# List of Russian-language poets

This is a list of authors who have written poetry in the Russian language.

## Alphabetical list

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| Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010) | The String The Garden A Guiding Sound Once in December |
| Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966) | Evening Requiem The Rosary Poem Without a Hero |
| Margarita Aliger (1915–1992) | Zoya Railroad The Year of Birth Stones and Grass |
| Daniil Andreev (1906–1959) | Russian Gods The Iron Mystery |
| Domna Anisimova (fl. 19th century) | Depiction of the Harvest Sound of the Night Wind |
| Innokenty Annensky (1855–1909) | Quiet Songs Cypress Box |
| Pavel Antokolsky (1896–1978) | All We Who in His Name |
| Aleksey Apukhtin (1840–1893) | |
| Eduard Asadov (1923–2004) | |
| Nikolay Aseyev (1889–1963) | Zor Night Flute |
| Lera Auerbach (born 1973) | |
| Gennadiy Aygi (1934–2006) | |
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| Person | Notable works |
| Eduard Bagritsky (1895–1934) | February |
| Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942) | Under the Northern Sky Let Us Be Like the Sun Burning Buildings |
| Jurgis Baltrušaitis (1873–1944) | |
| Evgeny Baratynsky (1800–1844) | Eda The Gypsy The Last Poet Autumn |
| Ivan Barkov (1732–1768) | obscene poems |
| Anna Barkova (1901–1976) | Tatar Anguish |
| Agniya Barto (1906–1981) | Toys Mishka the Petty Thief |
| Alexander Bashlachev (1960–1988) | |
| Konstantin Batyushkov (1787–1855) | |
| Demyan Bedny (1883–1945) | |
| Andrey Bely (1880–1934) | Urn Gold in Azure Christ Has Risen The First Encounter |
| Olga Bergholz (1910–1975) | February Diary Leningrad Poem |
| Aleksandr Bestuzhev (1797–1837) | |
| Alexander Blok (1880–1921) | Skify The Twelve |
| Valeri Brainin-Passek (born 1948) | |
| Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996) | |
| Valery Bryusov (1873–1924) | Tertia Vigilia |
| Ivan Bunin (1870–1953) | Falling Leaves |
| Anna Bunina (1774–1829) | Though Poverty's No Stain |
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| Person | Notable works |
| Sasha Chorny (1880–1932) | |
| Korney Chukovsky (1882–1969) | Category:Works by Korney Chukovsky |
| Georgy Chulkov (1879–1939) | |
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| Person | Notable works |
| Denis Davydov (1784–1839) | |
| Anton Delvig (1798–1831) | |
| Andrey Dementyev (1928–2018) | |
| Regina Derieva (1949–2013) | |
| Gavrila Derzhavin (1743–1816) | |
| Nikolai Devitte (1811–1844) | Not for Me |
| Ivan Dmitriev (1760–1837) | |
| Nikolay Dobrolyubov (1836–1861) | |
| Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky (1915–1994) | |
| Spiridon Drozhzhin (1848–1930) | |
| Yulia Drunina (1924–1991) | |
| Xenia Dyakonova (born 1985) | Моя жизнь без меня Каникулы |
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| Portrait | Person | Notable works |
| | Ilya Ehrenburg (1891–1967) | |
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| Portrait | Person | Notable works |
| | Afanasy Fet (1812–1892) | |
| | Konstantin Fofanov (1862–1911) | |
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| Person | Notable works |
| Cherubina de Gabriak (1887–1928) | |
| Alexander Galich (1918–1977) | Clouds Kaddish The Night Watch When I Return |
| Aleksei Gastev (1882–1939) | |
| Mikhail Gerasimov (1889–1939) | |
| Zinaida Gippius (1869–1945) | |
| Nikolay Glazkov (1919–1979) | |
| Fyodor Glinka (1786–1880) | |
| Nikolay Gnedich (1784–1833) | The Fishers |
| Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848–1913) | |
| Dmitry Gorchakov (1758–1824) | |
| Sergey Gorodetsky (1884–1967) | |
| Boris Golovin (born 1955) | |
| Aleksandr Griboedov (1794–1829) | Woe from Wit |
| Apollon Grigoryev (1822–1864) | |
| Oleg Grigoryev (1943–1992) | |
| Isabella Grinevskaya (1864–1944) | |
