovich Grigor'yev.ru.vorb.oga; 20 July 1822 – 7 Octobe ...

(1822–1864), poet, literary and theatrical critic, translator and memoirist *

Alexander Grin Aleksandr Stepanovich Grinevsky (better known by his pen name, Aleksander Green / Grin (spelling varies in non-Russian literature), rus, Александр Грин, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɡrʲin, a=Ru-Aleksandr Grin.ogg, 23 August 1880 – 8 July 1 ...

(1880–1932), author of novels and stories set in

Grinlandia Grinlandia () is the fantasy world where most of the romantic novels and short stories of Alexander Grin take place. The name of the country is never mentioned by the author himself, and the name Grinlandia was suggested in 1934 by literary cri ...

, '' 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 of the World War II generation * Lev Gumilev (1912–1992), historian, ethnologist and anthropologist * Nikolay Gumilev (1886–1921), poet, founder of the acmeist movement *

Elena Guro Elena Genrikhovna Matyushina ( rus, Еле́на Ге́нриховна Матю́шина, p=jɪˈlʲɛnə ˈɡʲɛnrʲɪxəvnə mɐˈtʲuʂɨnə, a=Yelyena Gyenrihovna Matyushina.ru.vorb.oga, links=y;

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

Alexander Herzen Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (; ) was a Russian writer and thinker known as the precursor of Russian socialism and one of the main precursors of agrarian populism (being an ideological ancestor of the Narodniki, Socialist-Revolutionaries, Trudo ...

(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 Twelve Chairs'' () is a Russian classic satirical picaresque novel by the Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov, published in 1928. Its plot follows characters attempting to obtain jewelry hidden in a chair. A sequel was published in 1931. The ...

'', '' The Little Golden Calf'' * Vera Inber (1890–1972), poet and writer, ''Lalla's Interests'' * Mikhail Isakovsky (1900–1973), poet and songwriter, ''

Katyusha Katyusha () is a diminutive of the Russian name Ekaterina or Yekaterina, the Russian form of Katherine Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and Catherina, other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in c ...

'' * Fazil Iskander, (1929–2016), Abkhaz writer, ''Sandro of Chegem'' * Alexei Ivanov (born 1969), novelist and screenwriter *

Georgy Ivanov Georgy Vladimirovich Ivanov (; – 26 August 1958) was a Russian poet and essayist of the Russian emigration between the 1930s and 1950s. As a banker's son, Ivanov spent his young manhood in the elite circle of Russian golden youth. is father ...

(1894–1958), poet and essayist, ''Disintegration of the Atom'' *Vsevolod Ivanov (1895–1963), writer and plawright, '' Vsevolod Ivanov">is father ...

(1894–1958), poet and essayist, ''Disintegration of the Atom'' *Vsevolod Ivanov (1895–1963), writer and plawright, ''Armoured Train 14-69'' * Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866–1949), poet, playwright, philosopher, translator and literary critic *Yuri Ivask">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 Vasily Vasilyevich Kamensky (; – November 11, 1961) was a Russian Futurism, Russian Futurist poet, playwright, and artist as well as one of the first Russian Aircraft pilot, aviators. Biography Kamensky was born in Perm, Russia, Perm, whe ...

(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 The Narodniks were members of a movement of the Russian Empire intelligentsia in the 1860s and 1870s, some of whom became involved in revolutionary agitation against tsarism. Their ideology, known as Narodism, Narodnism or ,; , similar to the ...

writer, ''First Storm'' * 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 Valentin Petrovich Kataev (; also spelled Katayev or Kataiev; – 12 April 1986) was a Soviet writer and editor who managed to create penetrating works discussing post-revolutionary social conditions without running afoul of the demands of ...

(1897–1986), writer and playwright, '' Time, Forward!'' * Pavel Katenin (1792–1853),

classicist Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...

poet, dramatist and literary critic *

Mikhail Katkov Mikhail Nikiforovich Katkov (; 13 February 1818 – 1 August 1887) was a conservative Russian journalist influential during the reign of tsar Alexander III. He was a proponent of Russian nationalism, an important figure in the creation of a fee ...

