Poets who wrote much of their poetry in the Russian language.

 Mikhail Lomonosov (d. 1765)
 Alexander Pushkin (d. 1837)
 Mikhail Lermontov (d. 1841)
 Fyodor Tyutchev (d. 1873)
 Ivan Turgenev (d. 1883)
 Semyon Grigorevich (Simon Schmuel) Frug (d. 1916)
 Osip Mandelstam (d. 1938)
 Marina Tsvetaeva (d. 1941)
 Ivan Bunin (d. 1953)
 Boris Pasternak (d. 1960)
 Anna Akhmatova (d. 1966)
 Vladimir Nabokov (d. 1977)
 Vladimir Vysotsky (d. 1980)
 Joseph Brodsky (d. 1996)
 Bella Akhmadulina (d. 2010)
 Yevgeny Yevtushenko (d. 2017)
 Andrey Dementyev (d. 2018)
 Valeri Brainin-Passek (born 1948)

A
 Gennady Aigi (1934–2006)
 Bella Akhmadulina (d. 2010)
 Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966)
 Ivan Akhmetiev (born 1950)
 Gennady Alexeyev (1932–1987)
 Margarita Aliger (1915–1992)
 Daniil Andreev (1906–1959)
 Innokentiy Annensky (1855–1909)
 Pavel Antokolsky (1896–1978)
 Aleksey Apukhtin (1840–1893)
 Vladimir Aristov (born 1950)
 Eduard Asadov (1923–2004)
 Nikolay Aseev (1889–1963)
 Lera Auerbach (Averbakh) (born 1973)

B
 Eduard Bagritsky (1895–1934)
 Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942)
 Evgeny Baratynsky (1800–1844)
 Ivan Barkov (1732-1768)
 Agniya Barto (1906–1981)
 Konstantin Batyushkov (1787–1855)
 Demyan Bedny (1883–1945)
 Andrei Bely (1880–1934)
 Vladimir Benediktov (1807—1873)
 Olga Berggolts (1910–1975)
 Alexander Bestuzhev (1797–1837)
 Sergey Biryukov (born 1950)
 Alexander Blok (1880–1921)
 Valeri Brainin-Passek (born 1948)
 Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996)
 Valery Bryusov (1873–1924)
 Ivan Bunin (1870–1953)

C
 Sasha Cherny (1880–1932)
 Korney Chukovsky (1882–1969)

D
 Denis Davydov (1784–1839)
 Anton Delvig (1798–1831)
 Andrey Dementyev (born 1928)
 Regina Derieva (born 1949)
 Gavriil Derzhavin (1743–1816)
 Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky (1915–1994)
 Yulia Drunina (1924–1991)

E
 Vladimir Earle (born 1947)
 Ilya Ehrenburg (1891–1967)

F
 Vasily Fedorov (1918–1984)
 Afanasy Fet (1812–1892)
 Konstantin Fofanov (1862–1911)
 Semyon Grigorevich (Simon Schmuel) Frug (1860–1916)

G
 Cherubina de Gabriak (1887–1928)
 Mikhail Gerasimov (poet) (1889–1939)
 Zinaida Gippius (1869–1945)
 Nikolay Glazkov (1919–1979)
 Fyodor Glinka (1786–1849)
 Sergey Gorodetsky (1884–1967)
 Alexander Griboedov (1794–1829)
 Dmitri Grigoriev (born 1960)
 Apollon Grigoryev (1822–1864)
 Igor Guberman (born in 1936)
 Semen Gudzenko (1922–1953)
 Nikolay Gumilyov (1886–1921)

I
 Vera Inber (1890–1972)
 Mikhail Isakovsky (1900–1973)
 Georgiy Ivanov (1894–1958)
 Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866–1949)
 Ryurik Ivnev (1891–1981)

J
 Rassul Jamsatov (1718-1777)

K
 Antiokh Kantemir (1708–1744), syllabic poetry.
 Vasily Kapnist (1758–1823)
 Elena Katsuba (born 1946)
 Rimma Kazakova (born 1931)
 Dmitriy Kedrin (1907–1945)
 Konstantin Kedrov (born 1942)
 Daniil Kharms (1905–1942)
 Velemir Khlebnikov (1885–1922)
 Vladislav Khodasevich (1886–1939)
 Igor Kholin (1920–1999)
 Semen Kirsanov (1906–1972)
 Sergey Klychkov (1889–1940)
 Nikolay Klyuev (1884–1937)
 Dovid Knut (1900–1955)
 Pavel Kogan (1918–1942)
 Aleksey Koltsov (1809–1842)
 Naum Korzhavin (born 1925)
 Ivan Kozlov (1779–1840)
 Victor Krivulin (1944–2001)
 Aleksey Kruchenykh (1886–1968)
 Ivan Krylov (1769–1844)
 Wilhelm Küchelbecher (Vilgelm Kyukhelbeker), (1797–1846)
 Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954)
 Nestor Kukolnik (1809–1868)
 Alexander Kushner (born 1936)
 Boris Kushner (born 1941)
 Ilya Kutik (born 1961)
 Dmitry Kuzmin (born 1969)
 Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin (1872–1936)

