From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of authors who have written works of prose and poetry in the
Russian language.
For separate lists by literary field:
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Alexander Ablesimov (1742–1783), opera librettist, poet, dramatist, satirist and journalist
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Fyodor Abramov (1920–1983), novelist and short story writer, Two Winters and Three Summers
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Grigory Adamov (1886–1945) science fiction writer, The Mystery of the Two Oceans
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Georgy Adamovich (1892–1972), poet, critic, memoirist, translator
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Anastasia Afanasieva (born 1982), physician, poet, writer & translator
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Alexander Afanasyev (1826–1871), folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales,
Russian Fairy Tales
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Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky (1816–1875), poet, writer, ethnographer and translator
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Alexander Afinogenov (1904–1941), playwright, A Far Place
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M. Ageyev (1898–1973), pseudonymous writer,
Novel with Cocaine
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Chinghiz Aitmatov (1928–2008),
Kyrgyz novelist and short story writer,
Jamilya,
The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years
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David Aizman (1869–1922), Russian-Jewish writer and playwright
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Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010), poet, short story writer, and translator, The String
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Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966),
acmeist poet,
Requiem, Poem Without a Hero
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Ivan Aksakov (1823–1886), journalist,
slavophile
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Konstantin Aksakov (1817–1860), playwright, critic and writer, slavophile
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Sergey Aksakov (1791–1859), novelist and miscellaneous writer,
The Scarlet Flower
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Vasily Aksyonov (1932–2009), novelist and short story writer,
Generations of Winter
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Boris Akunin (born 1956), author, essayist, translator and literary critic,
Erast Fandorin series,
Sister Pelagia series
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Mikhail Albov, (1851–1911), novelist and short story writer
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Mark Aldanov (died 1957), historical novelist
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Andrey Aldan-Semenov (1908–1985),
Gulag memoirist
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Mikhail Alekseyev (1918–2007) writer and editor, My Stalingrad
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Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916), Russian Jewish writer,
Wandering Stars
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Margarita Aliger (1915–1992), poet, translator, and journalist, Zoya
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Yuz Aleshkovsky (1929–2022), writer, poet, playwright and performer of his own songs, Kangaroo
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Boris Almazov (1827–1876), poet, translator and literary critic
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Alexander Amfiteatrov (1862–1938), writer and historian, Napoleonder
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Daniil Andreyev (1906–1959), writer, poet, and Christian mystic,
Roza Mira
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Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), novelist, playwright and short story writer,
The Seven Who Were Hanged,
The Life of Man
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Sergey Andreyevsky (1847–1918), writer, poet, literary critic, The Book on Death
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Irakly Andronikov (1908–1990), writer, historian, philologist and media personality
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Anna Mitrofanovna Aníchkova (1868/1869 – 1935), writer and translator who wrote under the pseudonym Ivan Strannik
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Pavel Annenkov (1813–1887), critic and memoirist, The Extraordinary Decade
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Yury Annenkov (1889–1974), artist and writer, A Tale of Trivia
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Innokenty Annensky (1855–1909), poet, critic and translator, representative of the first wave of
Russian Symbolism
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Lev Anninsky (1934–2019) writer, literary historian and critic
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Pavel Antokolsky (1896–1978), poet, All We Who in His Name
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Maxim Antonovich (1835–1918), critic, essayist, memoirist, translator and philosopher
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Elena Apreleva (1846–1923), writer, memoirist, playwright, Guilty without Guilt
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Aleksey Apukhtin (1840–1893), poet and writer, From Death to Life
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Maria Arbatova (born 1957), novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet and journalist
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Aleksei Arbuzov (1908–1986), playwright, A Long Road
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Vladimir Arnoldi (1871–1924), children's author and professor of biology
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Mikhail Artsybashev (1878–1927),
naturalist writer and playwright,
Sanin
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Nikolai Aseev (1889–1963),
futurist poet, Night Flute
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Viktor Astafyev (1924–2001), novelist and short story writer,
Sad Detective
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Lera Auerbach (Averbakh) (born 1973), poet, writer and composer
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Mikhail Avdeev (1821–1876), novelist and playwright, Tamarin trilogy
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Arkady Averchenko (1881–1925), satirical writer and playwright, Ninochka
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Vasily Avseenko (1842–1913), writer, journalist and literary critic
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Hizgil Avshalumov (1913–2001), Soviet novelist, poet and playwright
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Gennadiy Aygi (1934–2006),
Chuvash poet and translator
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Vasily Azhayev (1915–1968), novelist, Far from Moscow
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Semyon Babayevsky (1909–2000), novelist and short story writer, Golden Star Chavalier
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Isaak Babel (1894–1940), short story writer,
The Odessa Tales,
Red Cavalry
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Eduard Bagritsky (1895–1934),
constructivist poet, February
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Grigory Baklanov (1923–2009), novelist and magazine editor, Forever Nineteen
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Ivan Bakhtin (1756–1818), poet, satirist and politician
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Mikhail Bakhtin (1895–1975), philosopher, literary critic,
semiotician and scholar, "
Epic and Novel"
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Mikhail Bakunin (1814–1876), revolutionary and theorist of
collectivist anarchism,
God and the State,
Statism and Anarchy
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Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942),
symbolist poet and translator,
Burning Buildings,
Let Us Be Like the Sun
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Jurgis Baltrušaitis (1873–1944), poet and translator, The Pendulum
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Kazimir Barantsevich (1851–1927), writer and poet, Family Hearth
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Yevgeny Baratynsky (1800–1844), poet, The Gipsy
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Natalya Baranskaya (1908–2004), novelist and short story writer, A Week Like Any Other
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Ivan Barkov (1732–1768), comic and erotic poet, Luka Mudischev
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Anna Barkova (1901–1976), poet and writer,
Gulag survivor
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Elpidifor Barsov (1836–1917), literary historian, ethnographer, folklorist, philologist
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Agniya Barto (1906–1981), Russian-Jewish poet and children's writer
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Alexander Bashlachev (1960–1988), poet, musician, guitarist, and singer-songwriter
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Fyodor Batyushkov (1857–1920), philologist, essayist, literary and theatre historian
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Konstantin Batyushkov (1787–1855), poet, essayist and translator
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Nikolai Bazhin (1843–1908), writer, journalist and critic, The History of One People's Partnership
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Pavel Bazhov (1879–1950), fairy tale author,
The Malachite Casket
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Demyan Bedny (1883–1945), poet and satirist, New Testament Without Defects
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Dmitry Begichev (1786–1855), writer and politician
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Alexander Bek (1903–1972), novelist, And Not to Die
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Ekaterina Beketova (1855-1892), poet, writer, and translator
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Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848), writer, literary critic and philosopher
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Vasily Belov (1932–2012), writer, poet and dramatist, Eves, The Year of a Major Breakdown
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Andrei Bely (1880–1934),
symbolist poet, writer and essayist, The Silver Dove,
Petersburg
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Alexander Belyayev (1884–1942), science fiction author,
Amphibian Man
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Vladimir Benediktov (1807–1873); poet and translator
