Daftar penulis berbahasa Rusia

Ia adalah salah satu pengarang paling populer dalam sastra Rusia:

## A

*Bavasan Abiduev (1909–1940), penyair dan salah satu pendiri sastra anak-anak Buryat
*Alexander Ablesimov (1742–1783), penulis naskah opera, penyair, dramawan, satiris, dan jurnalis
*Fyodor Abramov (1920–1983), novelis dan penulis cerita pendek, *Two Winters and Three Summers*
*Grigory Adamov (1886–1945) penulis fiksi ilmiah, *The Mystery of the Two Oceans*
*Georgy Adamovich (1892–1972), poet, critic, memoirist, translator
*Anastasia Afanasieva (kelahiran 1982), dokter, penyair, penulis & penterjemah
*Alexander Afanasyev (1826–1871), folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, *[[Russian Fairy Tales]]*
*Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky (1816–1875), poet, writer, ethnographer and translator
*Alexander Afinogenov (1904–1941), playwright, *A Far Place*
*M. Ageyev (1898–1973), pseudonymous writer, *[[Novel with Cocaine]]*
*Chinghiz Aitmatov (1928–2008), Kyrgyz novelist and short story writer, *[[Jamila (novel)|Jamilya]]*, *[[The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years]]*
*David Aizman (1869–1922), Russian-Jewish writer and playwright
*Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010), poet, short story writer, and translator, *The String*
*Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966), acmeist poet, *[[Requiem (Anna Akhmatova)|Requiem]]*, *Poem Without a Hero*
*Ivan Aksakov (1823–1886), journalist, slavophile 
*Konstantin Aksakov (1817–1860), playwright, critic and writer, slavophile
*Sergey Aksakov (1791–1859), novelist and miscellaneous writer, *[[The Scarlet Flower]]*
*Vasily Aksyonov (1932–2009), novelist and short story writer, *[[Generations of Winter]]*
*Boris Akunin (born 1956), author, essayist, translator and literary critic, *[[Erast Fandorin|Erast Fandorin series]]*, *[[Sister Pelagia|Sister Pelagia series]]*
*Mikhail Albov, (1851–1911), novelist and short story writer
*Mark Aldanov (died 1957), novelis sejarah
*Andrey Aldan-Semenov (1908–1985), Gulag penulis memoar
*Lidiia Alekseeva (1909–1989), Latvian poet and writer of short stories
*Mikhail Alekseyev (1918–2007) writer and editor, *My Stalingrad*
*Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916), Russian Jewish writer, *[[Wandering Stars (Aleichem novel)|Wandering Stars]]*
*Margarita Aliger (1915–1992), poet, translator, and journalist, *Zoya*
*Yuz Aleshkovsky (1929–2022), writer, poet, playwright and performer of his own songs, *Kangaroo*
*Boris Almazov (1827–1876), poet, translator and literary critic
*Alexander Amfiteatrov (1862–1938), writer and historian, *Napoleonder*
*Daniil Andreyev (1906–1959), writer, poet, and Christian    mystic, *[[Roza Mira]]*
*Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), novelist, playwright and short story writer, *[[The Seven Who Were Hanged]]*, *[[The Life of Man]]*
*Sergey Andreyevsky (1847–1918), writer, poet, literary critic, *The Book on Death*  
*Irakly Andronikov (1908–1990), writer, historian, philologist and media personality
*Anna Mitrofanovna Aníchkova (1868/1869 – 1935), writer and translator who wrote under the pseudonym Ivan Strannik
*Pavel Annenkov (1813–1887), critic and memoirist, *The Extraordinary Decade* 
*Yury Annenkov (1889–1974), artist and writer, *A Tale of Trivia* 
*Innokenty Annensky (1855–1909), poet, critic and translator, representative of the first wave of Russian Symbolism
*Lev Anninsky (1934–2019) writer, literary historian and critic
*Pavel Antokolsky (1896–1978), poet, *All We Who in His Name*
*Maxim Antonovich (1835–1918), critic, essayist, memoirist, translator and philosopher
*Elena Apreleva (1846–1923), writer, memoirist, playwright, *Guilty without Guilt*
*Aleksey Apukhtin (1840–1893), poet and writer, *From Death to Life*
*Maria Arbatova (born 1957), novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet and journalist
*Aleksei Arbuzov (1908–1986), playwright, *A Long Road*
*Vladimir Arnoldi (1871–1924), children's author and professor of biology
*Mikhail Artsybashev (1878–1927), naturalist writer and playwright, *[[Sanin (novel)|Sanin]]*
*Nikolai Aseev (1889–1963), futurist poet, *Night Flute*
*Viktor Astafyev (1924–2001), novelist and short story writer, *[[Sad Detective]]*
*Lera Auerbach (Averbakh) (born 1973), poet, writer and composer
*Mikhail Avdeev (1821–1876), novelist and playwright, *Tamarin* trilogy
*Arkady Averchenko (1881–1925), satirical writer and playwright, *Ninochka*
*Vasily Avseenko (1842–1913), writer, journalist and literary critic
*Hizgil Avshalumov (1913–2001), Soviet novelist, poet and playwright
*Gennadiy Aygi (1934–2006), Chuvash poet and translator
*Vasily Azhayev (1915–1968), novelis, *Far from Moscow*