L
 Vasily Lebedev-Kumach (1898–1949)
 Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841)
 Yuriy Levitansky (born 1922)
 Mirra Lokhvitskaya (1869–1905)
 Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765)
 Vladimir Lugovskoy (1901–1957)

M
 Alexander Makarov-Krotkov (born 1959)
 Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938)
 Gregory Margovsky (born 1963)
 Samuil Marshak (1887–1964)
 Leonid Martynov (1905–1980)
 Novella Matveeva (born 1934)
 Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930)
 Apollon Maykov (1821–1897)
 Dmitriy Merezhkovsky (1866–1941)
 Arvo Mets (1937–1997)
 Lev Mey (1822–1862)
 Alexander Mezhirov (born 1923)
 Sergey Mikhalkov (1913-2009)
 Yunna Morits (born 1937)
 Ivan Myatlev (1796–1844)

N
 Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
 Semen Nadson (1862–1887)
 Vladimir Narbut (1888–1938)
 Sergey Narovchatov (1919–1981)
 Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov (1821–1877)
 Vsevolod Nekrasov (born 1934)
 Ivan Savvich Nikitin (1824–1861)
 Rea Nikonova (born 1942)
 Valerij Nikolaevskij (born 1939)

O
 Sergey Obradovich (1892–1956)
 Nikolay Ogarev (1813–1877)
 Alexander Odoevsky (1802–1839)
 Irina Odoevtseva (1901–1990)
 Bulat Okudzhava (1924–1997)
 Nikolay Oleynikov (1898–1942)
 Lev Oshanin (1912–1996)
 Lev Ozerov (1914–1996)

P
 Valentin Parnakh (1891–1951)
 Sofiya Parnok (1885–1933)
 Boris Pasternak (1890–1960)
 Karolina Pavlova (1807–1893)
 Mariya Petrovykh (1908–1979)
 Aleksey Plescheev (1825–1893)
 German Plisetsky (1931–1992)
 Aleksandr Polezhaev (1804–1838)
 Yakov Polonsky (1819–1898)
 Boris Poplavsky (1903–1935)
 Nikolay Nikitich Popovsky (1730–1760)
 Kozma Prutkov (1817–1875)
 Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837)

R
 Vladimir Raevsky (1795–1872)
 Yevgeny Rein (born 1935)
 Yevdokiya Rostopchina (1812–1858)
 Konstantin Romanov (known as K.R.), (1858–1915)
 Vsevolod Rozhdestvensky (1895–1977)
 Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932–1994)
 Nikolay Rubtsov (1936–1971)
 Boris Ruchiev (1913–1973)
 Kondraty Ryleyev (1795–1826)

S
 David Samoylov (1920–1990)
 Genrikh Sapgir (1928–1999)
 Stepan Schipachev (1899–1980)
 Ilya Selvinsky (1899–1968)
 Igor Severyanin (1887–1941)
 Varlam Shalamov (1907–1982)
 Vadim Shefner (1915–2002)
 Tatiana Shcherbina (born 1954)
 Nikolay Sherbina (1821–1869)
 Vadim Shershenevich (1893–1942)
 Asya Shneiderman (born 1968)
 Gennady Shpalikov (1937–1974)
 Konstantin Simonov (1915–1979)
 Konstantin Sluchevsky (1837–1904)
 Boris Slutsky (1919–1986)
 Yaroslav Smelyakov (1913–1972)
 Fyodor Sologub (1863–1927)
 Vladimir Soloukhin (born 1924)
 Sergey Stratanovsky (born 1944)
 Dmitry Sukharev (born 1930)
 Alexander Sumarokov (1717–1777)
 Alexander Surkov (1899–1983)
 Mikhail Svetlov (1903–1964)

T
 Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891–1968)
 Arseniy Tarkovsky (1907–1989)
 Nikolay Tikhonov (1896–1979)
 Aleksey Tolstoy (1817–1875)
 Vasily Trediakovsky (1703–1769)
 Viktor Tsoi (1962-1990)
 Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941)
 Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
 Veronika Tushnova (1915–1965)
 Aleksandr Tvardovsky (1910–1971)
 Fyodor Tyutchev (1803–1873)

U
 Vladimir Uflyand (1937–2007)
 Iosif Utkin (1903–1944)

V
 Konstantin Vaginov (1899–1934)
 Konstantin Vanshenkin (born 1925)
 Dmitry Venevitinov (1805–1827)
 Yevgeny Vinokurov (born 1925)
 Igor Vishnevetsky (born 1964)
 Alina Vitukhnovskaya (born 1973)
 Maksimilian Voloshin (1877–1932)
 Andrey Voznesensky (born 1933)
 Alexander Vvedensky (1904–1941)
 Pyotr Vyazemsky (1792–1878)
 Vladimir Vysotsky (1938–1980)

Y
 Alexander Yashin (1913–1968)
 Nikolay Yazykov (1803–1847)
 Sergei Yesenin (or Esenin), (1895–1925)
 Yevgeny Yevtushenko (born 1933)

Z
 Nikolay Zabolotsky (1903–1958)
 Mikhail Zenkevich (1891–1973)
 Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov (1821–1908)
 Anatoly Zhigulin (1930–2000)
 Vasiliy Zhukovsky (1783–1852)
 Ivan Zhdanov (born 1949)
 Boris Zubry (born 1951)

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