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Nina Berberova (1901–1993), novelist and short story writer, The Book of Happiness
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Nikolai Berg (1823–1884), poet, journalist, translator and historian
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Olga Bergholz (1910–1975), poet, playwright and memoirist
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Alexander Bestuzhev (1797–1837), novelist, short story writer and
Decembrist, An Evening on Bivouac
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Vitaly Bianki (1894–1959), nature and children's writer
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Aleksei Bibik (1878–1976), working-class novelist and short story writer
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Andrei Bitov (1937–2018), novelist and short story writer, Pushkin House
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Nikolai Blagoveshchensky (1837–1889), writer, journalist and biographer
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Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891), a founder of
Theosophy and the
Theosophical Society, The Secret Doctrine, Isis Unveiled
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Pyotr Blinov (1913–1942),
Udmurt writer and journalist
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Alexander Blok (1880–1921), poet, "
The Twelve"
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Pyotr Boborykin (1836–1921), writer, playwright and journalist, China Town
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Oleg Bogayev (born 1970), playwright, The Russian National Postal Service
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Andrei Bogdanov (1692–1766), bibliographer and ethnographer
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Alexander Bogdanov (1873–1928), novelist, physician, economist and philosopher,
Red Star
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Vladimir Bogomolov (1926–2003), novelist and short story writer,
Ivan
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Vladimir Bogoraz (1865–1936), revolutionary, writer and anthropologist
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Yuri Bondarev (1924–2020), novelist and short story writer, The Shore
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Leonid Borodin (1938–2011), novelist and journalist, The Story of a Strange Time
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Genrikh Borovik (born 1929), publicist, writer, playwright and filmmaker
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Vasily Botkin (1812–1869), critic, essayist and translator
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Valeri Brainin-Passek (born 1948), Russian/German musicologist, music manager, composer and poet
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Osip Brik (1888–1945), avant garde writer and literary critic
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Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996), poet and essayist, Nobel Prize Winner
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Valery Bryusov (1873–1924), poet, novelist and short story writer,
The Fiery Angel
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Yury Buida (born 1954), novelist and short story writer, The Zero Train
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Vladimir Bukovsky (1942–2019), writer and dissident
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Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940), novelist, short story writer and playwright,
Heart of a Dog,
The White Guard,
The Master and Margarita
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Faddey Bulgarin (1789–1859), Polish-born writer and journalist
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Kir Bulychev (1934–2003), science fiction author,
Half a Life
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Ivan Bunin (1870–1953), first Russian winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature,
The Village,
The Life of Arseniev,
Dark Avenues
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Anna Bunina (1774–1829), poet, Though Poverty's No Stain
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Viktor Burenin (1841–1926), writer, critic, playwright, librettist and satirical poet
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David Burliuk (1882–1967), illustrator, publicist and author associated with
Russian Futurism
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Dmitry Bykov (born 1967)
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Pyotr Bykov (1844–1930) literary historian, poet and translator
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Vasil Bykov (1924–2003)
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Dimitrie Cantemir (1673–1723), philosopher, historian, composer, musicologist, linguist, ethnographer and geographer
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Catherine the Great, (1729–1796), patroness of the arts, music and theatre, and opera librettist,
Fevey
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Pyotr Chaadayev (1794–1856), philosopher, Philosophical Letters
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Aleksey Chapygin (1870–1937), novelist and short story writer,
Stepan Razin
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Lidia Charskaya (1875–1938), novelist and actress
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Nikolai Chayev (1824–1914), writer, poet and playwright, Svat Faddeyich
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Alexander Chekhov (1855–1913), writer and journalist
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Anton Chekhov (1860–1904), short story writer and playwright,
The Seagull,
The Cherry Orchard, "
Ward No. 6",
The Lady with the Dog"
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Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828–1889), writer, journalist and politician,
What Is to Be Done?
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Evgeny Chirikov (1864–1932), novelist, short story writer and playwright, The Magician
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Sasha Chorny (1880–1932), poet, satirist and children's writer
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Korney Chukovsky (1882–1969), children's poet,
Wash'em'clean
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Lydia Chukovskaya (1907–1996), writer and poet,
Sofia Petrovna
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Georgy Chulkov (1879–1939), poet, editor, writer and critic
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Denis Davydov (1784–1839), soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars
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Vladimir Dal (1801–1872), writer and
lexicographer,
Explanatory Dictionary
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Yuli Daniel (1925–1988), dissident writer, poet and translator, This is Moscow Speaking
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Grigory Danilevsky (1829–1890), historical and ethnographical novelist, Moscow in Flames
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Anton Delvig (1798–1831), poet, journalist and magazine editor
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Grigoriy Demidovtsev (born 1960), writer and playwright
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Andrey Dementyev (1928–2018), poet and writer
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Boris Derevensky (born 1962), writer and historian
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Regina Derieva (1949–2013), poet, writer and essayist
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Gavrila Derzhavin (1743–1816), poet and statesman,
Let the Thunder of Victory Sound!
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Nikolai Devitte (1811–1844), poet, harpist and songwriter, Not for Me.
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Andrei Dmitriev (born 1956), novelist and short story writer, winner of the 2012
Russian Booker Prize
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Ivan Dmitriev (1760–1837),
sentimentalist poet and Russian Minister of Justice
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Valentina Dmitryeva (1859–1947), writer, doctor and teacher, Hveska, the Doctor's Watchman
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Nikolay Dobrolyubov (1836–1861), literary critic, journalist, poet and essayist
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Leonid Dobychin (1894–1936), novelist and short story writer,
The Town of N
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Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky (1915–1994) poet and songwriter
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Yury Dombrovsky (1909–1978), poet, writer and Gulag survivor,
The Faculty of Useless Knowledge
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Vlas Doroshevich (1864–1922), journalist, writer and drama critic, The Way of the Cross
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Lyubov Dostoyevskaya (1869–1926), novelist and biographer, The Emigrant
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881), writer, essayist, journalist and editor,
Notes from Underground,
Crime and Punishment,
The Idiot,
Demons,
The Brothers Karamazov,
The House of the Dead,
The Gambler, "
White Nights", "
A Gentle Creature", "
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man"
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Mikhail Dostoyevsky (1820–1864), writer, critic and editor,
Vremya
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Sergei Dovlatov (1941–1990), novelist, short story writer and journalist,
Affiliate
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Spiridon Drozhzhin (1848–1930), poet, At the Village Assembly
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Yulia Drunina (1924–1991), poet and politician
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Alexander Druzhinin (1824–1864), writer and magazine editor, Polinka Saks
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Vladimir Dudintsev (1918–1998), novelist,
Not by Bread Alone
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Sergey Durov (1816–1869), poet, translator, writer, and political activist
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Nadezhda Durova (1783–1866), soldier and writer, The Cavalry Maiden
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Yevgeny Edelson (1824–1868), literary critic, essayist and translator
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Ilya Ehrenburg (1891–1967), novelist and
WWII war correspondent,
The Black Book,
The Thaw
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Natan Eidelman (1930–1989), author, biographer and historian
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Grigory Eliseev (1821–1891) essayist, historian, editor, and publisher.
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Sergey Elpatyevsky (1854–1933), novelist and short story writer, Pity Me!