## B

*Semyon Babayevsky (1909–2000), novelist and short story writer, *Golden Star Chavalier*
*Isaak Babel (1894–1940), short story writer, *[[The Odessa Tales]]*, *[[Red Cavalry]]*
*Eduard Bagritsky (1895–1934), constructivist poet, *February*
*Grigory Baklanov (1923–2009), novelist and magazine editor, *Forever Nineteen*
*Ivan Bakhtin (1756–1818), poet, satirist and politician
*Mikhail Bakhtin (1895–1975), philosopher, literary critic, semiotician and scholar, "Epic and Novel"
*Mikhail Bakunin (1814–1876), revolutionary and theorist of collectivist anarchism, *[[God and the State]]*, *[[Statism and Anarchy]]*
*Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942), symbolist poet and translator, *[[Burning Buildings]]*, *[[Let Us Be Like the Sun]]* 
*Jurgis Baltrušaitis (1873–1944), poet and translator, *The Pendulum*
*Kazimir Barantsevich (1851–1927), writer and poet, *Family Hearth*
*Yevgeny Baratynsky (1800–1844), poet, *The Gipsy*
*Natalya Baranskaya (1908–2004), novelist and short story writer, *A Week Like Any Other*
*Ivan Barkov (1732–1768), comic and erotic poet, *Luka Mudischev*
*Anna Barkova (1901–1976), poet and writer, Gulag survivor
*Elpidifor Barsov (1836–1917), literary historian, ethnographer, folklorist, philologist
*Agniya Barto (1906–1981), Russian-Jewish poet and children's writer
*Alexander Bashlachev (1960–1988), poet, musician, guitarist, and singer-songwriter
*Fyodor Batyushkov (1857–1920), philologist, essayist, literary and theatre historian
*Konstantin Batyushkov (1787–1855), poet, essayist and translator 
*Nikolai Bazhin (1843–1908), writer, journalist and critic, *The History of One People's Partnership*
*Pavel Bazhov (1879–1950), fairy tale author, *[[The Malachite Casket]]*
*Demyan Bedny (1883–1945), poet and satirist, *New Testament Without Defects* 
*Dmitry Begichev (1786–1855), writer and politician
*Alexander Bek (1903–1972), novelist, *And Not to Die*
*Ekaterina  Beketova (1855–1892), poet, writer, and translator
*Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848), writer, literary critic and philosopher
*Vasily Belov (1932–2012), writer, poet and dramatist, *Eves*, *The Year of a Major Breakdown*
*Andrei Bely (1880–1934), symbolist poet, writer and essayist, *The Silver Dove*, *[[Petersburg (novel)|Petersburg]]*
*Alexander Belyayev (1884–1942), science fiction author, *[[Amphibian Man]]*
*Vladimir Benediktov (1807–1873); poet and translator
*Nina Berberova (1901–1993), novelist and short story writer, *The Book of Happiness*
*Nikolai Berg (1823–1884), poet, journalist, translator and historian
*Olga Bergholz (1910–1975), poet, playwright and memoirist
*Alexander Bestuzhev (1797–1837), novelist, short story writer and Decembrist, *An Evening on Bivouac*
*Vitaly Bianki (1894–1959), nature and children's writer
*Aleksei Bibik (1878–1976), working-class novelist and short story writer
*Andrei Bitov (1937–2018), novelist and short story writer, *Pushkin House*
*Nikolai Blagoveshchensky (1837–1889), writer, journalist and biographer
*Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891), a founder of Theosophy and the Theosophical Society, *The Secret Doctrine*, *Isis Unveiled*
*Pyotr Blinov (1913–1942), Udmurt writer and journalist 
*Alexander Blok (1880–1921), poet, "The Twelve"
*Pyotr Boborykin (1836–1921), writer, playwright and journalist, *China Town*
*Oleg Bogayev (born 1970), playwright, *The Russian National Postal Service*
*Andrei Bogdanov (1692–1766), bibliographer and ethnographer 
*Alexander Bogdanov (1873–1928), novelist, physician, economist and philosopher, *[[Red Star (novel)|Red Star]]*
*Vladimir Bogomolov (1926–2003), novelist and short story writer, *[[Ivan (short story)|Ivan]]*
*Vladimir Bogoraz (1865–1936), revolutionary, writer and anthropologist
*Yuri Bondarev (1924–2020), novelist and short story writer, *The Shore*
*Leonid Borodin (1938–2011), novelist and journalist, *The Story of a Strange Time*
*Genrikh Borovik (born 1929), publicist, writer, playwright and filmmaker
*Vasily Botkin (1812–1869), critic, essayist and translator
*Valeri Brainin-Passek (born 1948), Russian/German musicologist, music manager, composer and poet
*Osip Brik (1888–1945), avant garde writer and literary critic
*Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996), poet and essayist, Nobel Prize Winner
*Valery Bryusov (1873–1924), poet, novelist and short story writer, *[[The Fiery Angel (novel)|The Fiery Angel]]*
*Yury Buida (born 1954), novelist and short story writer, *The Zero Train*
*Vladimir Bukovsky (1942–2019), writer and dissident
*Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940), novelist, short story writer and playwright, *[[Heart of a Dog]]*, *[[The White Guard]]*, *[[The Master and Margarita]]*
*Faddey Bulgarin (1789–1859), Polish-born writer and journalist
*Kir Bulychev (1934–2003), science fiction author, *[[Half a Life (Kir Bulychev)|Half a Life]]*
*Ivan Bunin (1870–1953), first Russian winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, *[[The Village (Ivan Bunin novel)|The Village]]*, *[[The Life of Arseniev]]*, *[[Dark Avenues]]*
*Anna Bunina (1774–1829), poet, *Though Poverty's No Stain*
*Viktor Burenin (1841–1926), writer, critic, playwright, librettist and satirical poet
*David Burliuk (1882–1967), illustrator, publicist and author associated with Russian Futurism
*Dmitry Bykov (born 1967)
*Pyotr Bykov (1844–1930) literary historian, poet and translator
*Vasil Bykov (1924–2003)

## C

*Dimitrie Cantemir (1673–1723), philosopher, historian, composer, musicologist, linguist, ethnographer and geographer
*Catherine the Great, (1729–1796), patroness of the arts, music and theatre, and opera librettist, *[[Fevey]]*
*Pyotr Chaadayev (1794–1856), philosopher, *Philosophical Letters* 
*Aleksey Chapygin (1870–1937), novelist and short story writer, *[[Stepan Razin]]*
*Lidia Charskaya (1875–1938), novelist and actress
*Nikolai Chayev (1824–1914), writer, poet and playwright, *Svat Faddeyich*
*Alexander Chekhov (1855–1913), writer and journalist
*Anton Chekhov (1860–1904), short story writer and playwright, *[[The Seagull]], *The Cherry Orchard*, "[[Ward No. 6]]", *The Lady with the Dog"
*Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828–1889), writer, journalist and politician, *[[What Is to Be Done? (novel)|What Is to Be Done?]]*
*Evgeny Chirikov (1864–1932), novelist, short story writer and playwright, *The Magician*
*Sasha Chorny (1880–1932), poet, satirist and children's writer 
*Korney Chukovsky (1882–1969), children's poet, *[[Moidodyr|Wash'em'clean]]*
*Lydia Chukovskaya (1907–1996), writer and poet, *[[Sofia Petrovna]]*
*Georgy Chulkov (1879–1939), poet, editor, writer and critic

## D

*Denis Davydov (1784–1839), soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars
*Vladimir Dal (1801–1872), writer and lexicographer, *[[Explanatory Dictionary of the Live Great Russian language|Explanatory Dictionary]]*
*Yuli Daniel (1925–1988), dissident writer, poet and translator, *This is Moscow Speaking* 
*Grigory Danilevsky (1829–1890), historical and ethnographical novelist, *Moscow in Flames*
*Anton Delvig (1798–1831), poet, journalist and magazine editor
*Grigoriy Demidovtsev (born 1960), writer and playwright
*Andrey Dementyev (1928–2018), poet and writer
*Boris Derevensky (born 1962), writer and historian
*Regina Derieva (1949–2013), poet, writer and essayist
*Gavrila Derzhavin (1743–1816), poet and statesman, *[[Grom pobedy, razdavaysya!|Let the Thunder of Victory Sound!]]*
* Nikolai Devitte (1811–1844), poet, harpist and songwriter, *Not for Me*.
*Andrei Dmitriev (born 1956), novelist and short story writer, winner of the 2012 Russian Booker Prize
*Ivan Dmitriev (1760–1837), sentimentalist poet and Russian Minister of Justice 
*Valentina Dmitryeva (1859–1947), writer, doctor and teacher, *Hveska, the Doctor's Watchman*
*Nikolay Dobrolyubov (1836–1861), literary critic, journalist, poet and essayist 
*Leonid Dobychin (1894–1936), novelist and short story writer, *[[The Town of N]]*
*Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky (1915–1994) poet and songwriter 
*Yury Dombrovsky (1909–1978), poet, writer and Gulag survivor, *[[The Faculty of Useless Knowledge]]*
*Vlas Doroshevich (1864–1922), journalist, writer and drama critic, *The Way of the Cross*  
*Lyubov Dostoyevskaya (1869–1926), novelist and biographer, *The Emigrant*
*Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881), writer, essayist, journalist and editor, *[[Notes from Underground]]*, *[[Crime and Punishment]]*, *[[The Idiot]]*, *[[Demons (Dostoyevsky novel)|Demons]]*, *[[The Brothers Karamazov]]*, *[[The House of the Dead (novel)|The House of the Dead]]*, *[[The Gambler (novel)|The Gambler]]*, "White Nights", "A Gentle Creature", "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man"
*Mikhail Dostoyevsky (1820–1864), writer, critic and editor, *[[Vremya (magazine)|Vremya]]*
*Sergei Dovlatov (1941–1990), novelist, short story writer and journalist, *[[Affiliate (novel)|Affiliate]]*
*Spiridon Drozhzhin (1848–1930), poet, *At the Village Assembly* 
*Yulia Drunina (1924–1991), poet and politician
*Alexander Druzhinin (1824–1864), writer and magazine editor, *Polinka Saks*
*Vladimir Dudintsev (1918–1998), novelist, *[[Not by Bread Alone]]*
*Sergey Durov (1816–1869), poet, translator, writer, and political activist
*Nadezhda Durova (1783–1866), soldier and writer, *The Cavalry Maiden*

