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This is a list of authors who have written works of prose and poetry in the Russian language. For separate lists by literary field: *
List of Russian-language novelists This is a list of authors who have written works of fiction in the Russian language. The list encompasses novelists and writers of short fiction. Alphabetical list A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R ...
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List of Russian-language playwrights Notable authors who have written dramatic works in the Russian language include: Alphabetical list A B C D E F G I K L M N O P R S T U V Z See also * List of Russian-language writer ...
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Alexander Ablesimov Aleksander Onisimovich Ablesimov ( rus, Алекса́ндр Они́симович Абле́симов, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈnʲisʲɪməvʲɪtɕ ɐˈblʲesʲɪməf, a=Ru-Aleksander Onisimovich Ablesimov.oga; — 1783) was a Russian opera lib ...
(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 (1892–1972), poet, critic, memoirist, translator *
Anastasia Afanasieva Anastasia Valerievna Afanasieva ( uk, Анастасія Валеріївна Афанасьєва; born 1982) is a Ukrainian physician as well as a Russian-speaking poet, writer, and translator. Biography Anastasia Valerievna Afanasieva was born ...
(born 1982), physician, poet, writer & translator * Alexander Afanasyev (1826–1871), folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, ''
Russian Fairy Tales ''Russian Fairy Tales'' (russian: Народные русские сказки, variously translated; English titles include also ''Russian Folk Tales'') is a collection of nearly 600 fairy and folktales, collected and published by Alexander A ...
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Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky Alexander Stepanovich Afanasyev (russian: link=no, Александр Степанович Афанасьев, 12 March 1817 – 18 September 1875) was a Russian and Ukrainian poet, writer, editor, ethnographer and translator (from Polish and ...
(1816–1875), poet, writer, ethnographer and translator * Alexander Afinogenov (1904–1941), playwright, ''A Far Place'' *
M. Ageyev M. Ageyev (russian: М. Агеев) was the pen name of the writer of the Russian '' Novel with Cocaine''. He is believed to be Mark Lazarevich Levi (russian: Марк Ла́заревич Ле́ви; August 8, 1898August 5, 1973). Biography His ...
(1898–1973), pseudonymous writer, ''
Novel with Cocaine ''Novel with Cocaine'', (russian: Роман с кокаином, Roman s kokainom, also translated as ''Cocain Romance'' and ''Romance with Cocaine''), is a novel first published in 1934 in a Russian émigré literary magazine ''Chisla'' (''Numb ...
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Chinghiz Aitmatov Chinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov (as transliterated from Russian; ky, Чыңгыз Төрөкулович Айтматов, translit=Chynggyz Törökulovich Aytmatov; 12 December 1928 – 10 June 2008) was a Kyrgyz author who wrote mainly in Russi ...
(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 (1889–1966), acmeist poet, ''
Requiem A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead ( la, Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead ( la, Missa defunctorum), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, ...
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Ivan Aksakov Ivan Sergeyevich Aksakov (russian: Ива́н Серге́евич Акса́ков; , village Nadezhdino, Belebeyevsky Uyezd, Orenburg Governorate – , Moscow) was a Russian littérateur and notable Slavophile. Biography Aksakov was born in ...
(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 ''Generations of Winter'' (in Russian, ''Московская сага'' - ''Moskovskaya Saga'') is a novel by the Russian writer Vasily Aksyonov. Many critics have praised ''Generations of Winter'' as a new ''Doctor Zhivago''-style, large-scale ...
'' * Boris Akunin (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, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the State Political Directorate, GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= ...
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Mikhail Alekseyev Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev (russian: Михаил Васильевич Алексеев) ( – ) was an Imperial Russian Army general during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Between 1915 and 1917 he served as Tsar Nicholas II's ...
(1918–2007) writer and editor, ''My Stalingrad'' * Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916), Russian Jewish writer, ''
Wandering Stars In Greco-Roman Classical Mythology, the Astra Planeta (Ancient Greek: (Astra Planêta); lit. " Wandering Stars", "Planets" (their Roman name is the ''Stellae Errantae'')) are brothers, and are five of Eos' and Astraeus' children--along with th ...
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Margarita Aliger Margarita Iosifovna Aliger ( rus, Маргари́та Ио́сифовна Алиге́р, p=mərɡɐˈrʲitə ɪˈosʲɪfəvnə ɐlʲɪˈɡʲɛr, a=Margarita Iosifovna Aliger.ru.oga; – August 1, 1992) was a Soviet and Russian poet, translator ...
(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 (1862–1938), writer and historian, ''Napoleonder'' * Daniil Andreyev (1906–1959), writer, poet, and Christian mystic, '' Roza Mira'' *
Leonid Andreyev Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (russian: Леони́д Никола́евич Андре́ев, – 12 September 1919) was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer, who is considered to be a father of Expressionism in Russian lite ...
(1871–1919), novelist, playwright and short story writer, ''
The Seven Who Were Hanged ''The Seven Who Were Hanged'' (russian: Рассказ о семи повешенных) is a 1908 novella by Russian author Leonid Andreyev. The book is believed to have influenced the assassins of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914. Plot A mini ...
'', '' The Life of Man'' *
Sergey Andreyevsky Sergey Arkadievich Andreyevsky (russian: Сергей Аркадьевич Андреевский, December 29, 1847, – November 9, 1918) was a leading defense attorney of the Russia Empire. He was also known as a writer, poet, and literary cri ...
(1847–1918), writer, poet, literary critic, ''The Book on Death'' * Irakly Andronikov (1908–1990), writer, historian, philologist and media personality *
Anna Mitrofanovna Aníchkova Anna Mitrofanovna Anichkova (1868/1869 – 1935) was a Russian writer and translator who published under the pseudonym Ivan Strannik. She wrote fiction in both French language, French and Russian language, Russian. Life Anna Mitrofanovna Avinova ...
(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 Innokenty Fyodorovich Annensky ( rus, Инноке́нтий Фёдорович А́нненский, p=ɪnɐˈkʲenʲtʲɪj ˈfʲɵdərəvʲɪtɕ ˈanʲɪnskʲɪj, a=Innokyentiy Fyodorovich Annyenskiy.ru.vorb.oga; (1 September O.S. 20 August">Ol ...
(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 Pavel Grigoryevich Antokolsky ( rus, Па́вел Григо́рьевич Антоко́льский, p=ˈpavʲɪl ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ɐntɐˈkolʲskʲɪj, a=Pavyel Grigor'yevich Antokol'skiy.ru.vorb.oga; 1 July 1896, Saint Petersburg, Ru ...
(1896–1978), poet, ''All We Who in His Name'' * Maxim Antonovich (1835–1918), critic, essayist, memoirist, translator and philosopher *
Elena Apreleva Elena Ivanovna Apréleva (russian: link=no, Елена Ивановна Апрелева, née Blaramberg; 24 February 1846 – 4 December 1923), also known by her pseudonym E. Ardov, was a Russian prose writer, memoirist, playwright, and children ...
(1846–1923), writer, memoirist, playwright, ''Guilty without Guilt'' *
Aleksey Apukhtin Aleksey Nikolayevich Apukhtin ( rus, Алексе́й Никола́евич Апу́хтин, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ɐˈpuxtʲɪn, a=Alyeksyey Nikolayevich Apuhtin.ru.vorb.oga; – ) was a Russian poet, writer and critic. ...
(1840–1893), poet and writer, ''From Death to Life'' * Maria Arbatova (born 1957), novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet and journalist * Aleksei Arbuzov (1908–1986), playwright, ''A Long Road'' *
Vladimir Arnoldi Vladimir Mitrofanovich Arnoldi (russian: Влади́мир Митрофа́нович Арно́льди) ( Kozlov (Michurinsk), Russia (1871–1924)) was a Russian professor of biology. He was a Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Science ...
(1871–1924), children's author and professor of biology *
Mikhail Artsybashev Mikhail Petrovich Artsybashev (russian: Михаи́л Петро́вич Арцыба́шев, pl, Michał Arcybaszew; November 5, 1878 – March 3, 1927) was a Ukrainian writer and playwright, and a major proponent of the literary style known ...
(1878–1927), naturalist writer and playwright, '' Sanin'' *
Nikolai Aseev Nikolai Nikolayevich Aseyev ( rus, Никола́й Никола́евич Асе́ев, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ɐˈsʲejɪf, a=Nikolay Nikolayevich Asyeyev.ru.vorb.oga; July 10, 1889 - July 16, 1963) was a Russian and Soviet Futu ...
(1889–1963), futurist poet, ''Night Flute'' * Viktor Astafyev (1924–2001), novelist and short story writer, ''
Sad Detective The ''Sad Detective'' (russian: Печальный Детектив) is a novella by Russian author Viktor Astafyev. It was firstly published in the January 1986 issue of Oktyabr magazine. The book tells the story of urban life during the era of ...
'' * Lera Auerbach (Averbakh) (born 1973), poet, writer and composer *
Mikhail Avdeev Mikhail Vasilyevich Avdeev (russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Авде́ев, October 10, 1821, Orenburg, Russian Empire – February 13, 1876, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian novelist, playwright and publicist, best ...
(1821–1876), novelist and playwright, ''Tamarin'' trilogy * Arkady Averchenko (1881–1925), satirical writer and playwright, ''Ninochka'' *
Vasily Avseenko Vasily Grigorievich Avseenko (russian: Васи́лий Григо́рьевич Авсе́енко, 17 .s. 5January, 1842, Moscow Governorate, - August 11 .s.July 291913, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian literary critic, writer and journalist. ...
(1842–1913), writer, journalist and literary critic *
Hizgil Avshalumov Hizgil Davidovich Avshalumov (russian: Авшалумов, Хизгил Давидович; 16 January 1913 – 17 September 2001) was a soviet novelist, poet and playwright. He wrote in languages of the Mountain Jews (Judeo-Tat, Juhuri) and R ...
(1913–2001), Soviet novelist, poet and playwright *
Gennadiy Aygi Gennadiy Nikolaevich Aygi ( rus, Генна́дий Никола́евич Айги́, p=ɡʲɪˈnadʲɪj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ɐjˈɡʲi, a=Gyennadiy Nikolayevich Aygi.ru.vorb.oga, cv, Геннадий Николаевич Айхи; 21 Augu ...
(1934–2006), Chuvash poet and translator *
Vasily Azhayev Vasily Nikolayevich Azhayev (russian: Васи́лий Никола́евич Ажа́ев; born – April 27, 1968) was a Soviet and Russian writer, best known as the author of the novel '' Daleko ot Moskvy'' (""; ''Far from Moscow'') (1948, St ...
(1915–1968), novelist, ''Far from Moscow''


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Semyon Babayevsky Semyon Petrovich Babayevsky (Семён Петрович Бабаевский, June 6, 1909, Kunye, Izyumsky Uyezd, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire - March 28, 2000, Moscow, Russian Federation) was a Soviet writer, three times Stalin Prize Sta ...
(1909–2000), novelist and short story writer, ''Golden Star Chavalier'' * Isaak Babel (1894–1940), short story writer, '' The Odessa Tales'', '' 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 philosopher, literary critic and scholar who worked on literary theo ...
(1895–1975), philosopher, literary critic,
semiotician Semiotics (also called semiotic studies) is the systematic study of sign processes (semiosis) and meaning making. Semiosis is any activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, where a sign is defined as anything that communicates something, ...
and scholar, " Epic and Novel" *
Mikhail Bakunin Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (; 1814–1876) was a Russian revolutionary anarchist, socialist and founder of collectivist anarchism. He is considered among the most influential figures of anarchism and a major founder of the revolutionary ...
(1814–1876), revolutionary and theorist of
collectivist anarchism Collectivist anarchism, also called anarchist collectivism and anarcho-collectivism, Buckley, A. M. (2011). ''Anarchism''. Essential Libraryp. 97 "Collectivist anarchism, also called anarcho-collectivism, arose after mutualism." . is an anarchi ...
