Introduction The beginning of the 20 th Century marked an era of unprecedented and radical changes in social structures, economic systems, and political organizations among other spheres of life. Various literary schools of thought developed and each had a distinct artistic approach and ideological aspects. The Russian literature developed as a major way to learn about the Russian culture and worldview coupled with ways of loving, fighting, and expression. This period ranks as the Silver Age of the Russian literature and it served the urgent mission to provide the Russian citizens with a kind of truth, which could only be conveyed through literature in a censored society. The Silver Age developed the most prominent individual writers including Doctor Zhivago, Vladimir Maykovsky, Vladimir Makanin, Sasha Sokolov, and Vladimir Sorokin among others. This paper will evaluate the Russian literature with close reference to the works of the aforementioned authors and show that their ideological perspectives offered the most promising directions for understanding the 20 th Century Russia. These authors aimed at interpreting the evidence about events that were experienced through the 20 th Century. However, this paper will show that suffering was the main theme, which was greatly highlighted by the myriad divergent individual interests and addressing this issue was the central focus in the Russian literature. From realism to modernism The Russian 20 th Century literature has been widespread and highly utilized for good reasons, simply because one can learn about gender issues coupled with tracing the literary themes like death, love, war, revolution and punishment. Following the rapid revolutions of the 20 th Century, realism was no longer the driving factor of the Russian literature (Brown 42). The rejection of the ancient literary models and change of values by many writers enhanced the development of modernism literary. Modernism was viewed as a response to socio-economic, political, and scientific changes within a certain period. Modernism “emphasized the issue of gender, class, and pursuit for knowledge” (Platt and Brandenberger 86). In the early 20 th Century, a sense of hopelessness was developing amongst many people and it was becoming evident that nothing was reliable to respond to the rising issues. Modernism embraced scientific innovation and viewed the progress as a rapid break from the past traditions of the previous centuries. Brown defines this period as an era characterized by the pursuit for uniqueness through art and poetry (37). Nevertheless, some authors regarded the radical leftist ideals as necessary to end the violence that characterized almost all aspects of the Russian society. This perspective was popular because people knew that literature would have a widespread impact on a huge audience and realism was seen as a style that the public had well known and could easily appreciate. However, this aspect did not alter the efforts to adopt and appreciate the impacts of the modernizing world. Following the effects of the unrest of revolutions and the Stalin’s regime, the 20 th Century authors sought to address the suffering that the public experien