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Nikolai Engelhardt (1867–1942), writer, critic, poet, journalist and memoirist
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Asar Eppel (1935–2012), writer and translator, Red Caviar Sandwiches
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Nikolai Erdman (1900–1970), playwright,
The Suicide
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Victor Erofeyev (born 1947), writer, literary critic and magazine editor,
Russian Beauty
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Alexander Ertel (1855–1908), novelist and short story writer, A Greedy Peasant
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Mikhail Evstafiev (born 1963), artist, photographer and writer,
Two Steps from Heaven
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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
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Konstantin Fedin (1892–1977), novelist, Cities and Years
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Georgy Fedotov (1886–1951), religious philosopher, historian and essayist
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Afanasy Fet (1820–1892), poet and translator
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Vera Figner (1852–1942), revolutionary and writer, member of
Narodnaya Volya
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Terty Filippov (1825–1899) folklorist, essayist, editor and pedagogue
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Dmitry Filosofov (1872–1940) essayist, critic, religious thinker, editor and political activist
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Konstantin Fofanov (1862–1911), poet, considered to be a precursor of the symbolists, Shadows and Mystery
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Denis Fonvizin (1744–1792), dramatist, The Minor
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Olga Forsh (1873–1961), writer, dramatist, memoirist and scenarist, Palace and Prison
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Ruvim Frayerman (1891–1972) writer, poet, essayist and journalist, Wild Dog Dingo
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Dmitry Furmanov (1891–1926), writer, known for his
Russian Civil War novel
Chapayev
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Cherubina de Gabriak (1887–1928), pseudonymous poet
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Arkady Gaidar (1904–1941), children's writer, Timur and His Squad
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Alexey Galakhov (1807–1892), writer, memoirist and literary historian, The History of Russian Literature
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Alexander Galich (1918–1977), poet, screenwriter, playwright and singer-songwriter
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Alisa Ganieva (pseudonym Gulla Khirachev) (born 1985), writer and essayist
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Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovsky (1852–1906), writer, essayist and engineer, Practical Training
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Vsevolod Garshin (1855–1888), short story writer, "Four Days", "The Red Flower"
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Aleksei Gastev (1882–1939),
avant garde poet
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Gaito Gazdanov (1903–1971), novelist and short story writer, An Evening with Claire, The Spectre of Alexander Wolf
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Mikhail Gerasimov (1889–1939), working-class poet
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Yuri German (1910–1967), writer, playwright, screenwriter and journalist, The Cause You Serve
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Vladimir Gilyarovsky (1853–1935), writer and journalist, The Stories of the Slums
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Lidiya Ginzburg (1902–1990), literary critic and a survivor of the
Siege of Leningrad, Blockade Diary
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Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904–1977),
Gulag memoirist,
Journey into the Whirlwind, Within the Whirlwind
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Zinaida Gippius (1869–1945), essayist, memoirist, writer, poet and playwright,
The Green Ring
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Anatoly Gladilin (1935–2018), novelist, Moscow Racetrack
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Fyodor Gladkov (1883–1958), novelist and short story writer,
Cement
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Nikolay Glazkov (1919–1979), poet, creator of the term "
Samizdat"
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Fyodor Glinka (1786–1880), poet and playwright, Karelia
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Boris Glinsky (1860–1917) writer, publicist, publisher, editor and politician
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Dmitry Glukhovsky (born 1979), writer and journalist,
Metro 2033
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Nikolay Gnedich (1784–1833), poet and translator, The Fishers
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Pyotr Gnedich (1855–1925), novelist, poet, playwright, translator, theatre entrepreneur and art historian
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Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852), writer and dramatist,
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka,
The Government Inspector,
Dead Souls
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Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848–1913), poet,
Songs and Dances of Death
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Boris Golovin (born 1955), singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist
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Ivan Goncharov (1812–1891), novelist,
Oblomov
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Natalya Gorbanevskaya (1936–2013), poet, translator and civil rights activist
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Ivan Gorbunov (1831–1896), writer and stage actor, The Scenes from People's Life
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Dmitry Gorchakov (1758–1824), poet, playwright and satirist
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Grigori Gorin (1940–2000), writer, playwright and screenwriter,
The Very Same Munchhausen
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Maxim Gorky (1868–1936), novelist, short story writer and playwright,
The Lower Depths,
Mother,
My Childhood. In the World. My Universities,
The Life of Klim Samgin
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Nina Gorlanova (born 1947), novelist and short story writer
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Sergey Gorodetsky (1884–1967), poet, one of the founders of the acmeist school
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Daniil Granin (1919–2017), novelist, Those Who Seek
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Nikolay Gretsch (1787–1867), journalist, writer and magazine editor,
Northern Bee
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Aleksander Griboyedov (1795–1828), dramatist and statesman, Woe from Wit
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Dmitry Grigorovich (1822–1900), novelist,
The Fishermen
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Oleg Grigoriev (1943–1992), poet and artist
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Apollon Grigoryev (1822–1864), poet, literary and theatrical critic, translator and memoirist
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Alexander Grin (1880–1932), author of novels and stories set in
Grinlandia,
Scarlet Sails
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Isabella Grinevskaya (1864–1944), poet, writer and playwright
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Vasily Grossman (1905–1964), writer and war correspondent,
Life and Fate
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Vitali Gubarev (1912–1981), journalist and writer
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Igor Guberman (born 1936), writer and satirical poet
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Semyon Gudzenko (1922–1953), poet
of the World War II generation
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Lev Gumilev (1912–1992), historian, ethnologist and anthropologist
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Nikolay Gumilev (1886–1921), poet, founder of the
acmeist movement
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Elena Guro (1877–1913),
futurist writer and painter, The Hurdy-Gurdy
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Andrei Gusev (born 1952), writer and journalist,
The World According to Novikoff
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Sergey Gusev-Orenburgsky (1867–1963), novelist, The Land of the Fathers
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Ilf and Petrov (Ilf 1897–1937) (Petrov 1903–1942), satirical writers,
The Twelve Chairs,
The Little Golden Calf
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Vera Inber (1890–1972), poet and writer, Lalla's Interests
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Mikhail Isakovsky (1900–1973), poet and songwriter,
Katyusha
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Fazil Iskander, (1929–2016),
Abkhaz writer, Sandro of Chegem
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Alexei Ivanov (born 1969), novelist and screenwriter
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Georgy Ivanov (1894–1958), poet and essayist, Disintegration of the Atom
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Vsevolod Ivanov (1895–1963), writer and plawright,
Armoured Train 14-69
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Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866–1949), poet, playwright, philosopher, translator and literary critic
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Yuri Ivask (1907–1986), poet, essayist, literary critic and historian
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Ryurik Ivnev (1891–1981), poet, novelist and translator
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Sergey Izgiyayev (1922–1972), poet, playwright and translator
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Alexander Izmaylov (1779–1831), fabulist, poet and novelist
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Gavril Kamenev (1772–1803), poet, writer and translator
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Vasily Kamensky (1884–1961), poet, playwright and artist, one of the first Russian aviators
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Antiochus Kantemir (1708–1744), writer and poet, On the Envy and Pride of Evil-Minded Courtiers
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Nikolay Karamzin (1766–1826), poet, writer and historian, Poor Liza
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Alexander Karasyov (born 1971), writer, Russian War Prose
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Pyotr Karatygin (1805–1879), playwright, actor and memoirist
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Nikolay Karazin (1842–1908), painter and writer, The Two-Legged Wolf
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Nikolay Karonin-Petropavlovsky (1853–1892),
narodnik writer, First Storm
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Evtikhy Pavlovich Karpov (1857–1926), playwright and theatre director
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Vladimir Karpov (1922–2010), novelist and magazine editor, The Commander
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Vasily Kapnist (1758–1823), poet and playwright, Chicane
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Lev Kassil (1905–1970), writer of juvenile and young adult literature
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Ivan Kataev (1902–1937), novelist and short story writer, Immortality
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Valentin Kataev (1897–1986), writer and playwright,
Time, Forward!