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God and the State ''God and the State'' (called by its author ''The Historical Sophisms of the Doctrinaire School of Communism'') is an unfinished manuscript by the Russian anarchist philosopher Mikhail Bakunin, published posthumously in 1882. The work criticises ...
'', '' Statism and Anarchy'' * Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942), symbolist poet and translator, '' Burning Buildings'', '' Let Us Be Like the Sun'' * Jurgis Baltrušaitis (1873–1944), poet and translator, ''The Pendulum'' *
Kazimir Barantsevich Kazimir Stanislavovich Barantsevich (russian: Казимир Станиславович Баранцевич, 3 June 1851, — 26 July 1927) was a Russian writer and poet, who also used the pseudonym Sarmat.
(1851–1927), writer and poet, ''Family Hearth'' *
Yevgeny Baratynsky Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky (russian: Евге́ний Абра́мович Бараты́нский, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈtɨnskʲɪj, a=Yevgyeniy Abramovich Baratynskiy.ru.vorb.oga; 11 July 1844) was lauded by Alexan ...
(1800–1844), poet, ''The Gipsy'' *
Natalya Baranskaya Natalya Vladimirovna Baranskaya (russian: Наталья Владимировна Баранская; January 31, 1908 – October 29, 2004) was a Soviet writer of short stories and novellas. Baranskaya wrote her stories in Russian and gained ...
(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,
Gulag The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the State Political Directorate, GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= ...
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Elpidifor Barsov Elpidifor Vasilyevich Barsov (Елпидифор Васильевич Барсов, 13 November 1836, v. Loginovo, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire, — 15 April 1917, Moscow, Russia) was a Russian Empire literary historian, ethnogr ...
(1836–1917), literary historian, ethnographer, folklorist, philologist * Agniya Barto (1906–1981), Russian-Jewish poet and children's writer *
Alexander Bashlachev Alexander Nikolaevich Bashlachev ( rus, Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Башлачёв, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ bəʂlɐˈtɕɵf, a=Alyeksandr Nickolayevich Bashlachyov.ru.vorb.oga; 27 May 1960 – 17 February 198 ...
(1960–1988), poet, musician, guitarist, and singer-songwriter * Fyodor Batyushkov (1857–1920), philologist, essayist, literary and theatre historian *
Konstantin Batyushkov Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov ( rus, Константи́н Никола́евич Ба́тюшков, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈbatʲʊʂkəf, a=Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov.ru.vorb.oga; ) was a Russian poet, e ...
(1787–1855), poet, essayist and translator *
Nikolai Bazhin Nikolai Fedotovich Bazhin (russian: Николай Федотович Бажин; 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 Dmitry Nikitich Begichev (russian: Дми́трий Ники́тич Бе́гичев; 28 September 1786 - 24 November 1855) was a Russian writer, governor of Voronezh Province, and senator. Biography Begichev was born into a family of the ancien ...
(1786–1855), writer and politician * Alexander Bek (1903–1972), novelist, ''And Not to Die'' *
Vissarion Belinsky Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky ( rus, Виссарион Григорьевич БелинскийIn Belinsky's day, his name was written ., Vissarión Grigórʹjevič Belínskij, vʲɪsərʲɪˈon ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʲɪˈlʲinskʲ ...
(1811–1848), writer, literary critic and philosopher * Vasily Belov (1932–2012), writer, poet and dramatist, ''Eves'', ''The Year of a Major Breakdown'' * Andrei Bely (1880–1934), symbolist poet, writer and essayist, ''The Silver Dove'', ''
Petersburg Petersburg, or Petersburgh, may refer to: Places Australia *Petersburg, former name of Peterborough, South Australia Canada * Petersburg, Ontario Russia *Saint Petersburg, sometimes referred to as Petersburg United States *Peterborg, U.S. Virg ...
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Alexander Belyayev Alexander Romanovich Belyaev (russian: Алекса́ндр Рома́нович Беля́ев, ; – 6 January 1942) was a Soviet Russian writer of science fiction. His works from the 1920s and 1930s made him a highly regarded figure in Russia ...
(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 Nikolai Vasilyevich Berg (russian: Никола́й Васи́льевич Берг, , Moscow, Russian Empire, - , Warsaw, Poland) was a Russian poet, journalist, translator and historian. Biography Nikolai Berg was born in Moscow. His fat ...
(1823–1884), poet, journalist, translator and historian * Olga Bergholz (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 Nikolai Alexandrovich Blagoveshchensky (russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Благове́щенский), (April 19, 1837, Moscow – July 20, 1889, Vladikavkaz), was a Russian writer, journalist and ethnographer. Early ...
(1837–1889), writer, journalist and biographer *
Helena Blavatsky Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, uk, Олена Петрівна Блаватська, Olena Petrivna Blavatska (; – 8 May 1891), often known as Madame Blavatsky, was a Russian mystic and author who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875 ...
(1831–1891), a founder of
Theosophy Theosophy is a religion established in the United States during the late 19th century. It was founded primarily by the Russian Helena Blavatsky and draws its teachings predominantly from Blavatsky's writings. Categorized by scholars of religion a ...
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Theosophical Society The Theosophical Society, founded in 1875, is a worldwide body with the aim to advance the ideas of Theosophy in continuation of previous Theosophists, especially the Greek and Alexandrian Neo-Platonic philosophers dating back to 3rd century C ...
, ''The Secret Doctrine'', ''Isis Unveiled'' * Pyotr Blinov (1913–1942), Udmurt writer and journalist * Alexander Blok (1880–1921), poet, " The Twelve" * Pyotr Boborykin (1836–1921), writer, playwright and journalist, ''China Town'' *
Oleg Bogayev Oleg Anatolyevich Bogayev (russian: Оле́г Анато́льевич Бога́ев; also transliterated as Bogaev or Bogaiev; born 1970) is a Russian playwright based in Yekaterinburg. He has been described by ''Moscow Times'' theatre critic ...
(born 1970), playwright, ''The Russian National Postal Service'' * Andrei Bogdanov (1692–1766), bibliographer and ethnographer * Alexander Bogdanov (1873–1928), novelist, physician, economist and philosopher, '' Red Star'' *
Vladimir Bogomolov Vladimir Bogomolov may refer to: *Vladimir Bogomolov (writer) (1926–2003), Soviet writer *Vladimir Bogomolov (bodyguard) Vladimir Viktorovich Bogomolov (russian: Владимир Викторович Богомолов; c. 1945 – 2009) was a S ...
(1926–2003), novelist and short story writer, ''
Ivan Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulga ...
'' * 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 (; russian: link=no, Иосиф Александрович Бродский ; 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), USSR in 1940, ...
(1940–1996), poet and essayist, Nobel Prize Winner * Valery Bryusov (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 (russian: link=no, Влади́мир Константи́нович Буко́вский; 30 December 1942 – 27 October 2019) was a Russian-born British human rights activist and writer. From the late 195 ...
(1942–2019), writer and dissident * Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940), novelist, short story writer and playwright, '' Heart of a Dog'', '' The White Guard'', '' The Master and Margarita'' * 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 ''Dark Avenues'' (or ''Dark Alleys'', russian: Тёмные аллеи, Tyomnyie alleyi) is a collection of short stories by Nobel Prize-winning Russian author Ivan Bunin. Written in 1937–1944, mostly in Grasse, France, the first eleven sto ...
'' * Anna Bunina (1774–1829), poet, ''Though Poverty's No Stain'' * Viktor Burenin (1841–1926), writer, critic, playwright, librettist and satirical poet * David Burliuk (1882–1967), illustrator, publicist and author associated with Russian Futurism * Dmitry Bykov (born 1967) *
Pyotr Bykov Pyotr Vasilyevich Bykov (Пётр Васильевич Быков, 1 November 1844, Sevastopol, Crimea, Russian Empire, – 22 October 1930, Detskoye Selo, Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian literary historian, editor, poet and translator. A Univers ...
(1844–1930) literary historian, poet and translator *
Vasil Bykov Vasil (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Васил, Georgian: ვასილ) is a Bulgarian, Macedonian and Georgian masculine given name. It may refer to: *Vasil Adzhalarski, Bulgarian revolutionary, an IMARO leader of revolutionary bands * Vasil Ama ...
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Dimitrie Cantemir Dimitrie or Demetrius Cantemir (, russian: Дмитрий Кантемир; 26 October 1673 – 21 August 1723), also known by other spellings, was a Romanian prince, statesman, and man of letters, regarded as one of the most significant e ...
(1673–1723), philosopher, historian, composer, musicologist, linguist, ethnographer and geographer * Catherine the Great, (1729–1796), patroness of the arts, music and theatre, and opera librettist, '' Fevey'' *
Pyotr Chaadayev Pyotr or Petr Yakovlevich Chaadayev (russian: Пётр Я́ковлевич Чаада́ев; also spelled Chaadaev, or Čaadajev; 7 June 7 May Old Style">Old_Style.html" ;"title="7 May Old Style">7 May Old Style1794 – 26 April 4 April O.S....
(1794–1856), philosopher, ''Philosophical Letters'' *
Aleksey Chapygin Aleksey Pavlovich Chapygin (russian: Алексе́й Па́влович Чапы́гин; - 21 October 1937) was a Russian writer, and one of the founders of the Soviet historical novel.Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature, Bédé, E ...
(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 1860Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career a ...
(1860–1904), short story writer and playwright, ''
The Seagull ''The Seagull'' ( rus, Ча́йка, r=Cháyka, links=no) is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatises ...
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The Cherry Orchard ''The Cherry Orchard'' (russian: Вишнёвый сад, translit=Vishnyovyi sad) is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by ''Znaniye'' (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate edition ...
'', " Ward No. 6", '' The Lady with the Dog" * Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828–1889), writer, journalist and politician, ''
What Is to Be Done? ''What Is to Be Done? Burning Questions of Our Movement'' is a political pamphlet written by Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin (credited as N. Lenin) in 1901 and published in 1902. Lenin said that the article represented "a skeleton plan to ...
'' * Evgeny Chirikov (1864–1932), novelist, short story writer and playwright, ''The Magician'' *
Sasha Chorny Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg ( rus, Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Гли́кберг, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ ˈɡlʲikbʲɪrk, a=Alyexandr Mikhaylovich Glickbyerg.ru.vorb.oga), better known as Sasha Chorny ( rus, ...
(1880–1932), poet, satirist and children's writer * Korney Chukovsky (1882–1969), children's poet, '' Wash'em'clean'' * Lydia Chukovskaya (1907–1996), writer and poet, ''
Sofia Petrovna ''Sofia Petrovna'' is a novella by Russian author Lydia Chukovskaya, written in the late 1930s in the Soviet Union. It is notable as one of the few surviving accounts of the Great Purge actually written during the purge era. Synopsis Sofia Petr ...
'' *
Georgy Chulkov Georgy Ivanovich Chulkov ( rus, Гео́ргий Ива́нович Чулко́в, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ tɕʊlˈkof, a=Gyeorgiy Ivanovich Chulkov.ru.vorb.oga; – January 1, 1939) was a Russian Symbolist poet, editor, writer and ...
(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 ( rus, Влади́мир Ива́нович Даль, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ɨˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ˈdalʲ; November 22, 1801 – October 4, 1872) was a noted Russian-language lexicographer, polyglot, Turkologist, and founding ...
(1801–1872), writer and
lexicographer Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines. It is the art of compiling dictionaries. * Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. * Theoretica ...
, ''
Explanatory Dictionary An explanatory dictionary or defining dictionary is a dictionary A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by radical and stroke for ideographic languages), ...