## E

*Yevgeny Edelson (1824–1868), literary critic, essayist and translator 
*Ilya Ehrenburg (1891–1967), novelist and WWII war correspondent, *[[Black Book (World War II)|The Black Book]]*, *[[The Thaw (Ehrenburg novel)|The Thaw]]*
*Natan Eidelman (1930–1989), author, biographer and historian
*Grigory Eliseev (1821–1891) essayist, historian, editor, and publisher.
*Sergey Elpatyevsky (1854–1933), novelist and short story writer, *Pity Me!*
*Nikolai Engelhardt (1867–1942), writer, critic, poet, journalist and memoirist
*Asar Eppel (1935–2012), writer and translator, *Red Caviar Sandwiches*
*Nikolai Erdman (1900–1970), playwright, *[[The Suicide (play)|The Suicide]]*
*Victor Erofeyev (born 1947), writer, literary critic and magazine editor, *[[Russian beauty|Russian Beauty]]* 
*Alexander Ertel (1855–1908), novelist and short story writer, *A Greedy Peasant*
*Mikhail Evstafiev (born 1963), artist, photographer and writer, *[[Two Steps from Heaven]]*
*Nikolai Evreinov (1879–1953), director, dramatist and theatre practitioner, *[[The Storming of the Winter Palace]]*

## F

*Alexander Fadeyev (1901–1956), novelist, known for his war fiction, *The Rout*, *The Young Guard* 
*Konstantin Fedin (1892–1977), novelist, *Cities and Years*
*Georgy Fedotov (1886–1951), religious philosopher, historian and essayist
*Afanasy Fet (1820–1892), poet and translator
*Vera Figner (1852–1942), revolutionary and writer, member of Narodnaya Volya
*Terty Filippov (1825–1899) folklorist, essayist, editor and pedagogue 
*Dmitry Filosofov (1872–1940) essayist, critic, religious thinker, editor and political activist 
*Konstantin Fofanov (1862–1911), poet, considered to be a precursor of the symbolists, *Shadows and Mystery* 
*Denis Fonvizin (1744–1792), dramatist, *The Minor*
*Olga Forsh (1873–1961), writer, dramatist, memoirist and scenarist, *Palace and Prison*
*Ruvim Frayerman (1891–1972) writer, poet, essayist and journalist, *Wild Dog Dingo*
*Dmitry Furmanov (1891–1926), writer, known for his Russian Civil War novel *[[Vasily Chapayev|Chapayev]]*

## G

*Cherubina de Gabriak (1887–1928), pseudonymous poet
*Arkady Gaidar (1904–1941), children's writer, *Timur and His Squad*
*Alexey Galakhov (1807–1892), writer, memoirist and literary historian, *The History of Russian Literature*
*Alexander Galich (1918–1977), poet, screenwriter, playwright and singer-songwriter
*Alisa Ganieva (pseudonym Gulla Khirachev) (born 1985), writer and essayist
*Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovsky (1852–1906), writer, essayist and engineer, *Practical Training* 
*Vsevolod Garshin (1855–1888), short story writer, "Four Days", "The Red Flower"
*Aleksei Gastev (1882–1939), avant garde poet  
*Gaito Gazdanov (1903–1971), novelist and short story writer, *An Evening with Claire*, *The Spectre of Alexander Wolf*
*Mikhail Gerasimov (1889–1939), working-class poet 
*Yuri German (1910–1967), writer, playwright, screenwriter and journalist, *The Cause You Serve*
*Vladimir Gilyarovsky (1853–1935), writer and journalist, *The Stories of the Slums* 
*Lidiya Ginzburg (1902–1990), literary critic and a survivor of the Siege of Leningrad, *Blockade Diary*
*Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904–1977), Gulag memoirist, *[[Journey into the Whirlwind]]*, *Within the Whirlwind*
*Zinaida Gippius (1869–1945), essayist, memoirist, writer, poet and playwright, *[[The Green Ring]]*
*Anatoly Gladilin (1935–2018), novelist, *Moscow Racetrack*
*Fyodor Gladkov (1883–1958), novelist and short story writer, *[[Cement (novel)|Cement]]*
*Nikolay Glazkov (1919–1979), poet, creator of the term "Samizdat"
*Fyodor Glinka (1786–1880), poet and playwright, *Karelia*
*Boris Glinsky (1860–1917) writer, publicist, publisher, editor and politician 
*Dmitry Glukhovsky (born 1979), writer and journalist, *[[Metro 2033 (novel)|Metro 2033]]* 
*Nikolay Gnedich (1784–1833), poet and translator, *The Fishers* 
*Pyotr Gnedich (1855–1925), novelist, poet, playwright, translator, theatre entrepreneur and art historian
*Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852), writer and dramatist, *[[Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka]]*, *[[The Government Inspector]]*, *[[Dead Souls]]*
*Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848–1913), poet, *[[Songs and Dances of Death]]* 
*Boris Golovin (born 1955), singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist
*Ivan Goncharov (1812–1891), novelist, *[[Oblomov]]*
*Natalya Gorbanevskaya (1936–2013), poet, translator and civil rights activist
*Ivan Gorbunov (1831–1896), writer and stage actor, *The Scenes from People's Life*
*Dmitry Gorchakov (1758–1824), poet, playwright and satirist
*Grigori Gorin (1940–2000), writer, playwright and screenwriter, *[[The Very Same Munchhausen]]* 
*Maxim Gorky (1868–1936), novelist, short story writer and playwright, *[[The Lower Depths]]*, *[[Mother (novel)|Mother]]*, *[[Autobiography of Maxim Gorky|My Childhood. In the World. My Universities]]*, *[[The Life of Klim Samgin]]*
*Nina Gorlanova (born 1947), novelist and short story writer
*Sergey Gorodetsky (1884–1967), poet, one of the founders of the acmeist school
*Daniil Granin (1919–2017), novelist, *Those Who Seek*
*Nikolay Gretsch (1787–1867), journalist, writer and magazine editor, *[[Northern Bee]]*
*Aleksander Griboyedov (1795–1828), dramatist and statesman, *Woe from Wit*
*Dmitry Grigorovich (1822–1900), novelist, ''The Fishermen''
*Oleg Grigoriev (1943–1992), poet and artist
*Apollon Grigoryev (1822–1864), poet, literary and theatrical critic, translator and memoirist
*Alexander Grin (1880–1932), author of novels and stories set in Grinlandia, *[[Scarlet Sails (tradition)|Scarlet Sails]]*
*Isabella Grinevskaya (1864–1944), poet, writer and playwright
*Vasily Grossman (1905–1964), writer and war correspondent, *[[Life and Fate]]*
*Vitali Gubarev (1912–1981), journalist and writer
*Igor Guberman (born 1936), writer and satirical poet
*Semyon Gudzenko (1922–1953), poet of the World War II generation
*Lev Gumilev (1912–1992), historian, ethnologist and anthropologist
*Nikolay Gumilev (1886–1921), poet, founder of the acmeist movement
*Elena Guro (1877–1913), futurist writer and painter, *The Hurdy-Gurdy*
*Andrei Gusev (born 1952), writer and journalist, *[[The World According to Novikoff]]*
*Sergey Gusev-Orenburgsky (1867–1963), novelist, *The Land of the Fathers*

## H

*Yelena Hahn, writer for Biblioteka Dlya Chteniya and Otechestvennye Zapiski, mother of Helena Blavatsky
*Alexander Herzen (1812–1870), essayist, novelist, philosopher and magazine editor, *[[Who is to Blame?]]*