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Pavel Katenin (1792–1853),
classicist poet, dramatist and literary critic
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Mikhail Katkov (1818–1887), journalist and publicist,
Moscow News
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Veniamin Kaverin (1902–1989), novelist,
The Two Captains
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Emmanuil Kazakevich (1913–1962), writer, poet and playwright, The Blue Notebook
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Yury Kazakov (1927–1982), short story writer, Going To Town
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Rimma Kazakova (1932–2008), poet, Let's Meet in the East
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Dmitri Kedrin (1907–1945), poet, Confession
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Yuri Khanon (born 1965), novelist and eccentric, Skryabin As a Face
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Mark Kharitonov (born 1937), writer, poet, and translator, Lines of Fate
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Yevgeny Kharitonov (1941–1981), writer, poet, playwright and theater director
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Daniil Kharms (1905–1942), novelist, short story writer and playwright, The Old Woman, Incidences, Elizaveta Bam
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Ivan Khemnitser (1745–1784), satirical poet, The Rich Man and the Poor Man
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Mikhail Kheraskov (1733–1807), poet, writer and playwright, Vladimir Reborn
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Velimir Khlebnikov (1885–1922), futurist poet and author, Incantation by Laughter
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Nikolai Khmelnitsky (1789–1845), playwright, literary critic and translator, Chatterbox
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Vladislav Khodasevich (1886–1939), poet and literary critic
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Aleksey Khomyakov (1804–1860), poet, co-founder of the slavophile movement
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Nadezhda Khvoshchinskaya (1824–1889), writer, critic and translator, The Boarding-School Girl
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Ivan Kireyevsky (1806–1856), writer, co-founder of the slavophile movement
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Dmitry Khvostov (1757–1835), poet and fabulist
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Vladimir Kirshon (1902–1938), playwright, The Miraculous Alloy
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Marusya Klimova (born 1961), writer and translator
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Daniel Kluger (born 1951), author and songwriter
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Nikolai Klyuev (1884–1937), peasant poet, A Northern Poem
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Viktor Klyushnikov (1841–1892), writer, editor and journalist, The Haze
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Yakov Knyazhnin (1740/42–1791), playwright, poet and translator, The Braggart
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Vsevolod Kochetov (1912–1973), novelist and journalist, The Zhurbin Family
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Pavel Kogan (1918–1942), poet and
military interpreter
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Ivan Kokorev (1825–1853), short story writer and essayist
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Alexandra Kollontai (1872–1952), writer, feminist and important political figure, Love of Worker Bees
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Aleksey Koltsov (1809–1842), poet, An Old Man's Song
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Mikhail Koltsov (1898–1940/42), journalist and satirist
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Fyodor Koni (1809–1889), dramatist, theatre critic, literary historian, editor and memoirist
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Evgenia Konradi (1838–1898), essayist, journalist, writer, and women's education advocate
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Lev Kopelev (1912–1997), writer, journalist and dissident
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Apollon Korinfsky (1868–1937), writer, poet, essayist, translator and memoirist
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Oleksandr Korniychuk (1905–1972), playwright, literary critic and state official, In the Steppes of Ukraine
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Vladimir Korolenko (1853–1921), writer and memoirist, The Blind Musician
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Nestor Kotlyarevsky (1863–1925), writer, publicist, literary critic and historian, The Nineteenth Century
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Arkady Kots (1872–1943), poet and translator, Proletarian Songs
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Yury Koval (1938–1995), writer and artist
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Sofia Kovalevskaya (1859–1891), writer and mathematician, Nihilist Girl
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Vadim Kozhevnikov (1909–1984), novelist and short story writer, Shield and Sword
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Nadezhda Kozhevnikova (born 1949), writer and journalist, Attorney Alexandra Tikhonovna
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Ivan Kozlov (1779–1840), poet and translator, The Monk
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Eugene Kozlovsky (born 1946), writer, journalist, theatre director and film director
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Vasili Krasovsky (1782–1824), poet, Scrolls of the Muse
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Andrey Krayevsky (1810–1889), journalist, publicist, publisher and editor,
Otechestvennye Zapiski
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Vsevolod Krestovsky (1840–1895), writer, Knights of Industry
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Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921), writer and anarchist theorist, In Russian and French Prisons
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Aleksei Kruchenykh (1886–1968), futurist poet, co-creator of the literary concept "
Zaum"
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Vladimir Krupin (born 1941), writer, editor and religious author, Aqua Vitae
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Ivan Krylov (1769–1844), major
fabulist and dramatist
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Gleb Krzhizhanovsky (1872–1959), poet, author of the Russian version of the
Warszawianka
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Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (1887–1950), short story writer, Quadraturin
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Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954), poet and novelist
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Pyotr Kudryavtsev (1816–1858), writer, historian, literary critic, philologist and journalist
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Nestor Kukolnik (1809–1868), playwright, poet and librettist,
A Life for the Tsar
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Aleksandr Kuprin (1870–1938), novelist and short story writer,
The Duel
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Wilhelm Küchelbecker (1797–1846), poet and magazine editor,
Mnemozina
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Nikolai Kurochkin (1830–1884), poet, editor, translator and essayist
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Vasily Kurochkin (1831–1875), satirical poet, journalist and translator
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Vladimir Kurochkin (1829–1885), dramatist, translator, editor and publisher
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Ivan Kushchevsky (1847–1876), novelist and short story writer, Nikolai Negorev
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Alexander Kushner (born 1936), poet and essayist, The First Impression
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Dmitry Kuzmin (born 1968), poet, critic and publisher
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Mikhail Kuzmin (1872–1936), poet and novelist,
Wings
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Anatoly Kuznetsov (1929–1979), novelist,
Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel
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Lazar Lagin (1903–1979), satirist and children's writer,
Old Khottabych
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Yuri Laptev (1903–1984), writer and journalist, Zarya
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Yulia Latynina (born 1966), writer and journalist,
The Insider
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Boris Lavrenyov (1891–1959), writer and playwright, Such a Simple Thing
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Pyotr Lavrov (1823–1900), prominent theorist of
narodism, philosopher, publicist and sociologist.
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Ivan Lazhechnikov (1792–1869), historical novelist, The Heretic
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Vasily Lebedev-Kumach (1898–1949), poet and lyricist,
Serdtse
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Anatoly Leman (1859–1913), writer and editor, The Gentry's Tale
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Leonid Leonov (1899–1994), major novelist and short story writer, The Thief
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Konstantin Leontiev (1831–1891), philosopher and essayist
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Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841), major poet, playwright and novelist,
A Hero of Our Time
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Nikolai Leskov (1831–1895), novelist, short story writer and journalist,
Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District,
The Cathedral Clergy,
The Enchanted Wanderer
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Alexander Levitov (1835–1877), short story writer, Leatherhide the Cobbler
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Nikolay Leykin (1841–1906), writer and publisher,
Fragments Magazine
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Vladimir Lichutin (born 1940), writer and essayist
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Viktor Likhonosov (1936–2021), writer and editor, Unwritten Memoirs. Our Little Paris.