'' * Yuli Daniel (1925–1988), dissident writer, poet and translator, ''This is Moscow Speaking'' * Grigory Danilevsky (1829–1890), historical and ethnographical novelist, ''Moscow in Flames'' *
Anton Delvig Baron Anton Antonovich Delvig (russian: Анто́н Анто́нович Де́львигIn Delvig's day, his name was written Антонъ Антоновичъ Дельвигъ., Antón Antónovich Délʹvig, ɐnˈton ɐnˈtonəvʲɪtɕ ˈdelʲv ...
(1798–1831), poet, journalist and magazine editor *
Grigoriy Demidovtsev Grigoriy Demidovtsev (Russian: Григорий Демидовцев) is the pen name of Grigoriy Anatolyevich Petrov (Russian: Григорий Анатольевич Петров) (born 1960), a Russian fiction writer and a playwright. Since ...
(born 1960), writer and playwright * Andrey Dementyev (1928–2018), poet and writer * Boris Derevensky (born 1962), writer and historian *
Regina Derieva Regina Derieva ( rus, Реги́на Ио́сифовна Дери́ева, p=rʲɪˈɡʲinə ɪˈosʲɪfəvnə dʲɪˈrʲijɪvə, a=Ryegina Iosifovna Dyeriyeva.ru.vorb.oga; February 7, 1949 – December 11, 2013) was an Odessa-born Russian poet a ...
(1949–2013), poet, writer and essayist *
Gavrila Derzhavin Gavriil (Gavrila) Romanovich Derzhavin ( rus, Гаврии́л (Гаври́ла) Рома́нович Держа́вин, p=ɡɐˈvrilə rɐˈmanəvʲɪtɕ dʲɪrˈʐavʲɪn, a=Gavrila Romanovich Dyerzhavin.ru.vorb.oga; 14 July 1743 – 20 ...
(1743–1816), poet and statesman, '' Let the Thunder of Victory Sound!'' *
Nikolai Devitte Nikolai Petrovich Devitte (russian: Николай Петрович Девитте, also: DeVitt, De Vitte; 20 September 1811, Moscow, Imperial Russia, — 20 April 1844, London, Great Britain) was a Russian harpist, composer, poet and songw ...
(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 * Ivan Dmitriev (1760–1837),
sentimentalist Sentimentality originally indicated the reliance on feelings as a guide to truth, but in current usage the term commonly connotes a reliance on shallow, uncomplicated emotions at the expense of reason. Moral sense theory, Sentimentalism in phil ...
poet and Russian Minister of Justice *
Valentina Dmitryeva Valentina Iovovna Dmitryeva (russian: Валенти́на Ио́вовна Дми́триева) (May 10, 1859 – February 18, 1947) was a Russians, Russian writer, teacher, medical doctor and revolutionary. Early life Dmitryeva was bor ...
(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 ''The Town of N'' (russian: Город Эн) is a 1935 novel by Leonid Dobychin. Publication of the novel caused criticism (the novel was attacked for "formalism"), leading to the author's disappearance and the presumable death by suicide. Altho ...
'' * Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky (1915–1994) poet and songwriter * Yury Dombrovsky (1909–1978), poet, writer and Gulag survivor, '' The Faculty of Useless Knowledge'' * Vlas Doroshevich (1864–1922), journalist, writer and drama critic, ''The Way of the Cross'' * Lyubov Dostoyevskaya (1869–1926), novelist and biographer, ''The Emigrant'' * Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881), writer, essayist, journalist and editor, '' Notes from Underground'', ''
Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Преступление и наказание, Prestupléniye i nakazániye, prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲɪje ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲɪje) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. ...
'', ''
The Idiot ''The Idiot'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Идиот, Idiót) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–69. The title is an ...
'', ''
Demons A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in Media (communication), media such as comics, video ...
'', '' The Brothers Karamazov'', '' The House of the Dead'', '' The Gambler'', " White Nights", " A Gentle Creature", "
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" (russian: Сон смешного человека, ''Son smeshnovo cheloveka'') is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It chronicles the experiences of a man who decides that there is nothing of any value in the wo ...
" * Mikhail Dostoyevsky (1820–1864), writer, critic and editor, ''
Vremya ''Vremya'' (russian: Вре́мя, lit. "Time") is the main evening newscast in Russia, airing on Channel One Russia (Russian: , Pervy kanal) and previously on Programme One of the Central Television of the USSR (CT USSR, Russian: ). The prog ...
'' * Sergei Dovlatov (1941–1990), novelist, short story writer and journalist, ''
Affiliate Affiliation or affiliate may refer to: * Affiliate (commerce), a legal form of entity relationship used in Business Law * Affiliation (family law), a legal form of family relationship * Affiliate marketing * Affiliate network or affiliation pla ...
'' * Spiridon Drozhzhin (1848–1930), poet, ''At the Village Assembly'' *
Yulia Drunina Yulia Vladimirovna Drunina ( rus, Ю́лия Влади́мировна Дру́нина, p=ˈjʉlʲɪjə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə ˈdrunʲɪnə, a=Yuliya Vladimirovna Drunina.ru.vorb.oga; May 10, 1924 – November 20, 1991) was a Soviet poet w ...
(1924–1991), poet and politician * Alexander Druzhinin (1824–1864), writer and magazine editor, ''Polinka Saks'' *
Vladimir Dudintsev Vladimir Dimitrievich Dudintsev (russian: Влади́мир Дми́триевич Дуди́нцев, ; 29 July 1918 – 23 July 1998) was a Soviet writer who gained fame for his 1956 novel, '' Not by Bread Alone'', published at the time of the ...
(1918–1998), novelist, '' Not by Bread Alone'' * 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 Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg (russian: link=no, Илья́ Григо́рьевич Эренбу́рг, ; – August 31, 1967) was a Soviet writer, revolutionary, journalist and historian. Ehrenburg was among the most prolific and notable autho ...
(1891–1967), novelist and
WWII World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
war correspondent, ''
The Black Book Black Book, Black book or Blackbook may refer to: Film * ''Black Book'' (film), a 2006 Dutch thriller film by director Paul Verhoeven ** ''Black Book'' (soundtrack), soundtrack of the 2006 film * ''The Black Book'' (serial), a 1929 American ...
'', '' The Thaw'' *
Natan Eidelman Natan Yakovlevich Eidelman (russian: Ната́н Я́ковлевич Эйдельма́н) (1930 in Moscow – 1989 in Moscow) was a Soviet Russian author and historian. He wrote several books on about the life and work of Alexander Pushkin, Dec ...
(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 Nikolai Fyodorovich Engelhardt (russian: Николай Фёдорович Энгельгардт) (24 December 1799 – 27 February 1856) was a Russian lieutenant general who helped to suppress the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Family Engelhardt ...
(1867–1942), writer, critic, poet, journalist and memoirist *
Asar Eppel Asar Isayevich Eppel (russian: Аса́р Иса́евич Э́ппель; 11 January 1935 – 20 February 2012) was a Russian writer and translator. Biography Eppel was born in Ostankino, a suburb of Moscow. He studied architecture at the ...
(1935–2012), writer and translator, ''Red Caviar Sandwiches'' *
Nikolai Erdman Nikolai Robertovich Erdman ( rus, Николай Робертович Эрдман, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ˈrobʲɪrtəvʲɪtɕ ˈɛrdmən, a=Nikolay Robyertovich Erdman.ru.vorb.oga; , Moscow – 10 August 1970) was a Soviet dramatist and screenwriter ...
(1900–1970), playwright, '' The Suicide'' * Victor Erofeyev (born 1947), writer, literary critic and magazine editor, '' Russian Beauty'' * Alexander Ertel (1855–1908), novelist and short story writer, ''A Greedy Peasant'' * Mikhail Evstafiev (born 1963), artist, photographer and writer, '' Two Steps from Heaven'' * Nikolai Evreinov (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 (1892–1977), novelist, ''Cities and Years'' *
Georgy Fedotov Georgy Petrovich Fedotov (russian: Гео́ргий Петро́вич Федо́тов, October 1 (13) 1886, Saratov, Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the List of Russian monarchs, Russian monarchy fr ...
(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 *
Terty Filippov Terty Ivanovich Filippov (Те́ртий Ива́нович Фили́ппов; 5 January 1825 in Rzhev, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire – 12 December 1899 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian folklorist, singer, pedagogue, the Ho ...
(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 Ruvim Isayevich Frayerman (Руви́м Иса́евич Фраерма́н, 22 September 1891, in Mogilyov, Russian Empire, – 28 March 1972, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet writer, poet, essayist and journalist. A major component of the Socialist ro ...
(1891–1972) writer, poet, essayist and journalist, ''Wild Dog Dingo'' * Dmitry Furmanov (1891–1926), writer, known for his
Russian Civil War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Russian Civil War , partof = the Russian Revolution and the aftermath of World War I , image = , caption = Clockwise from top left: {{flatlist, *Soldiers ...
novel '' Chapayev''


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* Cherubina de Gabriak (1887–1928), pseudonymous poet *
Arkady Gaidar Arkady Petrovich Gaidar (russian: link=no, Арка́дий Петро́вич Гайда́р, born Golikov, russian: link=no, Го́ликов; – 26 October 1941) was a Russian Soviet writer, whose stories were very popular among Soviet chil ...
(1904–1941), children's writer, ''Timur and His Squad'' *
Alexey Galakhov Alexey Dmitrievich Galakhov (Алексе́й Дми́триевич Гала́хов; January 13, 1807 in Sapozhok, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire – November 16, 1892 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian author and literary his ...
(1807–1892), writer, memoirist and literary historian, ''The History of Russian Literature'' * Alexander Galich (1918–1977), poet, screenwriter, playwright and singer-songwriter * Alisa Ganieva (pseudonym Gulla Khirachev) (born 1985), writer and essayist *
Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovsky Nikolai Georgievich Mikhailovsky (Russian: Никола́й Гео́ргиевич Михайло́вский, ) was a Russian writer and essayist, locating engineer and railroad constructor. As a writer, he published under the pseudonym N. Gari ...
(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 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 (1853–1935), writer and journalist, ''The Stories of the Slums'' * Lidiya Ginzburg (1902–1990), literary critic and a survivor of the
Siege of Leningrad The siege of Leningrad (russian: links=no, translit=Blokada Leningrada, Блокада Ленинграда; german: links=no, Leningrader Blockade; ) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet Union, So ...
, ''Blockade Diary'' * Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904–1977),
Gulag The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the State Political Directorate, GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= ...
memoirist, '' Journey into the Whirlwind'', ''Within the Whirlwind'' *
Zinaida Gippius Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (Hippius) (; – 9 September 1945) was a Russian poet, playwright, novelist, editor and religious thinker, one of the major figures in Russian symbolism. The story of her marriage to Dmitry Merezhkovsky, which lasted ...
(1869–1945), essayist, memoirist, writer, poet and playwright, ''
The Green Ring The Green Ring (russian: Зелёное кольцо, translit=Zelyonoye kol’tso) is a four-act play by Zinaida Gippius written in January 1914 and premiered at the Alexandrinsky Theatre on 18 February 1915, directed by Vsevolod Meyerhold. The M ...
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Anatoly Gladilin Anatoly Tikhonovich Gladilin ( rus, Анато́лий Ти́хонович Глади́лин, p=ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj ˈtʲixənəvʲɪdʑ ɡlɐˈdʲilʲɪn, a=Anatoliy Tihonovich Gladilin.ru.vorb.oga; 21 August 1935 — 24 October 2018) was a Soviet ...
(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 m ...
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Nikolay Glazkov Nikolay Ivanovich Glazkov ( rus, Николай Иванович Глазков, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ɡlɐˈskof, a=Nikolay Ivanovich Glazkov.ru.vorb.oga; 30 January 19191 October 1979) was a Soviet and Russian poet who coined the t ...