(1818–1887), journalist and publicist, ''

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'' * 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 (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 Mikhail Matveyevich Kheraskov (; – ) was a Russian poet and playwright. A leading figure of the Russian Enlightenment, Kheraskov was regarded as the most important Russian poet by Catherine the Great and her contemporaries. Kheraskov's father ...

(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 (1918–1942), poet and

military interpreter An interpreter officer or army interpreter is a commissioned officer of an armed force, who interprets and/or translates to facilitate military operation. Interpreter officers are used extensively in multinational operations in which two or more ...

* 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 Oleksandr Yevdokymovych Korniychuk (; ; – 14 May 1972) was a Soviet and Ukrainian playwright, literary critic and state official. His plays include ''The Death of the Squadron'' (1933), ''Platon Krechet'' (1934), ''Bohdan Khmelnytsky'' (1938), ...

(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 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 Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (9 December 1842 – 8 February 1921) was a Russian anarchist and geographer known as a proponent of anarchist communism. Born into an aristocratic land-owning family, Kropotkin attended the Page Corps and later s ...

(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

fabulist Fable is a literary genre defined as a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized, and that illustrates or leads to a partic ...

and dramatist * Gleb Krzhizhanovsky (1872–1959), poet, author of the Russian version of the '' 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'' * 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 Vladimir Stepanovich Kurochkin (Владимир Степанович Курочкин; 6 February 1829, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, - 20 April 1885, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian dramatist, translator, editor and publish ...

(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'' * 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 Laptev (1903–1984), writer and journalist, ''Zarya'' *

Yulia Latynina Yulia Leonidovna Latynina (; born 16 June 1966) is an independent journalist, writer, TV and radio host from Russia. She grew famous as a columnist for ''Novaya Gazeta'' and was the most popular host at the Echo of Moscow radio station for years. ...

(born 1966), writer and journalist, '' 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'' *

Anatoly Leman Anatoly Ivanovich Leman (, 13 June 1859, Moscow, Imperial Russia, — 24 September 1913, Saint Petersburg, Imperial Russia) was a Russian literature, Russian writer, and editor, also known as a manufacturer of musical string instruments and a prof ...

(1859–1913), writer and editor, ''The Gentry's Tale'' *

Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ( 187021 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until Death and state funeral of ...

(1870–1924), revolutionary and Marxist theoretician and publicist * Leonid Leonov (1899–1994), major novelist and short story writer, ''The Thief'' * Konstantin Leontiev (1831–1891), philosopher and essayist *

Mikhail Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov ( , ; rus, Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, , mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲerməntəf, links=yes; – ) was a Russian Romanticism, Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called ...

(1814–1841), major poet, playwright and novelist, ''

A Hero of Our Time ''A Hero of Our Time'' ( rus, Герой нашего времени, links=1, r=Gerój nášego vrémeni, p=ɡʲɪˈroj ˈnaʂɨvə ˈvrʲemʲɪnʲɪ) is a novel by Mikhail Lermontov, written in 1839, published in 1840, and revised in 1841. It ...

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Nikolai Leskov Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov (; – ) was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and journalist, who also wrote under the pseudonym M. Stebnitsky. Praised for his unique writing style and innovative experiments in form, and held ...

(1831–1895), novelist, short story writer and journalist, '' Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District'', '' The Cathedral Clergy'', ''

The Enchanted Wanderer ''The Enchanted Wanderer'' (Очарованный странник) is a novel by Nikolai Leskov, first published in ''Russkiy Mir (St.-Petersburg newspaper, 1871-1880), Russkiy Mir'' newspaper in 1873. Background The original idea for the sto ...