## I

*Ilf and Petrov (Ilf 1897–1937) (Petrov 1903–1942), satirical writers, *[[The Twelve Chairs]]*, *[[The Little Golden Calf]]*
*Vera Inber (1890–1972), poet and writer, *Lalla's Interests*
*Mikhail Isakovsky (1900–1973), poet and songwriter, *[[Katyusha (song)|Katyusha]]*
*Fazil Iskander, (1929–2016), Abkhaz writer, *Sandro of Chegem*
*Alexei Ivanov (born 1969), novelist and screenwriter
*Georgy Ivanov (1894–1958), poet and essayist, *Disintegration of the Atom*
*Vsevolod Ivanov (1895–1963), writer and plawright, *[[Armoured Train 14-69]]*
*Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866–1949), poet, playwright, philosopher, translator and literary critic
*Yuri Ivask (1907–1986), poet, essayist, literary critic and historian
*Ryurik Ivnev (1891–1981), poet, novelist and translator
*Sergey Izgiyayev (1922–1972), poet, playwright and translator
*Alexander Izmaylov (1779–1831), fabulist, poet and novelist

## K

*Gavril Kamenev (1772–1803), poet, writer and translator
*Vasily Kamensky (1884–1961), poet, playwright and artist, one of the first Russian aviators
*Antiochus Kantemir (1708–1744), writer and poet, *On the Envy and Pride of Evil-Minded Courtiers*
*Nikolay Karamzin (1766–1826), poet, writer and historian, *Poor Liza*
*Alexander Karasyov (born 1971), writer, Russian War Prose
*Pyotr Karatygin (1805–1879), playwright, actor and memoirist
*Nikolay Karazin (1842–1908), painter and writer, *The Two-Legged Wolf*
*Nikolay Karonin-Petropavlovsky (1853–1892), narodnik writer, *First Storm*
*Evtikhy Pavlovich Karpov (1857–1926), playwright and theatre director
*Vladimir Karpov (1922–2010), novelist and magazine editor, *The Commander*
*Vasily Kapnist (1758–1823), poet and playwright, *Chicane*
*Lev Kassil (1905–1970), writer of juvenile and young adult literature
*Ivan Kataev (1902–1937), novelist and short story writer, *Immortality*
*Valentin Kataev (1897–1986), writer and playwright, *[[Time, Forward! (novel)|Time, Forward!]]*
*Pavel Katenin (1792–1853), classicist poet, dramatist and literary critic
*Mikhail Katkov (1818–1887), journalist and publicist, *[[Moscow News (Imperial Russia)|Moscow News]]*
*Veniamin Kaverin (1902–1989), novelist, *[[The Two Captains]]*
*Emmanuil Kazakevich (1913–1962), writer, poet and playwright, *The Blue Notebook*
*Yury Kazakov (1927–1982), short story writer, *Going To Town*
*Rimma Kazakova (1932–2008), poet, *Let's Meet in the East* 
*Dmitri Kedrin (1907–1945), poet, *Confession*
*Yuri Khanon (born 1965), novelist and eccentric, *Skryabin As a Face*
*Mark Kharitonov (born 1937), writer, poet, and translator, *Lines of Fate*
*Yevgeny Kharitonov (1941–1981), writer, poet, playwright and theater director
*Daniil Kharms (1905–1942), novelist, short story writer and playwright, *The Old Woman*, *Incidences*, *Elizaveta Bam*
*Ivan Khemnitser (1745–1784), satirical poet, *The Rich Man and the Poor Man*
*Mikhail Kheraskov (1733–1807), poet, writer and playwright, *Vladimir Reborn*
*Velimir Khlebnikov (1885–1922), futurist poet and author, *Incantation by Laughter*
*Nikolai Khmelnitsky (1789–1845), playwright, literary critic and translator, *Chatterbox*
*Vladislav Khodasevich (1886–1939), poet and literary critic 
*Aleksey Khomyakov (1804–1860), poet, co-founder of the slavophile movement 
*Nadezhda Khvoshchinskaya (1824–1889), writer, critic and translator, *The Boarding-School Girl*
*Ivan Kireyevsky (1806–1856), writer, co-founder of the slavophile movement
*Dmitry Khvostov (1757–1835), poet and fabulist 
*Vladimir Kirshon (1902–1938), playwright, *The Miraculous Alloy*
*Marusya Klimova (born 1961), writer and translator
*Daniel Kluger (born 1951), author and songwriter
*Nikolai Klyuev (1884–1937), peasant poet, *A Northern Poem*
*Viktor Klyushnikov (1841–1892), writer, editor and journalist, *The Haze*
*Yakov Knyazhnin (1740/42–1791), playwright, poet and translator, *The Braggart* 
*Vsevolod Kochetov (1912–1973), novelist and journalist, *The Zhurbin Family*
*Pavel Kogan (1918–1942), poet and military interpreter
*Ivan Kokorev (1825–1853), short story writer and essayist
*Alexandra Kollontai (1872–1952), writer, feminist and important political figure, *Love of Worker Bees*
*Aleksey Koltsov (1809–1842), poet, *An Old Man's Song*
*Mikhail Koltsov (1898–1940/42), journalist and satirist
*Fyodor Koni (1809–1889), dramatist, theatre critic, literary historian, editor and memoirist
*Evgenia Konradi (1838–1898), essayist, journalist, writer, and women's education advocate
*Lev Kopelev (1912–1997), writer, journalist and dissident  
*Apollon Korinfsky (1868–1937), writer, poet, essayist, translator and memoirist
*Oleksandr Korniychuk (1905–1972), playwright, literary critic and state official, *In the Steppes of Ukraine* 
*Vladimir Korolenko (1853–1921), writer and memoirist, *The Blind Musician*
*Nestor Kotlyarevsky (1863–1925), writer, publicist, literary critic and historian, *The Nineteenth Century*
*Arkady Kots (1872–1943), poet and translator, *Proletarian Songs* 
*Yury Koval (1938–1995), writer and artist
*Sofia Kovalevskaya (1859–1891), writer and mathematician, *Nihilist Girl*
*Vadim Kozhevnikov (1909–1984), novelist and short story writer, *Shield and Sword*
*Nadezhda Kozhevnikova (born 1949), writer and journalist, *Attorney Alexandra Tikhonovna* 
*Ivan Kozlov (1779–1840), poet and translator, *The Monk* 
*Eugene Kozlovsky (born 1946), writer, journalist, theatre director and film director
*Vasili Krasovsky (1782–1824), poet, *Scrolls of the Muse*
*Andrey Krayevsky (1810–1889), journalist, publicist, publisher and editor, *[[Otechestvennye Zapiski]]*
*Vsevolod Krestovsky (1840–1895), writer, *Knights of Industry*
*Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921), writer and anarchist theorist, *In Russian and French Prisons*
*Aleksei Kruchenykh (1886–1968), futurist poet, co-creator of the literary concept "Zaum"
*Vladimir Krupin (born 1941), writer, editor and religious author, *Aqua Vitae*
*Ivan Krylov (1769–1844), major fabulist and dramatist
*Gleb Krzhizhanovsky (1872–1959), poet, author of the Russian version of the *[[Whirlwinds of Danger|Warszawianka]]*
*Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (1887–1950), short story writer, *Quadraturin*
*Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954), poet and novelist
*Pyotr Kudryavtsev (1816–1858), writer, historian, literary critic, philologist and journalist
*Nestor Kukolnik (1809–1868), playwright, poet and librettist, *[[A Life for the Tsar]]*
*Aleksandr Kuprin (1870–1938), novelist and short story writer, *[[The Duel (Kuprin novel)|The Duel]]*
*Wilhelm Küchelbecker (1797–1846), poet and magazine editor, *[[Mnemozina]]*
*Nikolai Kurochkin (1830–1884), poet, editor, translator and essayist
*Vasily Kurochkin (1831–1875), satirical poet, journalist and translator
*Vladimir Kurochkin (1829–1885), dramatist, translator, editor and publisher 
*Ivan Kushchevsky (1847–1876), novelist and short story writer, *Nikolai Negorev*
*Alexander Kushner (born 1936), poet and essayist, *The First Impression* 
*Dmitry Kuzmin (born 1968), poet, critic and publisher
*Mikhail Kuzmin (1872–1936), poet and novelist, *[[Wings (Kuzmin novel)|Wings]]*
*Anatoly Kuznetsov (1929–1979), novelist, *[[Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel]]*