| Igor Guberman (born 1936) | |
| Semyon Gudzenko (1922–1953) | |
| Nikolay Gumilyov (1886–1921) | |
| Elena Guro (1877–1913) | |
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* Vera Inber (1890–1972)
* Mikhail Isakovsky (1900–1973)
* Georgy Ivanov (1894–1958)
* Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866–1949)
* Ryurik Ivnev (1891–1981)
* Alexander Izmaylov (1779–1831)
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| Portrait | Person | Notable works |
| | Gavril Kamenev (1772–1803) | |
| | Antiochus Kantemir (1708–1744) | |
| | Vasily Kapnist (1758–1823) | |
| align=center | Rimma Kazakova (1932–2008) | |
| | Dmitri Kedrin (1907–1945) | |
| | Bakhyt Kenjeev (born 1950) | |
| | Daniil Kharms (1905–1942) | |
| | Ivan Khemnitser (1745–1784) | |
| | Velemir Khlebnikov (1885–1922) | |
| | Vladislav Khodasevich (1886–1939) | |
| | Aleksey Khomyakov (1804–1860) | |
| | Apollon Korinfsky (1868–1937) | Songs of the Heart Black Roses |
| | Lidiya Khaindrova (1910–1986) | |
| | Dmitry Khvostov (1757–1835) | |
| | Semyon Kirsanov (1906–1972) | |
| | Nikolai Klyuev (1884–1937) | |
| | Ekaterina Kniazhnina (1746–1797) | |
| | Pavel Kogan (1918–1942) | |
| | Aleksey Koltsov (1809–1842) | |
| | Nahum Korzhavin (1925–2018) | |
| | Ivan Kozlov (1779–1840) | |
| | Vasili Krasovsky (1782–1824) | |
| | Aleksey Kruchenykh (1886–1968) | |
| | Ivan Krylov (1769–1844) | |
| | Yuri Kublanovsky (born 1947) | |
| | Wilhelm Küchelbecher (1797–1846) | |
| | Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954) | |
| | Nestor Kukolnik (1809–1868) | |
| | Alexander Kushner (born 1936) | |
| | Dmitry Kuzmin (born 1969) | |
| | Mikhail Kuzmin (1872–1936) | |
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| Person | Notable works |
| Vasily Lebedev-Kumach (1898–1949) | |
| Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841) | Borodino The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov Demon Valerik Death of the Poet |
| Mirra Lokhvitskaya (1869–1905) | |
| Yegor Letov (1964–2008) | |
| Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765) | |
| Vladimir Lugovskoy (1901–1957) | |
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| Person | Notable works |
| Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938) | Stalin Epigram |
| Anatoly Marienhof (1897–1962) | |
| Maria Markova (born 1982) | |
| Samuil Marshak (1887–1964) | |
| Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930) | A Cloud in Trousers Backbone Flute Mystery-Bouffe |
| Apollon Maykov (1821–1897) | |
| Dmitriy Merezhkovsky (1866–1941) | |
| Aleksey Merzlyakov (1778–1830) | |
| Arvo Mets (1937–1997) | |
| Lev Mei (1822–1862) | |
| Alexander Mezhirov (1923–2009) | |
| Sergey Mikhalkov (1913–2009) | |
| Fyodor Miller (1818–1881) | |
| Nikolai Minsky (1855–1937) | |
| Yunna Morits (born 1937) | |
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* Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
* Semyon Nadson (1862–1887)
* Vladimir Narbut (1888–1938)
* Sergey Narovchatov (1919–1981)
* Nikolay Nekrasov (1821–1877)
* Ivan Savvich Nikitin (1824–1861)
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| Person | Notable works |
| Alexander Odoevsky (1802–1839) | The Ball |
| Nikolay Ogarev (1813–1877) | |
| Irina Odoyevtseva (1895–1990) | |
| Bulat Okudzhava (1924–1997) | |
| Nikolay Oleynikov (1898–1937) | The Carp Cockroach The Beetle |
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| Person | Notable works |
| Liodor Palmin (1841–1891) | |
| Valentin Parnakh (1891–1951) | |
| Sophia Parnok (1885–1933) | |
| Boris Pasternak (1890–1960) | |
| Karolina Pavlova (1807–1893) | |
| Vladimir Pecherin (1807–1885) | |
| Mariya Petrovykh (1908–1979) | |
| Aleksey Plescheev (1825–1893) | |
| Pyotr Pletnyov (1792–1866) | |
| Elizaveta Polonskaya (1890–1969) | |
| Yakov Polonsky (1819–1898) | |