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Eduard Limonov (1943–2020), writer and dissident,
It's Me, Eddie
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Dmitri Lipskerov (born 1964), writer and playwright, The Forty Years of Changzhoeh
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Mirra Lokhvitskaya (1869–1905), poet and playwright
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Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765), polymath, scientist, writer and linguistic reformer
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Vladimir Lugovskoy (1901–1957), constructivist poet
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Sergey Lukyanenko (born 1968), popular science-fiction and fantasy author,
The Stars Are Cold Toys
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Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875–1933), journalist and publicist
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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
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Vladimir Makanin (1937–2017), novelist and short story writer, Antileader
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Sergey Malitsky (born 1962), fantasy fiction writer
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Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak (1852–1912), novelist, The Privalov Fortune
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Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899–1980), writer and memoirist, Hope Against Hope, Hope Abandoned
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Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938), poet and writer, member of the acmeist school, The Stone
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Anatoly Marienhof (1897–1962), novelist, poet and playwright, A Novel Without Lies
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Alexandra Marinina (born 1957), writer of detective stories
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Evgeny Markov (1835–1903), writer, critic and ethnographer, Black Earth Field
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Maria Markova (born 1982), poet
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Boleslav Markevich (1822–1884), writer, essayist, journalist, literary critic and translator
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Samuil Marshak (1887–1964), writer, translator and children's poet, The Twelve Months
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Vladilen Mashkovtsev (1929–1997), poet, writer and journalist
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Mikhail Matinsky (1750–1820), scientist, dramatist, librettist and opera composer.
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Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930), futurist poet, writer and playwright,
Mystery-Bouffe
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Apollon Maykov (1821–1897), poet and translator
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Valerian Maykov (1823–1847), literary critic, brother of Apollon Maykov
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Vasily Maykov (1728–1778), poet, fabulist, playwright and translator
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Lev Mei (1822–1862), poet and playwright,
The Tsar's Bride
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Pavel Melnikov (1818–1883), ethnographical novelist, In the Forests
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Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1866–1941), poet and novelist, Christ and Antichrist
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Aleksey Merzlyakov (1778–1830), poet, critic, translator and professor
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Arvo Mets (1937–1997), poet and translator, Resemblance
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Alexander Mezhirov (1923–2009), poet, translator and critic
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Sergey Mikhalkov (1913–2009), children's writer, satirist and songwriter, author of the
National Anthem of the Soviet Union
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Nikolay Mikhaylovsky (1842–1904), publicist, literary critic, sociologist and narodnik theoretician
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Dmitry Minayev (1835–1889), satirical poet, journalist, translator and literary critic
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Nikolai Minsky (1855–1937), poet, writer and translator, From the Gloom to the Light
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Boris Mozhayev (1923–1996), writer, playwright, script-writer and editor, Alive
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Daniil Mordovtsev (1830–1905), writer and historian of Ukrainian descent
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Yunna Morits (born 1937), poet and artist, The Vine
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Sergey Mstislavsky (1876–1943), writer, dramatist, publicist, anthropologist, editor and political activist
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Viktor Muyzhel (1880–1924), writer and painter
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Viktor Muravin (born 1929), novelist, The Diary of Vikenty Angarov
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Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977), poet and novelist, wrote first in Russian, then in English, author of
Lolita
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Nikolai Nadezhdin (1804–1856), literary critic and ethnographer
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Semyon Nadson (1862–1887), poet, Pity the Stately Cypress Trees
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Yuri Nagibin (1920–1994), novelist, short story writer and screenwriter
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Vladimir Narbut (1888–1938), acmeist poet and magazine editor
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Vasily Narezhny (1780–1825), novelist, A Russian Gil Blas
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Sergey Narovchatov (1919–1981), writer and magazine editor,
Novy Mir
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Nikolai Naumov, (1838–1901), essayist and short story writer, Cobweb
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Filipp Nefyodov (1838–1902), writer, journalist, editor, ethnographer and archeologist, Among People
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Nikolay Nekrasov (1821–1878), major poet and magazine editor,
Who Can be Happy and Free in Russia?
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Viktor Nekrasov (1911–1987), novelist, Front-line Stalingrad
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Viktor Nekipelov (1928–1989), poet, writer and dissident
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Miroslav Nemirov (1961–2016), poet and songwriter
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Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko (1845–1936), novelist, essayist and war correspondent
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Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858–1943), theatre director, writer and playwright, co-founder of the
Moscow Art Theatre
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Löb Nevakhovich (1776/78–1831), Russia-Jewish writer and playwright
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Alexander Neverov (1886–1923), writer and playwright, City of Bread
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Friedrich Neznansky (1932–2013), crime novelist, Red Square
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Ivan Nikitin (1824–1861), poet and writer, Kulak
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Nikolai Nikolev (1758–1815), poet and playwright
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Pavel Nilin (1908–1981), writer, journalist and playwright, Man Goes Uphill
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Nikolay Nosov (1908–1976), children's writer,
Neznaika
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Yevgeny Nosov (1925–2002), writer, Usvyat Warriors
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Osip Notovich (1849–1914), publisher, playwright and essayist
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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
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Alexander Odoevsky (1802–1839), poet and playwright, activist of the
Decembrist Revolt
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Vladimir Odoevsky (1803–1869), philosopher, writer, music critic, philanthropist and pedagogue,
The Living Corpse
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Irina Odoyevtseva (1895–1990), poet, novelist and memoirist
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Nikolay Ogarev (1813–1877), poet, historian and political activist
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Bulat Okudzhava (1924–1997), poet, writer and singer-songwriter, The Art of Needles and Sins
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Yury Olesha (1899–1960), novelist and short story writer,
Envy
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Nikolay Oleynikov (1898–1937), editor, avant-garde poet and playwright
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Vladimir Orlov (author) (1936–2014), novelist
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Mikhail Osorgin (1878–1942), journalist, novelist, short story writer and essayist
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Sergey Ostrovoy (1911–2005), poet, author of lyrics to many popular Soviet songs
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Alexander Ostrovsky (1823–1886), major playwright,
The Storm
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Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904–1936),
socialist realist writer,
How the Steel Was Tempered
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Valentin Ovechkin (1904–1968), writer, playwright, journalist and war correspondent, Greetings from the Front
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Vladislav Ozerov (1769–1816), playwright, Dmitry Donskoy
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Marina Palei (born 1955), scriptwriter, publicist, novelist and translator, Rendezvous
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Alexander Palm (1822–1885), poet, novelist and playwright,
Petrashevsky Circle member, Alexey Slobodin
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Liodor Palmin (1841–1891), poet, translator and journalist
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Ivan Panaev (1812–1862), writer, critic and publisher/editor of
Sovremennik magazine
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Avdotya Panaeva (1820–1893), novelist, short story writer and memoirist
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Vera Panova (1905–1973), novelist, short story writer, journalist and playwright,
Seryozha
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Valentin Parnakh (1891–1951), poet, translator, choreographer and musician, founder of Russian jazz music
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Sophia Parnok (1885–1933), poet, playwright and translator
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Andrei Parshev (born 1955), political writer
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Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), poet and novelist, not permitted by the
Soviet Union to accept the
Nobel Prize,
Doctor Zhivago
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Pyotr Patrushev (1942–2016), writer and dissident
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Konstantin Paustovsky (1892–1968), writer, Nobel Prize nominee, Story of a Life