(1919–1979), poet, creator of the term "
Samizdat Samizdat (russian: самиздат, lit=self-publishing, links=no) was a form of dissident activity across the Eastern Bloc in which individuals reproduced censored and underground makeshift publications, often by hand, and passed the document ...
" * Fyodor Glinka (1786–1880), poet and playwright, ''Karelia'' * Boris Glinsky (1860–1917) writer, publicist, publisher, editor and politician * Dmitry Glukhovsky (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; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...
(1809–1852), writer and dramatist, '' Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka'', '' The Government Inspector'', '' Dead Souls'' * Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848–1913), poet, '' Songs and Dances of Death'' *
Boris Golovin Boris Golovin ( rus, Бори́с Голови́н, p=bɐˈrʲis ɡəlɐˈvʲin, a=Boris Nikolayevich Golovin.ru.vorb.oga; born 26 May 1955) is a New Zealand composer and poet with Russian background. Education 1975–79. Moscow State Universit ...
(born 1955), singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist * Ivan Goncharov (1812–1891), novelist, '' Oblomov'' * Natalya Gorbanevskaya (1936–2013), poet, translator and civil rights activist * Ivan Gorbunov (1831–1896), writer and stage actor, ''The Scenes from People's Life'' *
Dmitry Gorchakov Prince Dmitry Petrovich Gorchakov ( rus, князь Дми́трий Петро́вич Горчако́в, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ɡərtɕɐˈkof, a=Dmitriy Pyetrovich Gorchakov.ru.vorb.oga; , – ) was a Russian writer, dramatis ...
(1758–1824), poet, playwright and satirist * Grigori Gorin (1940–2000), writer, playwright and screenwriter, '' The Very Same Munchhausen'' *
Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в;  – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...
(1868–1936), novelist, short story writer and playwright, '' The Lower Depths'', ''
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 ge ...
'', '' Autobiography of Maxim Gorky, My Childhood. In the World. My Universities'', '' The Life of Klim Samgin'' *
Nina Gorlanova Nina Viktorovna Gorlanova (russian: Нина Викторовна Горланова, born 23 November 1947) is a modern short-story writer and novelist who has been living in a provincial Russian city Perm. Biography Gorlanova was born in 1947, ...
(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 Nikolay Ivanovich Gretsch (Russian: Николай Иванович Греч; 1787–1867) was a leading Russian grammarian of the 19th century. Although he was primarily interested in philology, it is as a journalist that he is primarily reme ...
(1787–1867), journalist, writer and magazine editor, '' Northern Bee'' * Aleksander Griboyedov (1795–1828), dramatist and statesman, ''Woe from Wit'' *
Dmitry Grigorovich Dmitry Vasilyevich Grigorovich (russian: Дми́трий Васи́льевич Григоро́вич) ( – ) was a Russian writer, best known for his first two novels, '' The Village'' and '' Anton Goremyka'', and lauded as the first author ...
(1822–1900), novelist, ''The Fishermen'' *
Oleg Grigoriev Oleg Grigoriev ( rus, Оле́г Евге́ньевич Григо́рьев, p=ɐˈlʲek jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪf, a=Olyeg Yevgyen'yevich Grigor'yev.ru.vorb.oga; 6 December 1943 – 30 April 1992) was a Russian poet and art ...
(1943–1992), poet and artist * Apollon Grigoryev (1822–1864), poet, literary and theatrical critic, translator and memoirist * Alexander Grin (1880–1932), author of novels and stories set in
Grinlandia Grinlandia (russian: Гринландия) 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 sugges ...
, '' Scarlet Sails'' *
Isabella Grinevskaya Beyle (Berta) Friedberg ( yi, בּיילע פֿרידבּערג; 3 May 1864 – 15 October 1944), best known by the pen names Isabella ( yi, איזאַבּעלאַ) and Isabella Arkadevna Grinevskaya (russian: Изабелла Аркадьевн� ...
(1864–1944), poet, writer and playwright * Vasily Grossman (1905–1964), writer and war correspondent, '' Life and Fate'' *
Vitali Gubarev Vitali Georgievich Gubarev (russian: Виталий Георгиевич Губарев; – 1981) was a Soviet Russian writer of children's literature. Biography Gubarev was born in Rostov-on-Don (modern-day Rostov Oblast of Russia). According ...
(1912–1981), journalist and writer * Igor Guberman (born 1936), writer and satirical poet *
Semyon Gudzenko Semyon Petrovich Gudzenko (russian: Семён Петрович Гудзенко) (born ''Sario Gudzenko''; 5 March 1922, in Kyiv – 2 December 1953, in Moscow) was a Soviet literature, Soviet Russian poet of Ukrainian-Jewish origin, War generati ...
(1922–1953), poet of the World War II generation *
Lev Gumilev Lev Nikolayevich Gumilyov (russian: Лев Никола́евич Гумилёв; 1 October 1912 – 15 June 1992) was a Soviet historian, ethnologist, anthropologist and translator. He had a reputation for his highly unorthodox theories o ...
(1912–1992), historian, ethnologist and anthropologist * Nikolay Gumilev (1886–1921), poet, founder of the acmeist movement * Elena Guro (1877–1913), futurist writer and painter, ''The Hurdy-Gurdy'' * Andrei Gusev (born 1952), writer and journalist, ''
The World According to Novikoff ''The World According to Novikoff'' (russian: Мир по Новикову) is a thriller novel by Russian writer Andrei Gusev, published in 2006. Plot summary Victor Novikoff, an editor of a literary journal in Moscow, receives a manuscript w ...
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Sergey Gusev-Orenburgsky Sergey Ivanovich Gusev-Orenburgsky (russian: Серге́й Иванович Гусев-Оренбургский) (October 5, 1867 – June 1, 1963) was a Russian writer and a member of the Moscow literary group Sreda. Biography Gusev-Orenbur ...
(1867–1963), novelist, ''The Land of the Fathers''


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* Yelena Hahn, writer for Biblioteka Dlya Chteniya and Otechestvennye Zapiski, mother of
Helena Blavatsky Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, uk, Олена Петрівна Блаватська, Olena Petrivna Blavatska (; – 8 May 1891), often known as Madame Blavatsky, was a Russian mystic and author who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875 ...
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Alexander Herzen Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Ге́рцен, translit=Alexándr Ivánovich Gértsen; ) was a Russian writer and thinker known as the "father of Russian socialism" and one of the main fathers of agra ...
(1812–1870), essayist, novelist, philosopher and magazine editor, ''
Who is to Blame? ''Who is to Blame?'' (russian: Кто виноват?) is a novel by Alexander Herzen. History ''Who is to Blame?'' was first published in the journal ''Otechestvennye Zapiski'' (1845-1846), with some cuts by the censor. It was published in book ...
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Ilf and Petrov Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Feinsilberg or russian: Илья Арнольдович Файнзильберг, 1897–1937) and Yevgeny Petrov (Yevgeniy Petrovich Katayev or russian: Евгений Петрович Катаев, 1902–194 ...
(Ilf 1897–1937) (Petrov 1903–1942), satirical writers, '' The Twelve Chairs'', '' The Little Golden Calf'' * Vera Inber (1890–1972), poet and writer, ''Lalla's Interests'' *
Mikhail Isakovsky Mikhail Vasilyevich Isakovsky (russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Исако́вский; – 20 July 1973) was a Soviet and Russian poet, lyricist and translator. Hero of Socialist Labour (1970). Biography Mikhail Isakovsky was ...
(1900–1973), poet and songwriter, '' Katyusha'' * Fazil Iskander, (1929–2016), Abkhaz writer, ''Sandro of Chegem'' * Alexei Ivanov (born 1969), novelist and screenwriter * Georgy Ivanov (1894–1958), poet and essayist, ''Disintegration of the Atom'' * Vsevolod Ivanov (1895–1963), writer and plawright, '' Armoured Train 14-69'' * Vyacheslav Ivanov (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 Gavriil Petrovich Kamenev ( rus, Гаврии́л Петро́вич Ка́менев, p=ɡəvrʲɪˈil pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈkamʲɪnʲɪf, a=Gavriil Pyetrovich Kamyenyev.ru.vorb.oga; 1772–1803) was a Russian poet, writer, and translator. Kamene ...
(1772–1803), poet, writer and translator * Vasily Kamensky (1884–1961), poet, playwright and artist, one of the first Russian aviators * Antiochus Kantemir (1708–1744), writer and poet, ''On the Envy and Pride of Evil-Minded Courtiers'' *
Nikolay Karamzin Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin (russian: Николай Михайлович Карамзин, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ kərɐmˈzʲin; ) was a Russian Empire, Russian Imperial historian, romantic writer, poet and critic. He is best ...
(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 (russian: народники, ) were a politically conscious movement of the Russian intelligentsia in the 1860s and 1870s, some of whom became involved in revolutionary agitation against tsarism. Their ideology, known as Narodism, ...
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 Lev Abramovich Kassil (russian: Лев Абрамович Кассиль; 10 July 1905 – 21 June 1970) was a Soviet and Russian writer of juvenile and young adult literature and screenwriter, depicting Soviet life, teenagers and their world, sc ...
(1905–1970), writer of juvenile and young adult literature *
Ivan Kataev Ivan Ivanovich Kataev (russian: Ива́н Ива́нович Ката́ев; 27 May 1902 – 19 August 1937) was a Soviet Union, Soviet novelist, short story writer, and journalist. Biography Kataev was born in Moscow. His father was the uncle of ...
(1902–1937), novelist and short story writer, ''Immortality'' *
Valentin Kataev Valentin Petrovich Kataev (russian: Валенти́н Петро́вич Ката́ев; also spelled Katayev or Kataiev;  – 12 April 1986) was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright who managed to create penetrating works discussing ...
(1897–1986), writer and playwright, '' Time, Forward!'' *
Pavel Katenin Pavel Aleksandrovich Katenin (russian: Павел Александрович Катенин) (22 December 1792 — 4 June 1853) was a Russian classicist poet, dramatist, and literary critic who also contributed to the evolution of Russian Romantici ...
(1792–1853), classicist poet, dramatist and literary critic * Mikhail Katkov (1818–1887), journalist and publicist, '' Moscow News'' * Veniamin Kaverin (1902–1989), novelist, ''
The Two Captains ''The Two Captains'' (russian: Два Капитана) is a novel written by Soviet author Veniamin Kaverin between 1938 and 1944. It is Kaverin's best known work and is considered one of the most popular works of Soviet literature, winning the ...
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Emmanuil Kazakevich Emmanuil Genrikhovich Kazakevich (russian: Эммануи́л Ге́нрихович Казаке́вич, yi, עמנואל קאַזאַקעװיטש; February 24, 1913 – September 22, 1962) was a Soviet author, poet and playwright of Jewish ext ...
(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 Yuri Khanon is a pen name of ''Yuri Feliksovich Soloviev-Savoyarov'' (russian: Юрий Феликсович Соловьёв-Савояров),
(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 (russian: Михаи́л Матве́евич Хера́сков; – ) was Russian poet and playwright. A leading figure of the Russian Enlightenment, Kheraskov was regarded as the most important Russian poet by ...
(1733–1807), poet, writer and playwright, ''Vladimir Reborn'' * Velimir Khlebnikov (1885–1922), futurist poet and author, ''Incantation by Laughter'' *
Nikolai Khmelnitsky Nikolai Ivanovich Khmelnitsky (russian: Николай Иванович Хмельницкий, 22 .s. 11August 1789, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, - 20 .s. 8September 1845, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian dramatist, literary ...
(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 Nadezhda Dmitryevna Khvoshchinskaya (russian: Надежда Дмитриевна Хвощинская; May 20, 1821Stroganova, E. N. “K 200-letiiu Nadezhdy Dmitrievny Khvoshchinskoi: O date rozhdeniia pisatel’nitsy.” ''Kul’tura i tekst'' ...
