Daftar penulis berbahasa Rusia
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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) science fiction writer, The Mystery of the Two Oceans
Georgy Adamovich (1892–1972), poet, critic, memoirist, translator
Anastasia Afanasieva (born 1982), physician, poet, writer & translator
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, 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, 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 series, 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
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
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