| Nikolay Popovsky (1730–1760) | |
| Vasili Popugaev (1778 or 1779 – c. 1816) | |
| Alexander Prokofyev (1900–1971) | |
| Kozma Prutkov (1817–1875) | |
| Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) | Eugene Onegin, The Bronze Horseman, Boris Godunov (play) |
| Vasily Pushkin (1766–1830) | |
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| | Vladimir Raevsky (1795–1872) | |
| | Anna Radlova (1891–1949) | |
| | Irina Ratushinskaya (1954–2017) | |
| | Yevgeny Rein (born 1935) | |
| | Yevdokiya Rostopchina (1812–1858) | |
| | Konstantin Romanov (K.R.) (1858–1915) | |
| | Vsevolod Rozhdestvensky (1895–1977) | |
| align=center | Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932–1994) | |
| | Nikolay Rubtsov (1936–1971) | |
| | Kondraty Ryleyev (1795–1826) | |
| | Boris Ryzhy(1974–2001) | Opravdaniye zhizni |
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| Person | Notable works |
| David Samoylov (1920–1990) | |
| Genrikh Sapgir (1928–1999) | |
| Feodosy Savinov (1865–1915) | Rodnoye |
| Mikhail Savoyarov (1876–1941) | |
| Olga Sedakova (born 1949) | |
| Ilya Selvinsky (1899–1968) | |
| Andrei Sen-Senkov (born 1968) | |
| Daria Serenko (born 1993) | |
| Igor Severyanin (1887–1941) | |
| Varlam Shalamov (1907–1982) | |
| Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik (1874–1952) | |
| Stepan Shchipachev (1889–1980) | |
| Vadim Shefner (1915–2002) | |
| Nikolay Sherbina (1821–1869) | |
| Elena Shirman (1908–1942) | |
| Vadim Shershenevich (1893–1942) | |
| Stepan Shevyryov (1806–1864) | |
| Maria Shkapskaya (1891–1952) | No Dream |
| Gennady Shpalikov (1937–1974) | |
| Konstantin Simonov (1915–1979) | Wait for Me |
| Stepan Skitalets (1869–1941) | |
| Konstantin Sluchevsky (1837–1904) | |
| Boris Slutsky (1919–1986) | |
| Fyodor Sologub (1863–1927) | |
| Vladimir Soloukhin (1924–1997) | |
| Vladimir Solovyov (1853–1900) | |
| Alexander Sumarokov (1717–1777) | |
| Ivan Surikov (1841–1880) | Rowan Steppe |
| Fyodor Svarovsky (born 1971) | |
| Mikhail Svetlov (1903–1964) | |
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| Person | Notable works |
| Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891–1968) | |
| Arseny Tarkovsky (1907–1989) | |
| Nikolay Tikhonov (1896–1979) | |
| Aleksey Tolstoy (1817–1875) | |
| Vasily Trediakovsky (1703–1769) | |
| Pyotr Nikolayevich Toburokov (1917–2001) | |
| Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941) | |
| Nika Turbina (1974–2002) | |
| Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883) | |
| Veronika Tushnova (1915–1965) | Memory of the Heart |
| Aleksandr Tvardovsky (1910–1971) | |
| Fyodor Tyutchev (1803–1873) | |
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| | Vladimir Uflyand (1937–2007) | |
| | Joseph Utkin (1903–1944) | The Story About Ginger Motele Mr. Inspector Rabbi Isaiah and Commissar Bloch |
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* Konstantin Vaginov (1899–1934)
* Dmitry Venevitinov (1805–1827)
* Igor Vishnevetsky (born 1964)
* Dmitry Vodennikov (born 1968)
* Anri Volokhonsky (1936–2017)
* Maksimilian Voloshin (1877–1932)
* Andrey Voznesensky (1933–2010)
* Alexander Vvedensky (1904–1941)
* Pyotr Vyazemsky (1792–1878)
* Vladimir Vysotsky (1938–1980)
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| Pyotr Yakubovich (1860–1911) | |
| Alexander Yashin (1913–1968) | |
| Nikolay Yazykov (1803–1847) | |
| Pyotr Yershov (1815–1869) | The Humpbacked Horse |
| Sergey Yesenin (1895–1925) | |
| Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933–2017) | |
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* Nikolay Zabolotsky (1903–1958)
* Boris Zakhoder (1918–2000)
* Vsevolod Zelchenko (born 1972)
* Yulia Zhadovskaya (1824–1883)
* Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov (1821–1908)
* Vasily Zhukovsky (1783–1852)
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