'' * Alexander Levitov (1835–1877), short story writer, ''Leatherhide the Cobbler'' * Nikolay Leykin (1841–1906), writer and publisher, '' Fragments Magazine'' * Vladimir Lichutin (born 1940), writer and essayist * Mikhail Lifshitz (1905–1983), Marxian literary critic and philosopher of art * Viktor Likhonosov (1936–2021), writer and editor, ''Unwritten Memoirs. Our Little Paris''. *

Eduard Limonov Eduard Veniaminovich Limonov (né Savenko; , ; 22 February 1943 – 17 March 2020) was a Russians, Russian writer, poet, publicist, political dissident and politician. He emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1974, but returned to Russia in 1991 ...

(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 Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (; , ; – ) was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. Among his discoveries were the atmosphere of Venus and the law of conservation of ...

(1711–1765), polymath, scientist, writer and linguistic reformer * Vladimir Lugovskoy (1901–1957), constructivist poet *

Sergey Lukyanenko Sergei Vasilyevich Lukyanenko (, ; born 11 April 1968) is a Russian science fiction and fantasy author, writing in Russian language, Russian. His works often feature intense Action fiction, action-packed plots, interwoven with the Ethical dilemma ...

(born 1968), popular science-fiction and fantasy author, '' The Stars Are Cold Toys'' *

Anatoly Lunacharsky Anatoly Vasilyevich Lunacharsky (, born ''Anatoly Aleksandrovich Antonov''; – 26 December 1933) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first Soviet People's Commissariat for Education, People's Commissar (minister) of Education, as well ...

(1875–1933), journalist and publicist *

Lev Lunts Lev Natanovich Lunts (; May 2, 1901 – May 10, 1924) was a Russian playwright, proser and critic. He was a founding member of the Serapion Brothers (1921–1929), a group of young writers who emerged from the literary studio at the House of Arts ...

(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 Sergey Malitsky (Russian: Сергей Малицкий) is a Russian fantasy fiction writer of Polish descent. He is best known for his fantasy series ''Arban Saesh'', ''The Code of Semideath'', ''Nothing Personal'' and ''Ash of Gods''. These ar ...

(born 1962), fantasy fiction writer * Aleksandr Malyshkin (1892–1938), novelist and prose writer * Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak (1852–1912), novelist, ''The Privalov Fortune'' * Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899–1980), writer and memoirist, ''Hope Against Hope'', ''Hope Abandoned'' *

Osip Mandelstam Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam (, ; – 27 December 1938) was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school. Osip Mandelstam was arrested during the repressions of the 1930s and sent into internal exile wi ...

(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 (1835–1903), writer, critic and ethnographer, ''Black Earth Field'' *

Georgi Markov Georgi Ivanov Markov ( ; 1 March 1929 – 11 September 1978) was a Bulgarian dissident writer. He originally worked as a novelist, screenwriter and playwright in his native country, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, until his defection in 196 ...

(1911–1991), novelist, screenwriter, playwright * Maria Markova (born 1982), poet *

Boleslav Markevich Boleslav Mikhailovich Markevich (; 1822 – 18 (30) November 1884) was a Russian literature, Russian writer, essayist, journalist, and literary critic of Polish people, Polish origin; author of a number of popular novels, including: ''Marina of th ...

(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 Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky ( – 14 April 1930) was a Russian poet, playwright, artist, and actor. During his early, Russian Revolution, pre-Revolution period leading into 1917, Mayakovsky became renowned as a prominent figure of the Ru ...

(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 Lev Aleksandrovich Mei or Mey (; ) was a Russian dramatist and poet. Biography Mei was born on 13/25 February 1822, in Moscow. His father was a German officer who was wounded in the Battle of Borodino and died young. His mother was Russian. Mei c ...

(1822–1862), poet and playwright, '' The Tsar's Bride'' * Pavel Melnikov (1818–1883), ethnographical novelist, ''In the Forests'' * Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1866–1941), poet and novelist, ''Christ and Antichrist'' *

Aleksey Merzlyakov Aleksey Fyodorovich Merzlyakov (; 22 March 1778 – 7 August 1830) was a Russian poet, critic, translator, and professor. Biography Aleksey was born in Dalmatovo, Perm Governorate. He went to Moscow in 1793 to study at Moscow State University, w ...