## L

*Lazar Lagin (1903–1979), satirist and children's writer, *[[Old Khottabych]]*
*Yuri Laptev (1903–1984), writer and journalist, *Zarya*
*Yulia Latynina (born 1966), writer and journalist, *[[The Insider (Latynina novel)|The Insider]]*
*Boris Lavrenyov (1891–1959), writer and playwright, *Such a Simple Thing*
*Pyotr Lavrov (1823–1900), prominent theorist of narodism, philosopher, publicist and sociologist.
*Ivan Lazhechnikov (1792–1869), historical novelist, *The Heretic*
*Vasily Lebedev-Kumach (1898–1949), poet and lyricist, *[[Serdtse (song)|Serdtse]]*
*Anatoly Leman (1859–1913), writer and editor, *The Gentry's Tale*
*Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924), revolutionary and Marxist theoretician and publicist 
*Leonid Leonov (1899–1994), major novelist and short story writer, *The Thief*
*Konstantin Leontiev (1831–1891), philosopher and essayist
*Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841), major poet, playwright and novelist, *[[A Hero of Our Time]]*
*Nikolai Leskov (1831–1895), novelist, short story writer and journalist, *[[Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (novella)|Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District]]*, *[[The Cathedral Clergy]]*, *[[The Enchanted Wanderer]]*
*Alexander Levitov (1835–1877), short story writer, *Leatherhide the Cobbler*
*Nikolay Leykin (1841–1906), writer and publisher, *[[Fragments (magazine)|Fragments Magazine]]* 
*Vladimir Lichutin (born 1940), writer and essayist
*Mikhail Lifshitz (1905–1983), Marxian literary critic and philosopher of art
*Viktor Likhonosov (1936–2021), writer and editor, *Unwritten Memoirs. Our Little Paris*. 
*Eduard Limonov (1943–2020), writer and dissident, *[[It's Me, Eddie]]*
*Dmitri Lipskerov (born 1964), writer and playwright, *The Forty Years of Changzhoeh* 
*Mirra Lokhvitskaya (1869–1905), poet and playwright
*Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765), polymath, scientist, writer and linguistic reformer
*Vladimir Lugovskoy (1901–1957), constructivist poet 
*Sergey Lukyanenko (born 1968), popular science-fiction and fantasy author, *[[The Stars Are Cold Toys]]*
*Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875–1933), journalist and publicist
*Lev Lunts (1901–1924), writer, playwright, essayist and critic, member of the Serapion Brothers

## M

*Grigori Machtet (1852–1901), novelist, short story writer and poet 
*Vladimir Makanin (1937–2017), novelist and short story writer, *Antileader*
*Sergey Malitsky (born 1962), fantasy fiction writer
*Aleksandr Malyshkin (1892–1938), novelist and prose writer
*Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak (1852–1912), novelist, *The Privalov Fortune*
*Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899–1980), writer and memoirist, *Hope Against Hope*, *Hope Abandoned*
*Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938), poet and writer, member of the acmeist school, *The Stone*
*Anatoly Marienhof (1897–1962), novelist, poet and playwright, *A Novel Without Lies*
*Alexandra Marinina (born 1957), writer of detective stories
*Evgeny Markov (1835–1903), writer, critic and ethnographer, *Black Earth Field*
*Georgi Markov (1911–1991), novelist, screenwriter, playwright 
*Maria Markova (born 1982), poet
*Boleslav Markevich (1822–1884), writer, essayist, journalist, literary critic and translator
*Samuil Marshak (1887–1964), writer, translator and children's poet, *The Twelve Months*
*Vladilen Mashkovtsev (1929–1997), poet, writer and journalist
*Mikhail Matinsky (1750–1820), scientist, dramatist, librettist and opera composer.
*Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930), futurist poet, writer and playwright, *[[Mystery-Bouffe]]*
*Apollon Maykov (1821–1897), poet and translator
*Valerian Maykov (1823–1847), literary critic, brother of Apollon Maykov 
*Vasily Maykov (1728–1778), poet, fabulist, playwright and translator
*Lev Mei (1822–1862), poet and playwright, *[[The Tsar's Bride]]*
*Pavel Melnikov (1818–1883), ethnographical novelist, *In the Forests*
*Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1866–1941), poet and novelist, *Christ and Antichrist*
*Aleksey Merzlyakov (1778–1830), poet, critic, translator and professor
*Arvo Mets (1937–1997), poet and translator, *Resemblance*
*Alexander Mezhirov (1923–2009), poet, translator and critic
*Sergey Mikhalkov (1913–2009), children's writer, satirist and songwriter, author of the National Anthem of the Soviet Union 
*Nikolay Mikhaylovsky (1842–1904), publicist, literary critic, sociologist and narodnik theoretician
*Dmitry Minayev (1835–1889), satirical poet, journalist, translator and literary critic
*Nikolai Minsky (1855–1937), poet, writer and translator, *From the Gloom to the Light* 
*Boris Mozhayev (1923–1996), writer, playwright, script-writer and editor, *Alive*
*Daniil Mordovtsev (1830–1905), writer and historian of Ukrainian descent
*Yunna Morits (born 1937), poet and artist, *The Vine*
*Sergey Mstislavsky (1876–1943), writer, dramatist, publicist, anthropologist, editor and political activist
*Viktor Muyzhel (1880–1924), writer and painter
*Viktor Muravin (born 1929), novelist, *The Diary of Vikenty Angarov*

## N

*Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977), poet and novelist, wrote first in Russian, then in English, author of *[[Lolita]]*
*Nikolai Nadezhdin (1804–1856), literary critic and ethnographer
*Semyon Nadson (1862–1887), poet, *Pity the Stately Cypress Trees*
*Yuri Nagibin (1920–1994), novelist, short story writer and screenwriter
*Vladimir Narbut (1888–1938), acmeist poet and magazine editor
*Vasily Narezhny (1780–1825), novelist, *A Russian Gil Blas*
*Sergey Narovchatov (1919–1981), writer and magazine editor, *[[Novy Mir]]*
*Nikolai Naumov, (1838–1901), essayist and short story writer, *Cobweb*
*Filipp Nefyodov (1838–1902), writer, journalist, editor, ethnographer and archeologist, *Among People*
*Nikolay Nekrasov (1821–1878), major poet and magazine editor, *[[Who Is Happy in Russia?|Who Can be Happy and Free in Russia?]]*
*Viktor Nekrasov (1911–1987), novelist, *Front-line Stalingrad*
*Viktor Nekipelov (1928–1989), poet, writer and dissident 
*Miroslav Nemirov (1961–2016), poet and songwriter
*Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko (1845–1936), novelist, essayist and war correspondent 
*Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858–1943), theatre director, writer and playwright, co-founder of the Moscow Art Theatre
*Löb Nevakhovich (1776/78–1831), Russia-Jewish writer and playwright
*Alexander Neverov (1886–1923), writer and playwright, *City of Bread*
*Friedrich Neznansky (1932–2013), crime novelist, *Red Square*
*Ivan Nikitin (1824–1861), poet and writer, *Kulak*
*Nikolai Nikolev (1758–1815), poet and playwright
*Pavel Nilin (1908–1981), writer, journalist and playwright, *Man Goes Uphill*
*Nikolay Nosov (1908–1976), children's writer, *[[Neznaika]]*
*Yevgeny Nosov (1925–2002), writer, *Usvyat Warriors*
*Osip Notovich (1849–1914), publisher, playwright and essayist
*Alexey Novikov-Priboy (1877–1944), novelist and short story writer, *The Captain*