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Pyotr Pavlenko (1899–1951), writer, Happiness
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Oleg Pavlov (1970–2018), novelist and short story writer
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Karolina Pavlova (1807–1893), poet and novelist, A Double Life
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Vladimir Pecherin (1807–1885), poet and writer, Notes from Beyond the Tomb
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Victor Pelevin (born 1962), modern writer,
Omon Ra
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Yakov Perelman (1882–1942), science writer, Physics for Entertainment
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Pyotr Pertsov (1868–1947), publisher, editor, literary critic, journalist and memoirist
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Nick Perumov (born 1963), fantasy and science fiction writer
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Pyotr Petrov (1827–1891), writer, arts historian, genealogist and bibliographer, The Tsar's Judgement
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Mariya Petrovykh (1908–1979), poet and translator
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Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (born 1938), modern writer and playwright,
The Time: Night
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Valentin Pikul (1928–1990), novelist, At the Last Frontier
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Boris Pilnyak (1894–1938), novelist, The Naked Year
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Dmitry Pisarev (1840–1868), critic and publicist
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Aleksey Pisemsky (1821–1881), novelist and dramatist,
A Bitter Fate
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Andrei Platonov (1899–1951), novelist, short story writer and playwright,
Chevengur,
The Foundation Pit
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Georgi Plekhanov (1857–1918), writer, revolutionary and Marxist theoretician
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Aleksey Pleshcheyev (1825–1893), radical poet, Step Forward! Without Fear or Doubt
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Pyotr Pletnyov (1792–1866), poet, dedicatee of Pushkin's Eugene Onegin
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Mikhail Pogodin (1800–1875), historian and journalist
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Nikolai Pogodin (1900–1962), playwright, journalist and magazine editor
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Antony Pogorelsky (1787–1837), fantasy fiction writer, Dvoinik
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Evgeny Pogozhev (1870–1931), religious writer, essayist and journalist (pen name E. Poselyanin)
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Konstantin Podrevsky (1888–1930), poet, translator, lyricist,
Dorogoi dlinnoyu
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Boris Polevoy (1908–1981), writer and journalist, The Story of a Real Man
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Ksenofont Polevoy (1801–1867), writer, literary critic, journalist, publisher and translator
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Nikolai Polevoy (1796–1846), writer, historian and magazine editor, The Moscow Telegraph
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Pyotr Polevoy (1839–1902), writer, playwright, translator, critic and literary historian
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Alexander Polezhayev (1804–1838), satirical poet, Sashka
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Elizaveta Polonskaya (1890–1969), poet, translator, and journalist, the only female member of the
Serapion Brothers
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Leonid Polonsky (1833–1913), writer, journalist, editor and publisher, Mad Musician
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Yakov Polonsky (1819–1898), poet, Georgian Night
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Nikolay Pomyalovsky (1835–1863), novelist and short story writer, Seminary Sketches
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Mikhail Popov (1742–1790), writer, poet, dramatist and opera librettist,
Anyuta
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Nikolay Popovsky (1730–1760), poet and translator
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Vasili Popugaev (1778/79–1816), poet, novelist and translator
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Oleg Postnov (born 1962), novelist and translator
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Ignaty Potapenko (1856–1929), writer and playwright, A Russian Priest
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Michael Prawdin (1894–1970), historical writer
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Alexander Preys (1905–1942), playwright and librettist,
The Nose
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Dmitri Prigov (1940–2007), writer and artist, Live in Moscow
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Zakhar Prilepin (born 1975), writer and dissident, member of the
National Bolshevik Party
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Maria Prilezhayeva (1903–1989), children's writer, The Life of Lenin
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Mikhail Prishvin (1873–1954), journalist and writer
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Valentyn Prodaievych (born 1960), journalist and writer, lives in Florida
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Alexander Prokhanov (born 1938), writer and newspaper editor, Empire's Last Soldier
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Alexander Prokofyev (1900–1971), poet and war correspondent
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Iosif Prut (1900–1996), playwright and screenwriter
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Kozma Prutkov (1803–1863), satirist, pseudonym of
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy and his cousins
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Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837), poet, novelist and dramatist,
Eugene Onegin
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Vasily Pushkin (1766–1830), poet, uncle of Alexander Pushkin
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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
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Edvard Radzinsky (born 1936), writer, playwright, TV personality, screenwriter and historian
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Vladimir Rayevsky (1795–1872), poet and Decembrist
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Valentin Rasputin (1937–2015), novelist, Farewell to Matyora
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Irina Ratushinskaya (1954–2017) dissident poet and writer, Grey is the Color of Hope
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Razumnik Ivanov-Razumnik (1878–1946), writer, philosopher and literary critic
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Yevgeny Rein (born 1935), poet and writer, The Names of Bridges
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Vera Reznik (born 1944), writer, translator and literary scholar
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Aleksey Remizov (1877–1957), modernist writer, calligrapher and folklore enthusiast, The Clock, Sisters of the Cross
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Fyodor Reshetnikov (1841–1871), novelist, The Podlipnayans
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Mikhail Rosenheim (1820–1887), poet, editor, publicist and translator
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Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932–1994), poet, Flags of Spring
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Helena Roerich (1879–1949), philosopher, writer and public figure
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Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947), painter, philosopher, scientist, writer, traveler and public figure
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Konstantin Romanov (1858–1915), poet and playwright, The King of the Jews
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Panteleimon Romanov (1884–1938), writer, Without Bird-Cherry Blossoms
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Mikhail Roshchin (1933–2010), playwright, screenwriter and short story writer
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Yevdokiya Rostopchina (1811–1858), poet and writer, Forced Marriage
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Vasily Rozanov (1856–1919), writer and philosopher
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Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932–1994), poet, Flags of Spring
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Dina Rubina (born 1953), novelist and short story writer, The Blackthorn
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Anatoly Rybakov (1911–1998), novelist,
Children of the Arbat
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Vladimir Rybakov (1947–2018), novelist and journalist, The Afghans: A Novella of Soviet Soldiers in Afghanistan
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Vyacheslav Rybakov (born 1954), science fiction author and orientalist, The Trial Sphere
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Maria Rybakova (born 1973), novelist and short story writer
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Pavel Rybnikov (1831–1885), ethnographer, folklorist and literary historian
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Kondraty Ryleyev (1795–1826), poet, publisher and a leader of the
Decembrist Revolt
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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
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Dmitry Sadovnikov (1847–1883), poet, folklorist and ethnographer, "
Iz-za ostrova na strezhen"
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Boris Sadovskoy (1881–1952), poet, writer and literary critic
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German Sadulaev (born 1973),
Chechen writer, I am a Chechen!
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Evgeny Salias De Tournemire (1840–1908), writer, The Krutoyar Princess
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Ilya Salov (1834–1902), writer, playwright and translator, Butuzka
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Yuri Samarin (1819–1876), publicist and critic
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Vladimir Sanin (1928–1989), writer of travel fiction
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Genrikh Sapgir (1928–1999), poet and novelist
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Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826–1889), novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist,
The History of a Town,
The Golovlyov Family
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Boris Savinkov (1879–1925), writer and revolutionary terrorist, What Never Happened
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Feodosy Savinov (1865–1915), poet, Rodnoye
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Ilya Selvinsky (1899–1968), poet, leader of the constructivist school
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Sergey Semyonov (1868–1922), peasant writer, Gluttons
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Yulian Semyonov (1931–1993), writer of
spy fiction and
crime fiction,
Seventeen Instants of Spring
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Osip Senkovsky (1800–1858), Polish-Russian orientalist, journalist, writer and entertainer.