(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 Nikolay Konstantinovich Mikhaylovsky (; – ) was a Russian literary critic, sociologist, writer on public affairs, and one of the theoreticians of the Narodniki movement. Biography The school of thinkers he belonged to became famous in the ...

(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 Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov ( ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian and American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Born in Imperial Russia in 1899, Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Rus ...

(1899–1977), poet and novelist, wrote first in Russian, then in English, author of ''

Lolita ''Lolita'' is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The protagonist and narrator is a French literature professor who moves to New England and writes under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert. He details his obsession ...

'' * 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 ''Novy Mir'' (, ) is a Russian-language monthly literary magazine. History ''Novy Mir'' has been published in Moscow since January 1925. It was supposed to be modelled on the popular pre-Soviet literary magazine ''Mir Bozhy'' ("God's World"), w ...

'' * 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 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 Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko (; – 25 April 1943) was a Soviet and Russian theatre director, writer, pedagogue Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how t ...

(1858–1943), theatre director, writer and playwright, co-founder of the

Moscow Art Theatre The Moscow Art Theatre (or MAT; , ''Moskovskiy Hudojestvenny Akademicheskiy Teatr'' (МHАТ) was a theatre company in Moscow. It was founded in by the seminal Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski, together with the playwright ...

* 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 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'' * 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 The Decembrist revolt () was a failed coup d'état led by liberal military and political dissidents against the Russian Empire. It took place in Saint Petersburg on , following the death of Emperor Alexander I. Alexander's brother and heir ...

* Vladimir Odoevsky (1803–1869), philosopher, writer, music critic, philanthropist and pedagogue, '' The Living Corpse'' *

Irina Odoyevtseva Iraida Heinike (15 June 1895 in poetry, 1895 or 1901 in poetry, 1901 – 14 October 1990 in poetry, 1990), known by the pen name Irina Vladimirovna Odoyevtseva ( rus, Ирина Владимировна Одоевцева, p=ɪˈrʲinə vlɐˈdʲim ...

(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 Envy is an emotion which occurs when a person lacks another's quality, skill, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it. Envy can also refer to the wish for another person to lack something one already ...

'' * 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 Sergey Grigorievich Ostrovoy (Сергей Григорьевич Островой; b. September 6, 1911 - d. December 3, 2005) was a Soviet poet, known for writing the lyrics to the various popular songs during the Soviet period. Early life Serge ...

(1911–2005), poet, author of lyrics to many popular Soviet songs * Alexander Ostrovsky (1823–1886), major playwright, '' 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 The Petrashevsky Circle was a Russian literary discussion group of progressive-minded intellectuals in St. Petersburg in the 1840s. It was organized by Mikhail Petrashevsky, a follower of the French utopian socialist Charles Fourier. Among the me ...

member, ''Alexey Slobodin'' *

Liodor Palmin Liodor (Iliodor) Ivanovich Palmin (; May 27 (May 15), 1841 in Yaroslavl, Yaroslavskaya gubernia, Russian Empire – November 7 (October 26), 1891 in Moscow, Russian Empire) was a Russian poetry, Russian poet, translator and journalist. Biography ...

(1841–1891), poet, translator and journalist *

Ivan Panaev Ivan Ivanovich Panaev (; March 27, 1812 – March 2, 1862) was a Russian writer, literary critic, journalist and magazine publisher. Early life Panaev was born into a gentry family in St Petersburg.Handbook of Russian Literature, Victor Terra ...

(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'' * 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 Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (30 May 1960) was a Russian and Soviet poet, novelist, composer, and literary translator. Composed in 1917, Pasternak's first book of poems, ''My Sister, Life'', was published in Berlin in 1922 and soon became an imp ...

(1890–1960), poet and novelist, not permitted by the

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

to accept the

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...