(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 Vladimir Mikhailovich Kirshon (russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Киршо́н) ( - July 28, 1938) was a Soviet playwright, poet, publicist and screenwriter. Biography Born in Nalchik in the Caucasus into the family of a lawyer ...
(1902–1938), playwright, ''The Miraculous Alloy'' *
Marusya Klimova Marusya Klimova (first name also transliterated Marusia or Maroussia; russian: Мару́ся Кли́мова; real name Tatyana Nikolayevna Kondratovich, ; born January 14, 1961 in Leningrad, Soviet Union), is a Russian writer and translat ...
(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 Yakov Borisovich Knyazhnin (russian: Я́ков Бори́сович Княжни́н, November 3, 1742 or 1740, Pskov – January 1, 1791, St Petersburg) was Russia's foremost tragic author during the reign of Catherine the Great. Knyazhnin's cont ...
(1740/42–1791), playwright, poet and translator, ''The Braggart'' * Vsevolod Kochetov (1912–1973), novelist and journalist, ''The Zhurbin Family'' *
Pavel Kogan Pavel Kogan is the name of: *Pavel Kogan (poet) (1918–1942), Soviet poet *Pavel Kogan (conductor) Pavel Leonidovich Kogan (Russian: Павел Леонидович Коган; born 6 June 1952 in Moscow) is a Russian violinist and conductor wh ...
(1918–1942), poet and military interpreter * Ivan Kokorev (1825–1853), short story writer and essayist *
Alexandra Kollontai Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai (russian: Алекса́ндра Миха́йловна Коллонта́й, née Domontovich, Домонто́вич;  – 9 March 1952) was a Russian revolutionary, politician, diplomat and Marxist the ...
(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 Evgenia Ivanovna Konradi (russian: Евгения Ивановна Конради, née Bochechkarova, russian: Бочечкаровa) was a Russian writer, journalist, and translator. She was first an editor, then owner of the newspaper ''Nedely ...
(1838–1898), essayist, journalist, writer, and women's education advocate * Lev Kopelev (1912–1997), writer, journalist and dissident *
Apollon Korinfsky Apollon Apollonovich Korinfsky (russian: Аполлон Аполлонович Коринфский, 29 August 1868, — 12 January 1937) was a Russian poet, journalist, writer, translator and memoirist. Biography Korinfsky was born in Simbirsk t ...
(1868–1937), writer, poet, essayist, translator and memoirist * Oleksandr Korniychuk (1905–1972), playwright, literary critic and state official, ''In the Steppes of Ukraine'' *
Vladimir Korolenko Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko (russian: Влади́мир Галактио́нович Короле́нко, ua, Володи́мир Галактіо́нович Короле́нко; 27 July 1853 – 25 December 1921) was a Ukrainian-born ...
(1853–1921), writer and memoirist, ''The Blind Musician'' * Nestor Kotlyarevsky (1863–1925), writer, publicist, literary critic and historian, ''The Nineteenth Century'' *
Arkady Kots Arkady Yakovlevich Kots (russian: Аркадий Яковлевич Коц; alias - A.Danin, A.Bronin, A.Shatov) (1872, Odessa – 1943) was a Russian socialist poet of Jewish descent. Arkady (Aaron) Kots graduated from a mining school in Horlivk ...
(1872–1943), poet and translator, ''Proletarian Songs'' * Yury Koval (1938–1995), writer and artist *
Sofia Kovalevskaya Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (russian: link=no, Софья Васильевна Ковалевская), born Korvin-Krukovskaya ( – 10 February 1891), was a Russian mathematician who made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differen ...
(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 Ivan Ivanovich Kozlov (russian: Иван Иванович Козлов; ) was a Russian Romantic poet and translator. As D. S. Mirsky noted, "his poetry appealed to the easily awakened emotions of the sentimental reader rather than to the higher ...
(1779–1840), poet and translator, ''The Monk'' *
Eugene Kozlovsky Yevgeni Antonovich Kozlovsky (russian: Евгений Антонович Козловский; born 6 September 1946, in Vladivostok (Russia)) is a Russian writer, journalist, theatre director and film director. He lives in Moscow. Biography ...
(born 1946), writer, journalist, theatre director and film director *
Vasili Krasovsky Vasili Ivanovich Krasovsky (russian: Василий Иванович Красовский; 1782–1824) was a Russian writer. Krasovsky studied at the gymnasium of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, after which he worked for the ...
(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 (; russian: link=no, Пётр Алексе́евич Кропо́ткин ; 9 December 1842 – 8 February 1921) was a Russian anarchist, socialist, revolutionary, historian, scientist, philosopher, and activ ...
(1842–1921), writer and anarchist theorist, ''In Russian and French Prisons'' * Aleksei Kruchenykh (1886–1968), futurist poet, co-creator of the literary concept "
Zaum Zaum (russian: зáумь) are the linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation of Russian Futurist poets such as Velimir Khlebnikov and Aleksei Kruchenykh. Zaum is a non-referential phonetic entity with its own ontology. ...
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Vladimir Krupin Vladimir Nikolayevich Krupin (russian: Влади́мир Никола́евич Крупи́н, September 7, 1941) is a Soviet Russian writer, editor, religious author and tutor. The major proponent of the Village prose movement, noted for his qui ...
(born 1941), writer, editor and religious author, ''Aqua Vitae'' * Ivan Krylov (1769–1844), major fabulist and dramatist * Gleb Krzhizhanovsky (1872–1959), poet, author of the Russian version of the '' Warszawianka'' *
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky Sigizmund Dominikovich Krzhizhanovsky ( rus, Сигизму́нд Домини́кович Кржижано́вский, p=sʲɪɡʲɪzˈmunt dəmʲɪˈnʲikəvʲɪtɕ krʐɨʐɨˈnofskʲɪj, pl, ; – 28 December 1950) was a Russian and Soviet ...
(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 ''A Life for the Tsar'' ( rus, "Жизнь за царя", italic=yes, Zhizn za tsarya ) is a "patriotic-heroic tragic opera" in four acts with an epilogue by Mikhail Glinka. During the Soviet era the opera was known under the name '' Ivan Susanin ...
'' * Aleksandr Kuprin (1870–1938), novelist and short story writer, '' The Duel'' * Wilhelm Küchelbecker (1797–1846), poet and magazine editor, '' Mnemozina'' *
Nikolai Kurochkin Nikolai Stepanovich Kurochkin (Николай Степанович Курочкин, 4 June 1830, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, — 14 December 1884, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian poet, editor, translator (Arsène Houssaye nov ...
(1830–1884), poet, editor, translator and essayist * Vasily Kurochkin (1831–1875), satirical poet, journalist and translator * Vladimir Kurochkin (1829–1885), dramatist, translator, editor and publisher *
Ivan Kushchevsky Ivan Afanasyevich Kushchevsky (russian: link=no, Ива́н Афана́сьевич Куще́вский); 1847 – ) was a Russian writer. Biography Kushchevsky was born in Barnaul, Siberia, Russian Empire where his father was a minor offici ...
(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 A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils. A wing's aerodynamic efficiency is exp ...
'' * Anatoly Kuznetsov (1929–1979), novelist, '' Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel''


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Lazar Lagin Lazar Iosifovich Lagin (russian: Ла́зарь Ио́сифович Лагин), real name Lazar Ginzburg (4 December 1903, Vitebsk – 4 June 1979, Moscow), was a Soviet and Russian author of children's and science fiction books. Lagin is ...
(1903–1979), satirist and children's writer, '' Old Khottabych'' * Yuri Laptev (1903–1984), writer and journalist, ''Zarya'' * Yulia Latynina (born 1966), writer and journalist, '' The Insider'' *
Boris Lavrenyov Boris Andreyevich Lavrenyov (russian: Борис Андреевич Лавренёв) (real name Sergeyev), (July 16 Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New Style dates">O.S. July 4 1891 – January 7, 1959) was a So ...
(1891–1959), writer and playwright, ''Such a Simple Thing'' *
Pyotr Lavrov Pyotr Lavrovich Lavrov (russian: Пётр Ла́врович Лавро́в; alias Mirtov (); (June 14 Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="une 2 Old Style and New Style dates">O.S. 1823 – February 6 anuary 6 O.S. 1900) was a promi ...
(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 (russian: Анатолий Иванович Леман, 13 June 1859, Moscow, Imperial Russia, — 24 September 1913, Saint Petersburg, Imperial Russia) was a Russian writer, and editor, also known as a manufacturer of mu ...
(1859–1913), writer and editor, ''The Gentry's Tale'' * Leonid Leonov (1899–1994), major novelist and short story writer, ''The Thief'' * Konstantin Leontiev (1831–1891), philosopher and essayist *
Mikhail Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasu ...
(1814–1841), major poet, playwright and novelist, '' A Hero of Our Time'' * Nikolai Leskov (1831–1895), novelist, short story writer and journalist, '' Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District'', ''
The Cathedral Clergy ''The Cathedral Folk'' (russian: Соборяне, translit=Soboryane), also translated as ''The Cathedral Clergy'', is a novel by Nikolai Leskov, a series of "romantic chronicles" (as the author called them) of the fictional town of Stargorod. It ...
'', '' The Enchanted Wanderer'' *
Alexander Levitov Alexander Ivanovich Levitov (russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Леви́тов; August 1, 1835 – January 16, 1877), was a Russian writer. Biography Levitov was born in the village of Dobroye, in Tambov Governorate, where hi ...
(1835–1877), short story writer, ''Leatherhide the Cobbler'' * Nikolay Leykin (1841–1906), writer and publisher, '' Fragments Magazine'' * Vladimir Lichutin (born 1940), writer and essayist * Viktor Likhonosov (1936–2021), writer and editor, ''Unwritten Memoirs. Our Little Paris''. *
Eduard Limonov Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko ( rus, Эдуард Вениаминович Савенко, , ɨdʊˈart vʲɪnʲɪɐˈmʲinəvʲɪtɕ sɐˈvʲenkə, links=yes; 22 February 1943 – 17 March 2020), known by his pen name Eduard Limonov ( rus, Эд ...
(1943–2020), writer and dissident, ''
It's Me, Eddie It's Me, Eddie () is the first novel by Russian writer and politician Eduard Limonov. The novel was written in New York in 1976, and published in Paris in 1979. When it was first published in Russia in 1991, it sold over a million copies. Plot T ...
'' * Dmitri Lipskerov (born 1964), writer and playwright, ''The Forty Years of Changzhoeh'' *
Mirra Lokhvitskaya Mirra Lokhvitskaya (russian: Ми́рра Ло́хвицкая; born Maria Alexandrovna Lokhvitskaya – russian: Мари́я Алекса́ндровна Ло́хвицкая; November 19, 1869 – August 27, 1905) was a Russian poet who rose to ...
(1869–1905), poet and playwright *
Mikhail Lomonosov Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (; russian: Михаил (Михайло) Васильевич Ломоносов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ , a=Ru-Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov.ogg; – ) was a Russian polymath, scientist and wri ...
(1711–1765), polymath, scientist, writer and linguistic reformer * Vladimir Lugovskoy (1901–1957), constructivist poet * Sergey Lukyanenko (born 1968), popular science-fiction and fantasy author, ''
The Stars Are Cold Toys ''The Stars Are Cold Toys'' and ''Star Shadow'' are two 1997 books of a space opera series by Russian science fiction writer Sergey Lukianenko. It is a first-person narration, told by a pilot Pyotr Khrumov, who attempts to prevent destruction ...
'' *
Anatoly Lunacharsky Anatoly Vasilyevich Lunacharsky (russian: Анато́лий Васи́льевич Лунача́рский) (born Anatoly Aleksandrovich Antonov, – 26 December 1933) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first Bolshevik Soviet People' ...