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Alexander Serafimovich (1863–1949), writer, The Iron Flood
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Andrey Sergeev (1933–1998), poet, translator and writer
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Sergei Sergeyev-Tsensky (1875–1958), writer and academician, Brusilov's Breakthrough
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Efraim Sevela (1928–2010), writer, screenwriter, director and producer
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Igor Severyanin (1887–1941),
ego futurist poet, The Cup of Thunder
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Marietta Shaginyan (1888–1982), writer of Armenian descent, Mess-Mend
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Alexander Shakhovskoy (1777–1846) playwright, writer, poet, librettist and critic, The New Stern
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Varlam Shalamov (1907–1982), short story writer and poet,
Kolyma Tales
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Olga Shapir (1850–1916), writer and feminist, The Settlement
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Pyotr Shchebalsky (1810–1886), critic, editor and literary historian
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Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik (1874–1952), poet, writer, playwright and translator, Deborah
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Vladimir Shchiglev (1840–1903), satirical poet and playwright
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Stepan Shchipachev (1889–1980), poet, Lines of Love
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Vadim Shefner (1915–2002), poet and writer
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Alexander Sheller (1838–1900), writer, poet and essayist, Putrid Moors
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Nikolay Sherbina (1821–1869), poet, To the Sea
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Vadim Shershenevich (1893–1942), futurist poet, writer and screenwriter,
A Kiss From Mary Pickford
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Stepan Shevyryov (1806–1864), poet, writer, critic and philologist
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Mikhail Shishkin (born 1961), modern writer, The Taking of Izmail
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Vyacheslav Shishkov (1873–1945), writer, known for his descriptions of Siberia
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Maria Shkapskaya (1891–1952), poet and journalist
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Ivan Shmelyov (1873–1950), novelist, The Sun of the Dead
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Mikhail Sholokhov (1905–1984), Nobel Prize–winning writer,
And Quiet Flows the Don
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Gennady Shpalikov (1937–1974), poet and screenwriter,
I Step Through Moscow
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Nikolai Shpanov (1896–1961), author
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Vasily Shukshin (1929–1974), actor, writer, screenwriter and movie director, Roubles in Words, Kopeks in Figures
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Pavel Shumil (born 1957), science fiction author
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Evgeny Shvarts (1896–1958), writer, playwright and screenwriter, The Dragon
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Konstantin Simonov (1915–1979), novelist and poet, "
Wait for Me"
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Andrei Sinyavsky (1925–1997), writer, publisher and dissident,
Fantastic Stories
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Alexander Skabichevsky (1838–1911), writer and literary critic
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Stepan Skitalets (1869–1941), poet and writer, The Love of a Scene Painter
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Tim Skorenko (born 1983), writer, poet, singer-songwriter, and journalist.
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Victor Skumin (born 1948), writer and magazine editor
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Olga Slavnikova (born 1957), novelist and literary critic
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Vasily Sleptsov (1836–1878), novelist, short story writer and playwright, Hard Times, "The Ward"
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Konstantin Sluchevsky (1837–1904), poet and magazine editor
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Boris Slutsky (1919–1986), representative of the
War generation of Russian poets
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Nikolai Snessarev (1856–1928), publicist, writer, literary critic and politician
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Sofia Soboleva (1840–1884), writer and journalist, Pros and Cons
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Anatoly Sofronov (1911–1990), writer, poet, playwright, scriptwriter, editor and literary administrator, The Cookie
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Sasha Sokolov (born 1943), novelist,
A School for Fools
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Ivan Sokolov-Mikitov (1882–1975), author, journalist and short-story writer, Childhood
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Vladimir Sollogub (1813–1882), writer and poet, The Snowstorm
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Fyodor Sologub (1863–1927), symbolist poet, playwright and novelist, The Petty Demon
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Vladimir Soloukhin (1924–1997), writer, journalist and poet, Verdict
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Leonid Solovyov (1906–1962), writer and playwright, Tale of
Hodja Nasreddin
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Vladimir Solovyov (1853–1900), philosopher, poet, pamphleteer and literary critic
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), Nobel Prize–winning writer,
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich,
The Gulag Archipelago
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Orest Somov (1793–1833), writer, journalist, literary critic and translator, Mommy and Sonny
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Vladimir Sorokin (born 1955), popular
postmodern writer and dramatist
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Konstantin Staniukovich (1843–1903),
sea stories writer, Maximka
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Mikhail Stasyulevich (1826–1911), writer, literary historian, editor and publisher
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Vladimir Stavsky (1900–1943), writer, editor and literary administrator, Fighting for Motherland
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Alexander Stein (1906–1993), writer, playwright, scriptwriter and memoirist
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Ksenya Stepanycheva (born 1978), playwright, Pink Bow
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Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky (1851–1895), writer, publicist and revolutionary, King Stork and King Log
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Fyodor Stepun (1884–1965), Russian-German writer, philosopher, historian and sociologist
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Dmitry Strelnikov (born 1969), poet, essayist and novelist
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Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Arkady 1925–1991) (Boris 1933–2012), science fiction writers,
Hard to Be a God
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Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin (1817–1903), playwright,
Scenes from the Past
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Alexander Sumarokov (1717–1777), early poet and playwright
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Ivan Surikov (1841–1880), peasant poet
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Alexey Surkov (1899–1983), poet, editor, literary critic, "
Zemlyanka"
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Mikhail Sushkov (1775–1792), writer, The Russian Werther
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Alexei Suvorin (1834–1912), publisher and journalist
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Viktor Suvorov (born 1947), writer and historian
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Fyodor Svarovsky (born 1971), poet
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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
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Alexander Tarasov-Rodionov (1885–1938), writer, Chocolate
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Arseny Tarkovsky (1907–1989), poet and translator
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Valery Tarsis (1906–1983), novelist and dissident, Ward 7
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Nadezhda Teffi (1872–1952), humorist writer, All About Love
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Nikolay Teleshov (1867–1957), writer and memoirist, organizer of the
Moscow Sreda
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Vladimir Tendryakov (1923–1984), novelist and short story writer, Three, Seven, Ace
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Yuri Terapiano (1892–1980), poet, writer, translator, literary critic and historian
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Sergey Terpigorev (1841–1895), writer and essayist
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Nikolai Tikhonov (1896–1979), writer and poet, member of the
Serapion Brothers
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Vladislav Titov (1934–1987), novelist who lost both arms in a coal mine accident, Defying Death
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Pyotr Tkachev (1844–1886), publicist, writer and critic
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Viktoriya Tokareva (born 1937), screenwriter and short story writer
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Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817–1875), poet, dramatist and novelist,
The Death of Ivan the Terrible
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Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1882–1945), novelist and science fiction writer,
The Garin Death Ray
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Ilya Tolstoy (1866–1933), author of a memoir about his father Leo Tolstoy
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Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist and public figure,
War and Peace,
Anna Karenina,
The Death of Ivan Ilyich,
Resurrection,
Hadji Murat
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Tatyana Tolstaya (born 1951), writer, TV host, publicist, novelist and essayist
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Edward Topol (born 1938), novelist and journalist, Red Square
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Sergey Trakhimenok (born 1950), novelist, playwrights, screenwriter and short story writer, detective story writer