## O

*Vladimir Obruchev (1863–1956), science fiction writer, *[[Sannikov Land]]*
*Alexander Odoevsky (1802–1839), poet and playwright, activist of the Decembrist Revolt
*Vladimir Odoevsky (1803–1869), philosopher, writer, music critic, philanthropist and pedagogue, *[[The Living Corpse (Odoevsky)|The Living Corpse]]* 
*Irina Odoyevtseva (1895–1990), poet, novelist and memoirist
*Nikolay Ogarev (1813–1877), poet, historian and political activist
*Bulat Okudzhava (1924–1997), poet, writer and singer-songwriter, *The Art of Needles and Sins*
*Yury Olesha (1899–1960), novelist and short story writer, *[[Envy (Olesha novel)|Envy]]*
*Nikolay Oleynikov (1898–1937), editor, avant-garde poet and playwright 
*Vladimir Orlov (author) (1936–2014), novelist
*Mikhail Osorgin (1878–1942), journalist, novelist, short story writer and essayist
*Sergey Ostrovoy (1911–2005), poet, author of lyrics to many popular Soviet songs
*Alexander Ostrovsky (1823–1886), major playwright, *[[The Storm (Ostrovsky)|The Storm]]*
*Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904–1936), socialist realist writer, *[[How the Steel Was Tempered]]* 
*Valentin Ovechkin (1904–1968), writer, playwright, journalist and war correspondent, *Greetings from the Front*
*Vladislav Ozerov (1769–1816), playwright, *Dmitry Donskoy*

## P

*Marina Palei (born 1955), scriptwriter, publicist, novelist and translator, *Rendezvous*
*Alexander Palm (1822–1885), poet, novelist and playwright, Petrashevsky Circle member, *Alexey Slobodin*
*Liodor Palmin (1841–1891), poet, translator and journalist 
*Ivan Panaev (1812–1862), writer, critic and publisher/editor of *[[Sovremennik]]* magazine
*Avdotya Panaeva (1820–1893), novelist, short story writer and memoirist
*Vera Panova (1905–1973), novelist, short story writer, journalist and playwright, *[[Seryozha (novel)|Seryozha]]*
*Valentin Parnakh (1891–1951), poet, translator, choreographer and musician, founder of Russian jazz music
*Sophia Parnok (1885–1933),  poet, playwright and translator
*Andrei Parshev (born 1955), political writer
*Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), poet and novelist, not permitted by the Soviet Union to accept the Nobel Prize, *[[Doctor Zhivago (novel)|Doctor Zhivago]]*
*Pyotr Patrushev (1942–2016), writer and dissident
*Konstantin Paustovsky (1892–1968), writer, Nobel Prize nominee, *Story of a Life*
*Pyotr Pavlenko (1899–1951), writer, *Happiness*
*Oleg Pavlov (1970–2018), novelist and short story writer
*Karolina Pavlova (1807–1893), poet and novelist, *A Double Life* 
*Vladimir Pecherin (1807–1885), poet and writer, *Notes from Beyond the Tomb*
*Victor Pelevin (born 1962), modern writer, *[[Omon Ra]]*
*Yakov Perelman (1882–1942), science writer, *Physics for Entertainment*
*Pyotr Pertsov (1868–1947), publisher, editor, literary critic, journalist and memoirist
*Nick Perumov (born 1963), fantasy and science fiction writer
*Pyotr Petrov (1827–1891), writer, arts historian, genealogist and bibliographer, *The Tsar's Judgement*
*Mariya Petrovykh (1908–1979), poet and translator
*Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (born 1938), modern writer and playwright, *[[The Time: Night]]* 
*Valentin Pikul (1928–1990), novelist, *At the Last Frontier* 
*Boris Pilnyak (1894–1938), novelist, *The Naked Year*
*Dmitry Pisarev (1840–1868), critic and publicist
*Aleksey Pisemsky (1821–1881), novelist and dramatist, *[[A Bitter Fate]]*
*Andrei Platonov (1899–1951), novelist, short story writer and playwright, *[[Chevengur]]*, *[[The Foundation Pit]]*
*Georgi Plekhanov (1857–1918), writer, revolutionary and Marxist theoretician 
*Aleksey Pleshcheyev (1825–1893), radical poet, *Step Forward! Without Fear or Doubt*
*Pyotr Pletnyov (1792–1866), poet, dedicatee of Pushkin's *Eugene Onegin*
*Mikhail Pogodin (1800–1875), historian and journalist 
*Nikolai Pogodin (1900–1962), playwright, journalist and magazine editor
*Antony Pogorelsky (1787–1837), fantasy fiction writer, *Dvoinik*
* Evgeny Pogozhev (1870–1931), religious writer, essayist and journalist (pen name E. Poselyanin)
*Konstantin Podrevsky (1888–1930), poet, translator, lyricist, *[[Those Were the Days (song)|Dorogoi dlinnoyu]]*
*Boris Polevoy (1908–1981), writer and journalist, *The Story of a Real Man*
*Ksenofont Polevoy (1801–1867), writer, literary critic, journalist, publisher and translator
*Nikolai Polevoy (1796–1846), writer, historian and magazine editor, *The Moscow Telegraph* 
*Pyotr Polevoy (1839–1902), writer, playwright, translator, critic and literary historian
*Alexander Polezhayev (1804–1838), satirical poet, *Sashka* 
*Elizaveta Polonskaya (1890–1969), poet, translator, and journalist, the only female member of the Serapion Brothers
*Leonid Polonsky (1833–1913), writer, journalist, editor and publisher, *Mad Musician*
*Yakov Polonsky (1819–1898), poet, *Georgian Night*
*Nikolay Pomyalovsky (1835–1863), novelist and short story writer, *Seminary Sketches*
*Mikhail Popov (1742–1790), writer, poet, dramatist and opera librettist, *[[Anyuta]]*
*Nikolay Popovsky (1730–1760), poet and translator
*Vasili Popugaev (1778/79–1816), poet, novelist and translator
*Oleg Postnov (born 1962), novelist and translator
*Ignaty Potapenko (1856–1929), writer and playwright, *A Russian Priest*
*Michael Prawdin (1894–1970), historical writer
*Alexander Preys (1905–1942), playwright and librettist, *[[The Nose (opera)|The Nose]]*
*Dmitri Prigov (1940–2007), writer and artist, *Live in Moscow*
*Zakhar Prilepin (born 1975), writer and dissident, member of the National Bolshevik Party
*Maria Prilezhayeva (1903–1989), children's writer, *The Life of Lenin*
*Mikhail Prishvin (1873–1954), journalist and writer
*Valentyn Prodaievych (born 1960), journalist and writer, lives in Florida
*Alexander Prokhanov (born 1938), writer and newspaper editor, *Empire's Last Soldier* 
*Alexander Prokofyev (1900–1971), poet and war correspondent
*Iosif Prut (1900–1996), playwright and screenwriter
*Kozma Prutkov (1803–1863), satirist, pseudonym of Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy and his cousins
*Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837), poet, novelist and dramatist, *[[Eugene Onegin]]*
*Vasily Pushkin (1766–1830), poet, uncle of Alexander Pushkin
*Konstantin Pyatnitsky (1864–1938), journalist, publisher and memoirist