(1875–1933), journalist and publicist * Lev Lunts (1901–1924), writer, playwright, essayist and critic, member of the Serapion Brothers


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* Grigori Machtet (1852–1901), novelist, short story writer and poet * Vladimir Makanin (1937–2017), novelist and short story writer, ''Antileader'' *
Sergey Malitsky 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 *
Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak (russian: Дми́трий Нарки́сович Ма́мин-Сибиря́к) (October 25, 1852 – November 2, 1912) was a Russian author most famous for his novels and short stories about life in the U ...
(1852–1912), novelist, ''The Privalov Fortune'' * Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899–1980), writer and memoirist, ''Hope Against Hope'', ''Hope Abandoned'' * Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938), poet and writer, member of the acmeist school, ''The Stone'' * Anatoly Marienhof (1897–1962), novelist, poet and playwright, ''A Novel Without Lies'' * Alexandra Marinina (born 1957), writer of detective stories * Evgeny Markov (1835–1903), writer, critic and ethnographer, ''Black Earth Field'' *
Maria Markova Maria Markova (russian: Мария Александровна Маркова) is a Russian poet. Biography She was born in 1982 in a small town in Siberia. In her early childhood she moved to the Vologda oblast. Markova started writing poetry ...
(born 1982), poet * Boleslav Markevich (1822–1884), writer, essayist, journalist, literary critic and translator * Samuil Marshak (1887–1964), writer, translator and children's poet, ''The Twelve Months'' *
Vladilen Mashkovtsev Vladilen Ivanovich Mashkovtsev (russian: Владилен Иванович Машковцев) (1929–1997) was a Russian poet, writer and journalist. He wrote 15 books published in the Urals and in Moscow. Bibliography Novels * Zolotoy t ...
(1929–1997), poet, writer and journalist *
Mikhail Matinsky Mikhail Alexeyevich Matinsky (russian: Михаил Алексеевич Матинский, 1750 – c. 1820) was a Russian scientist, dramatist, librettist and opera composer. Biography Matinsky originated from the serfs of Count Sergey Yaguzhi ...
(1750–1820), scientist, dramatist, librettist and opera composer. * Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930), futurist poet, writer and playwright, '' Mystery-Bouffe'' * Apollon Maykov (1821–1897), poet and translator * Valerian Maykov (1823–1847), literary critic, brother of Apollon Maykov * Vasily Maykov (1728–1778), poet, fabulist, playwright and translator * Lev Mei (1822–1862), poet and playwright, '' The Tsar's Bride'' * Pavel Melnikov (1818–1883), ethnographical novelist, ''In the Forests'' * Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1866–1941), poet and novelist, ''Christ and Antichrist'' * Aleksey Merzlyakov (1778–1830), poet, critic, translator and professor * Arvo Mets (1937–1997), poet and translator, ''Resemblance'' * Alexander Mezhirov (1923–2009), poet, translator and critic * Sergey Mikhalkov (1913–2009), children's writer, satirist and songwriter, author of the National Anthem of the Soviet Union * Nikolay Mikhaylovsky (1842–1904), publicist, literary critic, sociologist and narodnik theoretician * Dmitry Minayev (1835–1889), satirical poet, journalist, translator and literary critic *
Nikolai Minsky Nikolai Minsky and Nikolai Maksimovich Minsky (russian: Никола́й Макси́мович Ми́нский) are pseudonyms of Nikolai Maksimovich Vilenkin (Виле́нкин; 1855–1937), a mystical writer and poet of the Silver Age of Ru ...
(1855–1937), poet, writer and translator, ''From the Gloom to the Light'' *
Boris Mozhayev Boris Andreyevich Mozhayev (Борис Андреевич Можаев; June 1, 1923, in Pitelino village, Ryazan Governorate - March 2, 1996, in Moscow) was a Soviet Russian author, dramatist, script-writer and editor, the USSR State Prize (19 ...
(1923–1996), writer, playwright, script-writer and editor, ''Alive'' *
Daniil Mordovtsev Daniil Lukich Mordovtsev (; December 19, 1830 in Danilovka, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire – June 23, 1905 in Kislovodsk, Russian Empire) was a Russian writer and historian. Biography Mordovtsev was born in Danilovka, Volgograd Oblast, Russia. ...
(1830–1905), writer and historian of Ukrainian descent * Yunna Morits (born 1937), poet and artist, ''The Vine'' *
Sergey Mstislavsky Sergey Dmitrievich Mstislavsky (Сергей Дмитриевич Мстиславский, born Maslovsky; November 4, 1876, Moscow - April 22, 1943, Irkutsk, USSR) was a Russian Soviet writer, dramatist, publicist, anthropologist, editor and pol ...
(1876–1943), writer, dramatist, publicist, anthropologist, editor and political activist *
Viktor Muyzhel Viktor Vasilyevich Muyzhel (russian: Ви́ктор Васи́льевич Муйжель; July 30, 1880 - February 3, 1924) was a writer and painter. Biography Muyzhel was born in the village of Uza, Pskov Governorate (present-day Porkhovsky D ...
(1880–1924), writer and painter *
Viktor Muravin Viktor Muravin (born 1929) is an author, best known for his novel '' Aurora Borealis'', also published under the title '' The Diary of Vikenty Angarov''. Born in Vladivostok, in his youth he joined the Pioneers and the Komsomol The All-Union ...
(born 1929), novelist, ''The Diary of Vikenty Angarov''


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Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (russian: link=no, Владимир Владимирович Набоков ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Bor ...
(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 novel is notable for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, a middle-aged literature professor under the pseudonym Humbert Hum ...
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Nikolai Nadezhdin Nikolai Ivanovich Nadezhdin (russian: Николай Иванович Надеждин) ( – ) was a Russian literary critic and Russia's first ethnographer. Biography Born in Beloomut, Ryazan Governorate, Nadezhdin graduated from Ryazan Se ...
(1804–1856), literary critic and ethnographer *
Semyon Nadson Semyon Yakovlevich Nadson (russian: Семён Яковлевич Надсон; 14 December 1862 – 19 January 1887) was a Russian poet and essayist. He is noted for being the first Jewish poet to achieve national fame in Russia. Biography Nad ...
(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'' (russian: links=no, Новый мир, , ''New World'') 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 ...
'' *
Nikolai Naumov Nikolai Ivanovich Naumov (russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Нау́мов; 28 May 1838 – 22 December 1901) was a Russian writer. Biography He studied at Saint Petersburg University, and in 1859 his works began to be published in ...
, (1838–1901), essayist and short story writer, ''Cobweb'' *
Filipp Nefyodov Filipp Diomidovich Nefyodov (Филипп Диомидович Нефёдов, 18 October 1838 in Ivanovo, Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire – 25 March 1902 in Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire) was a Russian writer, journalist, editor ...
(1838–1902), writer, journalist, editor, ethnographer and archeologist, ''Among People'' *
Nikolay Nekrasov Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov ( rus, Никола́й Алексе́евич Некра́сов, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪtɕ nʲɪˈkrasəf, a=Ru-Nikolay_Alexeyevich_Nekrasov.ogg, – ) was a Russian poet, writer, critic and publi ...
(1821–1878), major poet and magazine editor, ''
Who Can be Happy and Free in Russia? ''Who Lives Happily in Russia?'' (russian: Кому на Руси жить хорошо, translit=Komú na Rusí zhit' horoshó) is an epic four-part poem by Nikolai Nekrasov, which he started publishing in January 1866 in ''Sovremennik'' and '' ...
'' *
Viktor Nekrasov Viktor Platonovich Nekrasov (russian: Ви́ктор Плато́нович Некра́сов, ) (17 June 1911, Kyiv – 3 September 1987, Paris) was a Russian writer, journalist and editor. Biography Nekrasov was born in Kyiv and graduate ...
(1911–1987), novelist, ''Front-line Stalingrad'' * Viktor Nekipelov (1928–1989), poet, writer and dissident *
Miroslav Nemirov Miroslav Maratovich Nemirov (russian: Мирослав Маратович Немиров, 8 November 1961 – 21 February 2016) was a Russian poet, associated with Russian punk rock, born in Rostov-on-Don. He is most known as a founder of Instrukt ...
(1961–2016), poet and songwriter * Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko (1845–1936), novelist, essayist and war correspondent *
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko (russian: Владимир Иванович Немирович-Данченко; , Ozurgeti – 25 April 1943, Moscow), was a Soviet and Russian theatre director, writer, pedagogue, playwright, producer a ...
(1858–1943), theatre director, writer and playwright, co-founder of the Moscow Art Theatre * Löb Nevakhovich (1776/78–1831), Russia-Jewish writer and playwright * Alexander Neverov (1886–1923), writer and playwright, ''City of Bread'' * Friedrich Neznansky (1932–2013), crime novelist, ''Red Square'' * Ivan Nikitin (1824–1861), poet and writer, ''Kulak'' *
Nikolai Nikolev Nikolay Petrovich Nikolev (russian: Николай Петрович Николев; 21 November 1758 – 5 February 1815), was a Russian poet and playwright. He was brought up and educated in the family of Princess Ekaterina Dashkova, his distant ...
(1758–1815), poet and playwright *
Pavel Nilin Pavel Filippovich Nilin (; 17 January 1908 – 2 October 1981) was a Soviet and Russian writer, screenwriter, journalist and playwright, best known for his novel ''A Man Goes Uphill'' (1936), adapted to the big screen under the title ''A Great Lif ...
(1908–1981), writer, journalist and playwright, ''Man Goes Uphill'' * Nikolay Nosov (1908–1976), children's writer, ''
Neznaika Dunno, or Know-Nothing or Ignoramus (russian: Незнайка, ''Neznayka'' that is Don'tknowka (ka - the Russian suffix here for drawing up the whole name in a cheerful form); from the Russian phrase "" ("''ne znayu''", ''don't know'') is a cha ...
'' * 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 ( ru , Восстание декабристов, translit = Vosstaniye dekabristov , translation = Uprising of the Decembrists) took place in Russia on , during the interregnum following the sudden death of Emperor Al ...
* Vladimir Odoevsky (1803–1869), philosopher, writer, music critic, philanthropist and pedagogue, '' The Living Corpse'' * Irina Odoyevtseva (1895–1990), poet, novelist and memoirist * Nikolay Ogarev (1813–1877), poet, historian and political activist * Bulat Okudzhava (1924–1997), poet, writer and singer-songwriter, ''The Art of Needles and Sins'' * Yury Olesha (1899–1960), novelist and short story writer, '' Envy'' *
Nikolay Oleynikov Nikolay Makarovich Oleynikov (russian: Никола́й Мака́рович Оле́йников; 5 August 189824 November 1937) was a Russian editor, avant-garde poet and playwright who was arrested and executed by the Soviets for subversive wr ...
(1898–1937), editor, avant-garde poet and playwright *
Vladimir Orlov (author) Vladimir Viktorovich Orlov (russian: Влади́мир Ви́кторович Орло́в; 31 August 1936 – 5 August 2014) was a Russian novelist, notable for his fantasy novel ''Danilov, the Violist''. Orlov was born in Moscow, but during W ...
(1936–2014), novelist * Mikhail Osorgin (1878–1942), journalist, novelist, short story writer and essayist * Sergey Ostrovoy (1911–2005), poet, author of lyrics to many popular Soviet songs * Alexander Ostrovsky (1823–1886), major playwright, '' The Storm'' *
Nikolai Ostrovsky Nikolai Alexeevich Ostrovsky (russian: Никола́й Алексе́евич Остро́вский; uk, Мико́ла Олексі́йович Остро́вський; 29 September 1904 – 22 December 1936) was a Soviet socialist realist ...
(1904–1936), socialist realist writer, ''
How the Steel Was Tempered ''How the Steel Was Tempered'' (russian: Как закалялась сталь, ''Kak zakalyalas' stal) or ''The Making of a Hero'', is a socialist realist novel written by Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904–1936). With 36.4 million copies sold, it is ...