, '' 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 Victor Olegovich Pelevin ( rus, Виктор Олегович Пелевин, p=ˈvʲiktər ɐˈlʲeɡəvʲɪtɕ pʲɪˈlʲevʲɪn; born 22 November 1962) is a Russian fiction writer. His novels include ''Omon Ra'' (1992), ''The Life of Insects' ...

(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 Valentin Savvich Pikul (; July 13, 1928 – July 16, 1990) was a popular and prolific Soviet Union, Soviet historical novelist of Ukrainian-Russian heritage. He lived and worked in Riga. Pikul's novels were grounded in extensive research, blendin ...

(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 Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov ( rus, Георгий Валентинович Плеханов, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj vəlʲɪnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ plʲɪˈxanəf, a=Ru-Georgi Plekhanov-JermyRei.ogg; – 30 May 1918) was a Russian revolutionary, ...

(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, '' 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 Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (; ) was a leading Pushkinist poet who wrote poems faithful to the traditions of Russian Romantic poetry during the heyday of realistic prose. Of noble birth, Polonsky attended the Moscow University, where he befriended ...

(1819–1898), poet, ''Georgian Night'' * Nikolay Pomyalovsky (1835–1863), novelist and short story writer, ''Seminary Sketches'' * 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 Alexander Germanovich Preis (; 1905–1942) was a Soviet writer of numerous plays and libretti, including those for Shostakovich's operas '' The Nose'' and '' Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Preis, Alexa ...

(1905–1942), playwright and librettist, '' The Nose'' *

Dmitri Prigov Dmitri Aleksandrovich Prigov (, 5 November 1940 in Moscow – 16 July 2007 in MoscowZakhar Prilepin (born 1975), writer and dissident, member of the National Bolshevik Party *

Maria Prilezhayeva Maria Pavlovna Prilezhayeva (; 22 June 1903, Yaroslavl – 10 April 1989, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian Children's literature, children's author, literary critic and the Union of Soviet Writers official, best known for her novel ''The Life ...

(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 Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (; – ), often referred to as A. K. Tolstoy, was a Russian poet, novelist, and playwright. He is considered to be the most important nineteenth-century Russian historical dramatist, primarily on account o ...

and his cousins *

Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin () was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era.Basker, Michael. Pushkin and Romanticism. In Ferber, Michael, ed., ''A Companion to European Romanticism''. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. He is consid ...

(1799–1837), poet, novelist and dramatist, ''

Eugene Onegin ''Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse'' (, Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-reform Russian: Евгеній Онѣгинъ, романъ въ стихахъ, ) is a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin. ''Onegin'' is considered a classic of ...

'' * Vasily Pushkin (1766–1830), poet, uncle of Alexander Pushkin * Konstantin Pyatnitsky (1864–1938), journalist, publisher and memoirist

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* 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 Valentin Grigoryevich Rasputin (; ; 15 March 193714 March 2015) was a Soviet and Russian writer. He was born and lived much of his life in the Irkutsk Oblast in Eastern Siberia. Rasputin's works depict rootless urban characters and the fight for ...

(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 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 * 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 Vasily Vasilievich Rozanov (; – 5 February 1919) was one of the most controversial Russian writers and important philosophers among the symbolists of the pre-revolutionary epoch. Views Rozanov tried to reconcile Christian teachings with ...

(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 Kondraty Fyodorovich Ryleyev (, , – ) was a Russians, Russian poet, publisher, and a leader of the Decembrist Revolt, which attempted to overthrow the Russian monarchy in 1825. Early life Ryleyev was born in the village of Gatchinsky Distric ...

(1795–1826), poet, publisher and a leader of the

Yuri Rytkheu Yuri Sergeyevich Rytkheu ( rus, Ю́рий Серге́евич Рытхэ́у, , ˈjʉrʲɪj sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ rɨtˈxɛʊ; ; 8 March 1930 – 14 May 2008) was a Chukchi people, Chukchi writer, who wrote in both his native Chukchi ...