## R

*Alexander Radishchev (1749–1802), radical writer and social critic, *[[Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow]]*
*Edvard Radzinsky (born 1936), writer, playwright, TV personality, screenwriter and historian
*Vladimir Rayevsky (1795–1872), penyair dan Desembris
*Valentin Rasputin (1937–2015), novelist, *Farewell to Matyora*
*Irina Ratushinskaya (1954–2017) dissident poet and writer, *Grey is the Color of Hope*
*Razumnik Ivanov-Razumnik (1878–1946), writer, philosopher and literary critic
*Yevgeny Rein (born 1935), poet and writer, *The Names of Bridges*
*Vera Reznik (born 1944), writer, translator and literary scholar
*Aleksey Remizov (1877–1957), modernist writer, calligrapher and folklore enthusiast, *The Clock*, *Sisters of the Cross*
*Fyodor Reshetnikov (1841–1871), novelist, *The Podlipnayans*
*Mikhail Rosenheim (1820–1887), poet, editor, publicist and translator
*Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932–1994), poet, *Flags of Spring*  
*Helena Roerich (1879–1949), philosopher, writer and public figure
*Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947), painter, philosopher, scientist, writer, traveler and public figure
*Konstantin Romanov (1858–1915), poet and playwright, *The King of the Jews*
*Panteleimon Romanov (1884–1938), writer, *Without Bird-Cherry Blossoms*
*Mikhail Roshchin (1933–2010), playwright, screenwriter and short story writer
*Yevdokiya Rostopchina (1811–1858), poet and writer, *Forced Marriage*
*Vasily Rozanov (1856–1919), writer and philosopher
*Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932–1994), poet, *Flags of Spring* 
*Dina Rubina (born 1953), novelist and short story writer, *The Blackthorn*
*Anatoly Rybakov (1911–1998), novelist, *[[Children of the Arbat]]*
*Vladimir Rybakov (1947–2018), novelist and journalist, *The Afghans: A Novella of Soviet Soldiers in Afghanistan*
*Vyacheslav Rybakov (born 1954), science fiction author and orientalist, *The Trial Sphere*
*Maria Rybakova (born 1973), novelist and short story writer
*Pavel Rybnikov (1831–1885), ethnographer, folklorist and literary historian
*Kondraty Ryleyev (1795–1826), poet, publisher and a leader of the Decembrist Revolt
*Yuri Rytkheu (1930–2008), Chukchi writer, *A Dream in Polar Fog*

## S

*Irina Saburova (1907–1979), writer, poet, translator, and magazine editor
*Dmitry Sadovnikov (1847–1883), poet, folklorist and ethnographer, "Iz-za ostrova na strezhen"
*Boris Sadovskoy (1881–1952), poet, writer and literary critic
*German Sadulaev (born 1973), Chechen writer, *I am a Chechen!*
*Evgeny Salias De Tournemire (1840–1908), writer, *The Krutoyar Princess*
*Ilya Salov (1834–1902), writer, playwright and translator, *Butuzka*
*Yuri Samarin (1819–1876), publicist and critic
*Vladimir Sanin (1928–1989), writer of travel fiction
*Genrikh Sapgir (1928–1999), poet and novelist
*Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826–1889), novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist, *[[The History of a Town]]*, *[[The Golovlyov Family]]*
*Boris Savinkov (1879–1925), writer and revolutionary terrorist, *What Never Happened*
*Feodosy Savinov (1865–1915), poet, *Rodnoye*
*Ilya Selvinsky (1899–1968), poet, leader of the constructivist school
*Sergey Semyonov (1868–1922), peasant writer, *Gluttons*
*Yulian Semyonov (1931–1993), writer of spy fiction and crime fiction, *[[Seventeen Instants of Spring]]*
*Osip Senkovsky (1800–1858), Polish-Russian orientalist, journalist, writer and entertainer.
*Alexander Serafimovich (1863–1949), writer, *The Iron Flood*
*Andrey Sergeev (1933–1998), poet, translator and writer
*Sergei Sergeyev-Tsensky (1875–1958), writer and academician, *Brusilov's Breakthrough*
*Efraim Sevela (1928–2010), writer, screenwriter, director and producer
*Igor Severyanin (1887–1941), ego futurist poet, *The Cup of Thunder*
*Marietta Shaginyan (1888–1982), writer of Armenian descent, *Mess-Mend*
*Alexander Shakhovskoy (1777–1846) playwright, writer, poet, librettist and critic, *The New Stern*
*Varlam Shalamov (1907–1982), short story writer and poet, *[[Kolyma Tales]]*
*Olga Shapir (1850–1916), writer and feminist, *The Settlement*
*Pyotr Shchebalsky (1810–1886), critic, editor and literary historian
*Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik (1874–1952), poet, writer, playwright and translator, *Deborah*
*Vladimir Shchiglev (1840–1903), satirical poet and playwright
*Stepan Shchipachev (1889–1980), poet, *Lines of Love* 
*Vadim Shefner (1915–2002), poet and writer
*Alexander Sheller (1838–1900), writer, poet and essayist, *Putrid Moors*
*Nikolay Sherbina (1821–1869), poet, *To the Sea*
*Vadim Shershenevich (1893–1942), futurist poet, writer and screenwriter, *[[A Kiss From Mary Pickford]]*
*Stepan Shevyryov (1806–1864), poet, writer, critic and philologist 
*Mikhail Shishkin (born 1961), modern writer, *The Taking of Izmail* 
*Vyacheslav Shishkov (1873–1945), writer, known for his descriptions of Siberia
*Maria Shkapskaya (1891–1952), poet and journalist
*Ivan Shmelyov (1873–1950), novelist, *The Sun of the Dead*
*Mikhail Sholokhov (1905–1984), Nobel Prize–winning writer, *[[And Quiet Flows the Don]]*
*Gennady Shpalikov (1937–1974), poet and screenwriter, *[[I Step Through Moscow]]*
*Nikolai Shpanov (1896–1961), author
*Vasily Shukshin (1929–1974), actor, writer, screenwriter and movie director, *Roubles in Words, Kopeks in Figures* 
*Pavel Shumil (born 1957), science fiction author
*Evgeny Shvarts (1896–1958), writer, playwright and screenwriter, *The Dragon* 
*Konstantin Simonov (1915–1979), novelist and poet, "Wait for Me" 
*Andrei Sinyavsky (1925–1997), writer, publisher and dissident, *[[Fantastic Stories]]*
*Alexander Skabichevsky (1838–1911), writer and literary critic 
*Stepan Skitalets (1869–1941), poet and writer, *The Love of a Scene Painter*
*Tim Skorenko (born 1983), writer, poet, singer-songwriter, and journalist. 
*Victor Skumin (born 1948), writer and magazine editor
*Olga Slavnikova (born 1957), novelist and literary critic
*Vasily Sleptsov (1836–1878), novelist, short story writer and playwright, *Hard Times*, "The Ward"
*Konstantin Sluchevsky (1837–1904), poet and magazine editor
*Boris Slutsky (1919–1986), representative of the War generation of Russian poets
*Nikolai Snessarev (1856–1928), publicist, writer, literary critic and politician
*Sofia Soboleva (1840–1884), writer and journalist, *Pros and Cons*
*Anatoly Sofronov (1911–1990), writer, poet, playwright, scriptwriter, editor and literary administrator, *The Cookie*
*Sasha Sokolov (born 1943), novelist, *[[A School for Fools]]*
*Ivan Sokolov-Mikitov (1882–1975), author, journalist and short-story writer, *Childhood*
*Vladimir Sollogub (1813–1882), writer and poet, *The Snowstorm*
*Fyodor Sologub (1863–1927), symbolist poet, playwright and novelist, *The Petty Demon*
*Vladimir Soloukhin (1924–1997), writer, journalist and poet, *Verdict*
*Leonid Solovyov (1906–1962), writer and playwright, *Tale of [[Nasreddin|Hodja Nasreddin]]* 
*Vladimir Solovyov (1853–1900), philosopher, poet, pamphleteer and literary critic
*Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), Nobel Prize–winning writer, *[[One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich]]*, *[[The Gulag Archipelago]]* 
*Orest Somov (1793–1833), writer, journalist, literary critic and translator, *Mommy and Sonny*
*Vladimir Sorokin (born 1955), popular postmodern writer and dramatist
*Konstantin Staniukovich (1843–1903), sea stories writer, *Maximka*
*Mikhail Stasyulevich (1826–1911), writer, literary historian, editor and publisher
*Vladimir Stavsky (1900–1943), writer, editor and literary administrator, *Fighting for Motherland*
*Alexander Stein (1906–1993), writer, playwright, scriptwriter and memoirist
*Ksenya Stepanycheva (born 1978), playwright, *Pink Bow*
*Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky (1851–1895), writer, publicist and revolutionary, *King Stork and King Log* 
*Fyodor Stepun (1884–1965), Russian-German writer, philosopher, historian and sociologist
*Dmitry Strelnikov (born 1969), poet, essayist and novelist
*Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Arkady 1925–1991) (Boris 1933–2012), science fiction writers, *[[Hard to Be a God]]*
*Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin (1817–1903), playwright, *[[Scenes from the Past]]*
*Alexander Sumarokov (1717–1777), early poet and playwright 
*Ivan Surikov (1841–1880), peasant poet
*Alexey Surkov (1899–1983), poet, editor, literary critic, "Zemlyanka" 
*Mikhail Sushkov (1775–1792), writer, *The Russian Werther*
*Alexei Suvorin (1834–1912), publisher and journalist
*Viktor Suvorov (born 1947), writer and historian
*Fyodor Svarovsky (born 1971), poet
*Mikhail Svetlov (1903–1964), poet and journalist, *Song of Kakhovka*