'' *
Valentin Ovechkin Valentin Vladimirovich Ovechkin (russian: Валентин Владимирович Овечкин; June 22, 1906 – January 27, 1968) was a Soviet writer, playwright, and journalist. Early life Valentin was born in Taganrog, the son of an offic ...
(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 Marina Anatolyevna Palei (née Spivak, in russian: link=no, Мари́на Анато́льевна Пале́й; born 1 February 1955 in Leningrad) is a Russian-speaking Dutch writer, poet, scriptwriter. Life and work Marina Palei was born in Le ...
(born 1955), scriptwriter, publicist, novelist and translator, ''Rendezvous'' *
Alexander Palm Alexander Ivanovich Palm (Александр Иванович Пальм, , Krasnoslobodsk, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire, - , Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian poet, novelist and playwright, who also used the pseudonym P. ...
(1822–1885), poet, novelist and playwright, Petrashevsky Circle member, ''Alexey Slobodin'' *
Liodor Palmin Liodor (Iliodor) Ivanovich Palmin (russian: Лиодо́р (Илиодор) Ива́нович Па́льмин; May 27 (15), 1841 in Yaroslavskaya gubernia, Russian Empire – November 7 (October 26), 1891 in Moscow, Russian Empire) was a Rus ...
(1841–1891), poet, translator and journalist * Ivan Panaev (1812–1862), writer, critic and publisher/editor of ''
Sovremennik ''Sovremennik'' ( rus, «Современник», p=səvrʲɪˈmʲenʲːɪk, a=Ru-современник.ogg, "The Contemporary") was a Russian literary, social and political magazine, published in Saint Petersburg in 1836–1866. It came out f ...
'' magazine *
Avdotya Panaeva Avdotya Yakovlevna Panaeva (russian: Авдо́тья Я́ковлевна Пана́ева), née Bryanskaya, ( – ), was a Russian novelist, short story writer, memoirist and literary salon holder. She published much of her work under the ...
(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 Andrei Petrovich Parshev (russian: Андре́й Петро́вич Па́ршев; born 16 February 1955 in Moscow) is a Russian political writer. His best known book, ''Why Russia is not America'', sets forth his climate-based theory of Russian ...
(born 1955), political writer *
Boris Pasternak Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (; rus, Бори́с Леони́дович Пастерна́к, p=bɐˈrʲis lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ pəstɛrˈnak; 30 May 1960) was a Russian poet, novelist, composer and literary translator. Composed in 1917, Pa ...
(1890–1960), poet and novelist, not permitted by the
Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
to accept the
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfre ...
, '' Doctor Zhivago'' *
Pyotr Patrushev Pyotr Egorovich Patrushev (russian: Пётр Егорович Патрушев; 26 May 1942 – 28 March 2016) was a Russian author who escaped the Soviet Union by swimming to Turkey across the Black Sea border in 1962. Early life and education P ...
(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 Oleg Pavlov ( Russian: Олег Олегович Павлов; 16 March 1970 – 7 October 2018) was a prominent Russian writer and winner of the Russian Booker Prize. He was only 24 years old when his first novel, ''Captain of the Steppe'', w ...
(1970–2018), novelist and short story writer *
Karolina Pavlova Karolina Karlovna Pavlova (russian: link=no, Кароли́на Ка́рловна Па́влова) (22 July 1807 – 14 December 1893) was a 19th-century Russian poet and novelist.Terras, 1985, p. 128. Biography Karolina Karlovna Pavlova (née ...
(1807–1893), poet and novelist, ''A Double Life'' * Vladimir Pecherin (1807–1885), poet and writer, ''Notes from Beyond the Tomb'' * Victor Pelevin (born 1962), modern writer, '' Omon Ra'' * Yakov Perelman (1882–1942), science writer, ''Physics for Entertainment'' * Pyotr Pertsov (1868–1947), publisher, editor, literary critic, journalist and memoirist *
Nick Perumov Nick Perumov (russian: link=no, Ник Перумов) is the pen name of Nikolay Daniilovich Perumov (russian: link=no, Николай Даниилович Перумов; born 21 November 1963), a Russian fantasy and science fiction writer. B ...
(born 1963), fantasy and science fiction writer * Pyotr Petrov (1827–1891), writer, arts historian, genealogist and bibliographer, ''The Tsar's Judgement'' *
Mariya Petrovykh Maria Sergeyevna Petrovykh ( rus, Мария Сергеевна Петровых, p=mɐˈrʲijə sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvnə pʲɪtrɐˈvɨx; – 1 June 1979) was a Russian poet and translator. Early life Petrovykh was born in Norskii Posad, a vill ...
(1908–1979), poet and translator * Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (born 1938), modern writer and playwright, '' The Time: Night'' * Valentin Pikul (1928–1990), novelist, ''At the Last Frontier'' * Boris Pilnyak (1894–1938), novelist, ''The Naked Year'' *
Dmitry Pisarev Dmitry Ivanovich Pisarevrussian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Пи́сарев ( – ) was a Russian literary critic and philosopher who was a central figure of Russian nihilism. He is noted as a forerunner of Nietzschean philosophy and ...
(1840–1868), critic and publicist * Aleksey Pisemsky (1821–1881), novelist and dramatist, '' A Bitter Fate'' *
Andrei Platonov Andrei Platonov (russian: Андре́й Плато́нов, ; – 5 January 1951) was the pen name of Andrei Platonovich Klimentov (russian: Андре́й Плато́нович Климе́нтов), a Soviet Russian writer, philosopher, play ...
(1899–1951), novelist, short story writer and playwright, '' Chevengur'', '' The Foundation Pit'' *
Georgi Plekhanov Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov (; rus, Гео́ргий Валенти́нович Плеха́нов, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj vəlʲɪnˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ plʲɪˈxanəf, a=Ru-Georgi Plekhanov-JermyRei.ogg; – 30 May 1918) was a Russian revoluti ...
(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 Evgeny Nikolayevich Pogozhev (russian: link=no, Евгений Николаевич Погожев), 21 April 1870, Moscow, Russian Empire, – 13 February 1931, Leningrad, USSR was a Russian religious writer, essayist and journalist, better ...
(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 Nikolai Alekseevich Polevoy ( rus, Никола́й Алексе́евич Полево́й, r=Nikoláy Alekséevich Polevóy, ― ) was a controversial Russia, Russian editor, writer, translator, and historian; his brother was the critic and jou ...
(1796–1846), writer, historian and magazine editor, ''The Moscow Telegraph'' * Pyotr Polevoy (1839–1902), writer, playwright, translator, critic and literary historian * Alexander Polezhayev (1804–1838), satirical poet, ''Sashka'' * Elizaveta Polonskaya (1890–1969), poet, translator, and journalist, the only female member of the Serapion Brothers * Leonid Polonsky (1833–1913), writer, journalist, editor and publisher, ''Mad Musician'' * Yakov Polonsky (1819–1898), poet, ''Georgian Night'' *
Nikolay Pomyalovsky Nikolai Gerasimovich Pomyalovsky (russian: Никола́й Гера́симович Помяло́вский; – ) was a Russian novelist and short story writer. Early life Pomyalovsky was born in Saint Petersburg in 1835. His father was ...
(1835–1863), novelist and short story writer, ''Seminary Sketches'' * Mikhail Popov (1742–1790), writer, poet, dramatist and opera librettist, '' Anyuta'' *
Nikolay Popovsky Nikolay Nikitich Popovsky (russian: Николай Никитич Поповский) (1730?- 13 February 1760) was a Russian poet and protégé of Mikhail Lomonosov. Son of a priest serving at Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, in 1748 he was c ...
(1730–1760), poet and translator *
Vasili Popugaev Vasili Vasilyevich Popugaev (russian: Василий Васильевич Попугаев) (1778 or 1779 – c. 1816) was a Russian poet, novelist, and translator. He was one of the leaders of the Free Society of Lovers of Literature, Science, and ...
(1778/79–1816), poet, novelist and translator *
Oleg Postnov Oleg Georgievitch Postnov (russian: Олег Постнов; born 1962, Novosibirsk, USSR) is a Russian author. Postnov is a novelist most recognized for his fiction about love. The critics have described Postnov's work as an amalgamation of the ...
(born 1962), novelist and translator *
Ignaty Potapenko Ignaty Nikolayevich Potapenko (russian: Игна́тий Никола́евич Пота́пенко, December 30, 1856 – May 17, 1929), was a Russian writer and playwright. Biography Potapenko was born in the village of Fyodorovka, Kherson ...
(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 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist wh ...
(1905–1942), playwright and librettist, '' The Nose'' * Dmitri Prigov (1940–2007), writer and artist, ''Live in Moscow'' * Zakhar Prilepin (born 1975), writer and dissident, member of the
National Bolshevik Party The National Bolshevik Party (NBP; russian: Национал-большевистская партия), also known as the Nazbols (russian: нацболы), operated from 1993 to 2007 as a Russian political party with a political program of Nat ...
* Maria Prilezhayeva (1903–1989), children's writer, ''The Life of Lenin'' * Mikhail Prishvin (1873–1954), journalist and writer *
Valentyn Prodaievych Valentyn Prodaievych ( uk, Валентин Олександрович Продаєвич; born January 11, 1960, in Ovidiopol, USSR, U.S.S.R), is a Ukrainian public figure, politician, lawyer, journalist and writer. He was Chairperson, Chairman o ...
(born 1960), journalist and writer, lives in Florida * Alexander Prokhanov (born 1938), writer and newspaper editor, ''Empire's Last Soldier'' *
Alexander Prokofyev Aleksandr Andreyevich Prokofiev (russian: Алекса́ндр Андре́евич Проко́фьев; , Kobona –18 September 1971, Leningrad) was a Soviet poet. Prokofyev is best recognized for the motifs of Russian folklore found in hi ...
(1900–1971), poet and war correspondent *
Iosif Prut Iosif Leonidovich Prut russian: Прут, Иосиф Леонидович (6 November 1900 – 16 July 1996) was a Russian playwright and the first Soviet screenwriter. Prut was awarded the title of Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1983). Biography ...
(1900–1996), playwright and screenwriter * Kozma Prutkov (1803–1863), satirist, pseudonym of
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (russian: Граф Алексе́й Константи́нович Толсто́й; – ), often referred to as A. K. Tolstoy, was a Russian poet, novelist, and playwright. He is considered to be the most ...
and his cousins *
Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
(1799–1837), poet, novelist and dramatist, ''
Eugene Onegin ''Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Евгений Оне́гин, ромáн в стихáх, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈnʲeɡʲɪn, r=Yevgeniy Onegin, roman v stikhakh) is a novel in verse written by A ...
'' * 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 Vladimir Fedoseyevich Rayevsky (russian: Владимир Федосеевич Раевский; – ) was a Russian poet, who participated in the Patriotic war of 1812. After the war, when living in Tiraspol Tiraspol or Tirișpolea ( ro, ...
(1795–1872), poet and Decembrist *
Valentin Rasputin Valentin Grigoriyevich Rasputin (; russian: Валентин Григорьевич Распутин; 15 March 193714 March 2015) was a Russian writer. He was born and lived much of his life in the Irkutsk Oblast in Eastern Siberia. Rasputin's w ...
(1937–2015), novelist, ''Farewell to Matyora'' *
Irina Ratushinskaya Irina Borisovna Ratushinskaya (russian: Ири́на Бори́совна Ратуши́нская, 4 March 1954, Odessa – 5 July 2017, Moscow) was a Russian Soviet dissident, poet and writer. Biography Irina Ratushinskaya was born in Odess ...
(1954–2017) dissident poet and writer, ''Grey is the Color of Hope'' *
Razumnik Ivanov-Razumnik Razumnik Vasilyevich Ivanov-Razumnik (real surname - Ivanov; Разумник Васильевич Иванов-Разумник; 24 December 1878, in Tiflis, Georgia, then Russian Empire – 9 July 1946, in Munich, Germany) was a Soviet Russian wr ...