(1930–2008), Chukchi writer, ''A Dream in Polar Fog''

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* Irina Saburova (1907–1979), writer, poet, translator, and magazine editor * Dmitry Sadovnikov (1847–1883), poet, folklorist and ethnographer, " Iz-za ostrova na strezhen" * Boris Sadovskoy (1881–1952), poet, writer and literary critic * German Sadulaev (born 1973), 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 Vladimir Markovich Sanin (; 12 December 1928 – 12 March 1983) was a Soviet traveler and writer. He wrote numerous books on his travels, as well as some humorous stories. He devoted most of his work to the Antarctic. Vladimir Sanin was born i ...

(1928–1989), writer of travel fiction *

Genrikh Sapgir Genrikh Sapgir (; November 20, 1928, Biysk, Altai Krai, Russia – October 7, 1999, Moscow) was a Russian poet and fiction writer of Jewish descent. Biography He was born in Biysk to a family of a Moscow engineer on a business trip. The fam ...

(1928–1999), poet and novelist *

Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin ( rus, Михаи́л Евгра́фович Салтыко́в-Щедри́н, p=mʲɪxɐˈil jɪvˈɡrafəvʲɪtɕ səltɨˈkof ɕːɪˈdrʲin; – ), born Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov and known during ...

(1826–1889), novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist, '' The History of a Town'', '' The Golovlyov Family'' *

Boris Savinkov Boris Viktorovich Savinkov (; 31 January 1879 – 7 May 1925) was a Russian revolutionary, writer, and politician. As a leading figure in the Socialist Revolutionary Party's (SR) Combat Organization in the early 20th century, he was a key organ ...

(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 Semyonov (1868–1922), peasant writer, ''Gluttons'' * Yulian Semyonov (1931–1993), writer of

spy fiction Spy fiction is a genre of literature involving espionage as an important context or plot device. It emerged in the early twentieth century, inspired by rivalries and intrigues between the major powers, and the establishment of modern intellig ...

and

crime fiction Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives or fiction that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professiona ...

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Seventeen Instants of Spring ''Seventeen Moments of Spring'' () is a 1973 Soviet Union, Soviet twelve-part television series, directed by Tatyana Lioznova and based on the novel of the same title by Yulian Semyonov. The series portrays the exploits of Maxim Isaev, a Soviet ...

'' * Osip Senkovsky (1800–1858), Polish-Russian orientalist, journalist, writer and entertainer. * Alexander Serafimovich (1863–1949), writer, ''The Iron Flood'' *

Andrey Sergeev Andrey Sergeev (, 3 June 1933, Moscow – 27 November 1998, Moscow) was a Russian writer and translator. His book ''The Stamp Album'' was awarded the Russian Booker Prize in 1996. Biography Andrey Sergeev was known for his translations of Eng ...

(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 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 Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov (; 18 June 1907 – 17 January 1982), baptized as Varlaam, was a Russian writer, journalist, poet and Gulag survivor. He spent much of the period from 1937 to 1951 imprisoned in forced-labor camps in the Arctic reg ...

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Kolyma Tales ''Kolyma Tales'' or ''Kolyma Stories'' (, ''Kolymskiye rasskazy'') is the name given to six collections of short stories by Russian author Varlam Shalamov, about labour camp life in the Soviet Union. Most stories are documentaries and reflect the ...

'' * 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'' *Tim Skorenko (born 1983), writer, poet, singer-songwriter, and journalist. *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''

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(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 Terkin'' *Yury Tynyanov (1894–1943), writer, literary critic, translator, scholar and screenwriter *Fyodor Tyutchev (1803–1873), poet, ''The Last Love''

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*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''

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*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

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*Alexander Stepanovich Yakovlev, Alexander Yakovlev (1886–1953), writer and essayist, ''The Peasant'' *Pyotr Yakubovich (1860–1911), poet and writer, member of

*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

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*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''

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