## T

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

## U

*Vladimir Uflyand (1937–2007), poet, *The Working Week Comes To An End*
*Pavel Ulitin (1918–1986), writer
*Lyudmila Ulitskaya (born 1943), novelist and short-story writer, *Medea and Her Children*
*Alexander Urusov (1843–1900), literary critic, translator, lawyer and philanthropist
*Eduard Uspensky (1937–2018), children's writer, *[[Cheburashka|Cheburashka series]]*
*Gleb Uspensky (1843–1902), novelist, short story writer and essayist, *The Power of the Land*
*Nikolay Uspensky (1837–1889), short story writer, *A Good Existence* 
*Iosif Utkin (1903–1944), poet and journalist, *Dear Childhood*

## V

*Konstantin Vaginov (1899–1934), poet and novelist, *Goat Song*, *The Works and Days of Svistonov*
*Pyotr Valuyev (1815–1890), statesman, novelist, poet and essayist
*Alexander Vampilov (1937–1972), playwright, *Elder Son*
*Mikhail Veller (born 1948), writer and journalist, *The Guru* 
*Alexander Veltman (1800–1870), writer, one of the pioneers of Russian science fiction
*Dmitry Venevitinov (1805–1827), philosophical poet
*Anastasiya Verbitskaya (1861–1928), novelist, playwright, screenplay writer, publisher and feminist, *The Keys to Happiness*
*Vikenty Veresaev (1867–1945), writer and medical doctor, *Memoirs of a Physician*
*Lidia Veselitskaya (1857–1936), writer, translator and memoirist, *Mimi's Marriage*
*Sergey Vikulov (1922–2006), poet, essayist, memoirist and editor, *[[Nash Sovremennik]]*
*Tony Vilgotsky (born 1980), horror and fantasy writer, columnist
*Nikolai Virta (1906–1976), writer and playwright, *Alone*
*Vsevolod Vishnevsky (1900–1951), playwright, *[[Optimistic Tragedy]]*
*Igor Vishnevetsky (born 1964), poet and music historian
*Georgi Vladimov (1931–2003), dissident writer, *[[Faithful Ruslan]]* 
*Dmitry Vodennikov (born 1968), poet and essayist
*Vladimir Voinovich (1932–2018), satirical novelist, *[[The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin]]*
*Zinaida Volkonskaya (1792–1862), writer, poet, singer, composer, salonist and lady in waiting
*Alexander Volkov (1891–1977), novelist and mathematician, *[[The Wizard of the Emerald City]]*
*Anri Volokhonsky (1936–2017), poet and translator
*Maximilian Voloshin (1877–1932), poet, translator, art and literary critic 
*Konstantin Vorobyov (1919–1975), writer, *Slain Near Moscow*
*Vatslav Vorovsky (1871–1923), Marxist revolutionary, literary critic, diplomat and publicist
*Julia Voznesenskaya (1940–2015), novelist, *The Women's Decameron*
*Zoya Voskresenskaya (1907–1992), children's writer, diplomat, NKVD foreign office secret agent, *Mother's Heart*
*Andrei Voznesensky (1933–2010), poet and writer, *First Frost*
*Alexander Vvedensky (1904–1941), poet, co-founder of OBERIU
*Arseny Vvedensky (1844–1909), writer, journalist, literary critic and historian
*Pyotr Vyazemsky (1792–1878), poet, representative of the Golden Age of Russian poetry
*Vladimir Vysotsky (1938–1980), singer, songwriter, poet and actor

## Y

*Alexander Yakovlev (1886–1953), writer and essayist, *The Peasant*
*Pyotr Yakubovich (1860–1911), poet and writer, member of Narodnaya Volya
*Pavel Yakushkin (1822–1872),  writer, ethnographer and folklorist
*Alexander Yashin (1913–1968), writer associated with the Village Prose movement
*Ieronim Yasinsky (1850–1931), novelist, poet, essayist and memoirist
*Nikolay Yazykov (1803–1846), poet and slavophile
*Ivan Yefremov (1908–1972), paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker, *[[Andromeda (novel)|Andromeda]]*
*Dmitri Yemets (born 1974), author of fantasy literature for children and young adults, *[[Tanya Grotter]]*
*Venedikt Yerofeyev (1938–1990), writer and playwright, *[[Moscow-Petushki]]*
*Pyotr Yershov (1815–1869), fairy tale writer, poet and playwright, *The Humpbacked Horse*
*Sergei Yesenin (1895–1925), poet, *[[Land of Scoundrels (poem)|Land of Scoundrels]]*
*Tatyana Yesenina (1918–1992), writer and daughter of Sergei Yesenin, *Zhenya, the Wonder of the Twentieth Century*
*Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933–2017), poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, actor, editor, and film director
*Semyon Yushkevich (1868–1927), writer and playwright

## Z

*Nikolay Zabolotsky (1903–1958), poet, children's writer and translator, one of the founders of the absurdist group OBERIU
*Boris Zakhoder (1918–2000), poet, children's writer and translator
*Mikhail Zagoskin (1789–1852), historical novelist, *Tales of Three Centuries*
*Boris Zaitsev (1881–1972), writer and playwright, *Anna*
*Mark Zakharov (1933–2019), theatrical director, playwright and actor
*Sergey Zalygin (1913–2000), novelist and magazine editor, *The South American Variant*
*Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884–1937), novelist, short story writer and playwright, *[[We (novel)|We]]*
*Vsevolod Zelchenko (born 1972), poet
*Mikhail Zenkevich (1886–1973), poet and translator, *Wild Porphyry*
*Yulia Zhadovskaya (1824–1883), poet and writer, *Apart from the Great World* 
*Vera Zhelikhovsky (1835–1896), novelist and children's writer, *The General's Will*
*Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov (1821–1908), poet and dramatist, co-creator of Kozma Prutkov
*Boris Zhitkov (1882–1938), novelist, short story writer, playwright and children's writer, *Viktor Vavich*
*Maria Zhukova (1804–1855), writer, *Evenings on the Karpovka* 
*Vasily Zhukovsky (1783–1852), poet, translator and magazine editor 
*Zinovy Zinik (born 1945), novelist and broadcaster, *The Mushroom-Picker*
*Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal (1866–1907), writer and playwright, *The Tragic Menagerie*  
*Nikolai Zlatovratsky (1845–1911), novelist and short story writer, *Old Shadows*
*Mikhail Znamensky (1833–1892), writer, memoirist, caricaturist, archeologist and ethnographer, *The Vanished Men*
*Mikhail Zoshchenko (1895–1958), satirical short story writer and novelist, *The Galosh*
*Rafail Zotov (1795–1871), playwright, novelist, journalist, translator and theatre critic, *Jealous Wife*