(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 Nicholas Roerich (; October 9, 1874 – December 13, 1947), also known as Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh (russian: link=no, Никола́й Константи́нович Ре́рих), was a Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, theosoph ...
(1874–1947), painter, philosopher, scientist, writer, traveler and public figure * Konstantin Romanov (1858–1915), poet and playwright, ''The King of the Jews'' *
Panteleimon Romanov Panteleimon Sergeyevich Romanov (russian: Пантелеймон Серге́евич Романов; July 24, 1884 – April 8, 1938) was a Russian/Soviet writer. Biography Romanov was born into a gentry family in the village of Petrovskoe in w ...
(1884–1938), writer, ''Without Bird-Cherry Blossoms'' *
Mikhail Roshchin Mikhail Mikhailovich Roshchin (russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Ро́щин; 10 February 1933 – 1 October 2010) was a Russian playwright, screenwriter and short story writer. Biography He was born to Mikhail Gibelman (born 19 ...
(1933–2010), playwright, screenwriter and short story writer * Yevdokiya Rostopchina (1811–1858), poet and writer, ''Forced Marriage'' *
Vasily Rozanov Vasily Vasilievich Rozanov (russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Рóзанов; – 5 February 1919) was one of the most controversial Russian writers and important philosophers in the symbolists' of the pre- revolutionary epoc ...
(1856–1919), writer and philosopher * Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932–1994), poet, ''Flags of Spring'' *
Dina Rubina Dina Ilyinichna Rubina (russian: Дина Ильи́нична Ру́бина; he, דינה רובינה, born 19 September 1953 in Tashkent) is a Russian-Israeli prose writer. She is one of the most prominent Russian-language Israeli writers. B ...
(born 1953), novelist and short story writer, ''The Blackthorn'' *
Anatoly Rybakov Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov (russian: Анато́лий Нау́мович Рыбако́в; – 23 December 1998) was a Soviet and Ukrainian writer, the author of the anti- Stalinist ''Children of the Arbat ''trilogy, the novel ''Heavy Sand ...
(1911–1998), novelist, ''
Children of the Arbat ''Children of the Arbat'' (russian: Дети Арбата) is a semi-autobiographical historical novel by Anatoly Rybakov set during the era of Stalin. Premise It recounts the era in the Soviet Union of the build-up to the Congress of the Vi ...
'' *
Vladimir Rybakov Vladimir Mechislavovich Rybakov (russian: Влади́мир Мечисла́вович Рыбако́в; 1947 – 20 August 2018) was a Russian writer. Vladimir was born to émigré parents in Paris in 1947. He lived in the Soviet Union 1956–19 ...
(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 Maria Aleksandrovna Rybakova (russian: link=no, Мари́я Александровна Рыбако́ва) (b. 1973 in Moscow) is a Russian writer whose works have been published in multiple languages. Life Rybakova is the only daughter of lit ...
(born 1973), novelist and short story writer * Pavel Rybnikov (1831–1885), ethnographer, folklorist and literary historian * Kondraty Ryleyev (1795–1826), poet, publisher and a leader of the
Decembrist Revolt The Decembrist Revolt ( ru , Восстание декабристов, translit = Vosstaniye dekabristov , translation = Uprising of the Decembrists) took place in Russia on , during the interregnum following the sudden death of Emperor Al ...
* Yuri Rytkheu (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 Boris Alexandrovich Sadovskoy (born Sadovskiy; Борис Александрович Садовской, February 22, 1881, Ardatov, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire, - April 3, 1952, Moscow, USSR) was a Russian poet, prosaic, literary ...
(1881–1952), poet, writer and literary critic *
German Sadulaev German Umaralievich Sadulaev (Russian: Герман Умаралиевич Садулаев, born 2 February 1973) is a Chechen writer. Biography German Sadulaev was born in 1973, in the town of Shali, in the Chechen-Ingush ASSR, to a Chechen ...
(born 1973), Chechen writer, ''I am a Chechen!'' * Evgeny Salias De Tournemire (1840–1908), writer, ''The Krutoyar Princess'' *
Ilya Salov Ilya Alexandrovich Salov (Илья Александрович Салов, 6 April 1834, Penza, Russian Empire, — 24 December 1902, Saratov, Russian Empire, was a Russian writer, playwright and translator. Having started in mid-1850s (in ''Russky ...
(1834–1902), writer, playwright and translator, ''Butuzka'' * Yuri Samarin (1819–1876), publicist and critic * Vladimir Sanin (1928–1989), writer of travel fiction * Genrikh Sapgir (1928–1999), poet and novelist * Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826–1889), novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist, ''
The History of a Town ''The History of a Town'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, История одного города, Istoriya odnogo goroda) is a 1870 novel by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. The plot presents the history of the town of Glupov (can be transl ...
'', '' The Golovlyov Family'' * Boris Savinkov (1879–1925), writer and revolutionary terrorist, ''What Never Happened'' * Feodosy Savinov (1865–1915), poet, ''Rodnoye'' *
Ilya Selvinsky Ilya Lvovich Selvinsky (russian: Илья Сельвинский, 24 October 1899 – 22 March 1968) was a Soviet Jewish poet, dramatist, memoirist, and essayist born in Simferopol, Crimea. Biography Selvinsky grew up in Yevpatoriya in a Jewish ...
(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 intellige ...
and
crime fiction Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...
, ''
Seventeen Instants of Spring ''Seventeen Moments of Spring'' (russian: Семнадцать мгновений весны, Semnadtsat' mgnoveniy vesny) is a 1973 Soviet twelve-part television series, directed by Tatyana Lioznova and based on the novel of the same title by ...
'' * Osip Senkovsky (1800–1858), Polish-Russian orientalist, journalist, writer and entertainer. * Alexander Serafimovich (1863–1949), writer, ''The Iron Flood'' * Andrey Sergeev (1933–1998), poet, translator and writer *
Sergei Sergeyev-Tsensky Sergei Nikolayevich Sergeyev-Tsensky (russian: link=no, Серге́й Николаевич Сергеев-Ценский, December 3, 1958) was a prolific Russian and Soviet writer and academician. According to the opinion of Sergei Sossinsky, ...
(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 (1907–1982), short story writer and poet, '' Kolyma Tales'' *
Olga Shapir Olga Andreyevna Shapir, born Kislaikova, (russian: Ольга Андреевна Шапир; September 10, 1850 – July 13, 1916) was a Russian writer, activist, and outspoken feminist. Early life and family Olga Shapir was born on September ...
(1850–1916), writer and feminist, ''The Settlement'' *Pyotr Shchebalsky (1810–1886), critic, editor and literary historian *Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik (1874–1952), poet, writer, playwright and translator, ''Deborah'' *Vladimir Shchiglev (1840–1903), satirical poet and playwright *Stepan Shchipachev (1889–1980), poet, ''Lines of Love'' *Vadim Shefner (1915–2002), poet and writer *Alexander Sheller (1838–1900), writer, poet and essayist, ''Putrid Moors'' *Nikolay Sherbina (1821–1869), poet, ''To the Sea'' *Vadim Shershenevich (1893–1942), futurist poet, writer and screenwriter, ''A Kiss From Mary Pickford'' *Stepan Shevyryov (1806–1864), poet, writer, critic and philologist *Mikhail Pavlovich Shishkin, Mikhail Shishkin (born 1961), modern writer, ''The Taking of Izmail'' *Vyacheslav Shishkov (1873–1945), writer, known for his descriptions of Siberia *Maria Shkapskaya (1891–1952), poet and journalist *Ivan Shmelyov (1873–1950), novelist, ''The Sun of the Dead'' *Mikhail Sholokhov (1905–1984), Nobel Prize–winning writer, ''And Quiet Flows the Don'' *Gennady Shpalikov (1937–1974), poet and screenwriter, ''I Step Through Moscow'' *Nikolai Shpanov (1896–1961), author *Vasily Shukshin (1929–1974), actor, writer, screenwriter and movie director, ''Roubles in Words, Kopeks in Figures'' *Pavel Shumil (born 1957), science fiction author *Evgeny Shvarts (1896–1958), writer, playwright and screenwriter, ''The Dragon'' *Konstantin Simonov (1915–1979), novelist and poet, "Wait for Me (poem), Wait for Me" *Andrei Sinyavsky (1925–1997), writer, publisher and dissident, ''Fantastic Stories'' *Alexander Skabichevsky (1838–1911), writer and literary critic *Stepan Skitalets (1869–1941), poet and writer, ''The Love of a Scene Painter'' *Victor Skumin (born 1948), writer and magazine editor *Olga Slavnikova (born 1957), novelist and literary critic *Vasily Sleptsov (1836–1878), novelist, short story writer and playwright, ''Hard Times'', "The Ward" *Konstantin Sluchevsky (1837–1904), poet and magazine editor *Boris Slutsky (1919–1986), representative of the War generation of Russian poets *Nikolai Snessarev (1856–1928), publicist, writer, literary critic and politician *Sofia Soboleva (1840–1884), writer and journalist, ''Pros and Cons'' *Anatoly Sofronov (1911–1990), writer, poet, playwright, scriptwriter, editor and literary administrator, ''The Cookie'' *Sasha Sokolov (born 1943), novelist, ''A School for Fools'' *Ivan Sokolov-Mikitov (1882–1975), author, journalist and short-story writer, ''Childhood'' *Vladimir Sollogub (1813–1882), writer and poet, ''The Snowstorm'' *Fyodor Sologub (1863–1927), symbolist poet, playwright and novelist, ''The Petty Demon'' *Vladimir Soloukhin (1924–1997), writer, journalist and poet, ''Verdict'' *Leonid Solovyov (writer), Leonid Solovyov (1906–1962), writer and playwright, ''Tale of Nasreddin, Hodja Nasreddin'' *Vladimir Solovyov (philosopher), Vladimir Solovyov (1853–1900), philosopher, poet, pamphleteer and literary critic *Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), Nobel Prize–winning writer, ''One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'', ''The Gulag Archipelago'' *Orest Somov (1793–1833), writer, journalist, literary critic and translator, ''Mommy and Sonny'' *Vladimir Sorokin (born 1955), popular postmodern writer and dramatist *Konstantin Staniukovich (1843–1903), nautical fiction, sea stories writer, ''Maximka'' *Mikhail Stasyulevich (1826–1911), writer, literary historian, editor and publisher *Vladimir Stavsky (1900–1943), writer, editor and literary administrator, ''Fighting for Motherland'' *Alexander Stein (1906–1993), writer, playwright, scriptwriter and memoirist *Ksenya Stepanycheva (born 1978), playwright, ''Pink Bow'' *Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky (1851–1895), writer, publicist and revolutionary, ''King Stork and King Log'' *Fyodor Stepun (1884–1965), Russian-German writer, philosopher, historian and sociologist *Dmitry Strelnikov (born 1969), poet, essayist and novelist *Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Arkady 1925–1991) (Boris 1933–2012), science fiction writers, ''Hard to Be a God'' *Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin (1817–1903), playwright, ''Scenes from the Past'' *Alexander Sumarokov (1717–1777), early poet and playwright *Ivan Surikov (1841–1880), peasant poet *Alexey Surkov (1899–1983), poet, editor, literary critic, "Zemlyanka" *Mikhail Sushkov (1775–1792), writer, ''The Russian Werther'' *Alexei Suvorin (1834–1912), publisher and journalist *Viktor Suvorov (born 1947), writer and historian *Fyodor Svarovsky (born 1971), poet *Mikhail Arkadyevich Svetlov, Mikhail Svetlov (1903–1964), poet and journalist, ''Song of Kakhovka''


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


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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 Narodnaya Volya *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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