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Vasily Trediakovsky (1703–1768), poet, essayist and playwright
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Konstantin Trenyov (1876–1945), playwright and short story writer, Lyubov Yarovaya
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Sergei Tretyakov (1892–1937), playwright,
I Want a Baby
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Yury Trifonov (1925–1981), novelist and short story writer,
The House on the Embankment
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Gavriil Troyepolsky (1905–1995), novelist,
White Bim Black Ear
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Mikhail Tsetlin (1882–1945), poet, playwright, novelist, memoirist and translator
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Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941), poet and essayist, The Rat-Catcher
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Alexei Tsvetkov (born 1947), poet, novelist and journalist
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Nikolai Tsyganov (1797–1832), poet, folklorist, singer and actor, Russian Songs
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Evgenia Tur (1815–1892), writer, critic, journalist and publisher, Antonina
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Sergey Turbin (1821–1884), playwright and journalist
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Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883), novelist and playwright,
A Sportsman's Sketches,
Home of the Gentry,
Fathers and Sons
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Veronika Tushnova (1911–1965), poet and translator, Memory of the Heart
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Aleksandr Tvardovsky (1910–1971), poet, war correspondent and editor of Novy Mir, Vasily Tyorkin
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Yury Tynyanov (1894–1943), writer, literary critic, translator, scholar and screenwriter
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Fyodor Tyutchev (1803–1873), poet, The Last Love
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Vladimir Uflyand (1937–2007), poet, The Working Week Comes To An End
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Pavel Ulitin (1918–1986), writer
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Lyudmila Ulitskaya (born 1943), novelist and short-story writer, Medea and Her Children
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Alexander Urusov (1843–1900), literary critic, translator, lawyer and philanthropist
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Eduard Uspensky (1937–2018), children's writer,
Cheburashka series
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Gleb Uspensky (1843–1902), novelist, short story writer and essayist, The Power of the Land
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Nikolay Uspensky (1837–1889), short story writer, A Good Existence
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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
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Pyotr Valuyev (1815–1890), statesman, novelist, poet and essayist
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Alexander Vampilov (1937–1972), playwright, Elder Son
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Mikhail Veller (born 1948), writer and journalist, The Guru
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Alexander Veltman (1800–1870), writer, one of the pioneers of Russian science fiction
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Dmitry Venevitinov (1805–1827), philosophical poet
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Anastasiya Verbitskaya (1861–1928), novelist, playwright, screenplay writer, publisher and feminist, The Keys to Happiness
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Vikenty Veresaev (1867–1945), writer and medical doctor, Memoirs of a Physician
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Lidia Veselitskaya (1857–1936), writer, translator and memoirist, Mimi's Marriage
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Sergey Vikulov (1922–2006), poet, essayist, memoirist and editor,
Nash Sovremennik
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Tony Vilgotsky (born 1980), horror and fantasy writer, columnist
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Nikolai Virta (1906–1976), writer and playwright, Alone
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Vsevolod Vishnevsky (1900–1951), playwright,
Optimistic Tragedy
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Igor Vishnevetsky (born 1964), poet and music historian
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Georgi Vladimov (1931–2003), dissident writer,
Faithful Ruslan
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Dmitry Vodennikov (born 1968), poet and essayist
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Vladimir Voinovich (1932–2018), satirical novelist,
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
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Zinaida Volkonskaya (1792–1862), writer, poet, singer, composer, salonist and lady in waiting
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Alexander Volkov (1891–1977), novelist and mathematician,
The Wizard of the Emerald City
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Anri Volokhonsky (1936–2017), poet and translator
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Maximilian Voloshin (1877–1932), poet, translator, art and literary critic
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Konstantin Vorobyov (1919–1975), writer, Slain Near Moscow
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Vatslav Vorovsky (1871–1923),
Marxist revolutionary, literary critic, diplomat and publicist
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Julia Voznesenskaya (1940–2015), novelist, The Women's Decameron
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Zoya Voskresenskaya (1907–1992), children's writer, diplomat, NKVD foreign office secret agent, Mother's Heart
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Andrei Voznesensky (1933–2010), poet and writer, First Frost
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Alexander Vvedensky (1904–1941), poet, co-founder of
OBERIU
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Arseny Vvedensky (1844–1909), writer, journalist, literary critic and historian
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Pyotr Vyazemsky (1792–1878), poet, representative of the
Golden Age of Russian poetry
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Vladimir Vysotsky (1938–1980), singer, songwriter, poet and actor
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Alexander Yakovlev (1886–1953), writer and essayist, The Peasant
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Pyotr Yakubovich (1860–1911), poet and writer, member of
Narodnaya Volya
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Pavel Yakushkin (1822–1872), writer, ethnographer and folklorist
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Alexander Yashin (1913–1968), writer associated with the
Village Prose movement
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Ieronim Yasinsky (1850–1931), novelist, poet, essayist and memoirist
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Nikolay Yazykov (1803–1846), poet and slavophile
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Ivan Yefremov (1908–1972), paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker,
Andromeda
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Dmitri Yemets (born 1974), author of fantasy literature for children and young adults,
Tanya Grotter
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Venedikt Yerofeyev (1938–1990), writer and playwright,
Moscow-Petushki
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Pyotr Yershov (1815–1869), fairy tale writer, poet and playwright, The Humpbacked Horse
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Sergei Yesenin (1895–1925), poet,
Land of Scoundrels
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Tatyana Yesenina (1918–1992), writer and daughter of Sergei Yesenin, Zhenya, the Wonder of the Twentieth Century
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933–2017), poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, actor, editor, and film director
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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
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Boris Zakhoder (1918–2000), poet, children's writer and translator
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Mikhail Zagoskin (1789–1852), historical novelist, Tales of Three Centuries
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Boris Zaitsev (1881–1972), writer and playwright, Anna
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Mark Zakharov (1933–2019), theatrical director, playwright and actor
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Sergey Zalygin (1913–2000), novelist and magazine editor, The South American Variant
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Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884–1937), novelist, short story writer and playwright,
We
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Vsevolod Zelchenko (born 1972), poet
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Mikhail Zenkevich (1886–1973), poet and translator, Wild Porphyry
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Yulia Zhadovskaya (1824–1883), poet and writer, Apart from the Great World
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Vera Zhelikhovsky (1835–1896), novelist and children's writer, The General's Will
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Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov (1821–1908), poet and dramatist, co-creator of
Kozma Prutkov
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Boris Zhitkov (1882–1938), novelist, short story writer, playwright and children's writer, Viktor Vavich
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Maria Zhukova (1804–1855), writer, Evenings on the Karpovka
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Vasily Zhukovsky (1783–1852), poet, translator and magazine editor
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Zinovy Zinik (born 1945), novelist and broadcaster, The Mushroom-Picker
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Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal (1866–1907), writer and playwright, The Tragic Menagerie
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Nikolai Zlatovratsky (1845–1911), novelist and short story writer, Old Shadows
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Mikhail Znamensky (1833–1892), writer, memoirist, caricaturist, archeologist and ethnographer, The Vanished Men
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Mikhail Zoshchenko (1895–1958), satirical short story writer and novelist, The Galosh
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Rafail Zotov (1795–1871), playwright, novelist, journalist, translator and theatre critic, Jealous Wife
See also