right|thumb|310px|[[Pushkin Reciting His Poem Before Old Derzhavin, a painting by Ilya Repin, 1911]]
This is a list of authors who have written poetry in the Russian language.
Alphabetical list
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|Bella Akhmadulina<br /> (1937–2010)
|The String<br />The Garden<br />A Guiding Sound<br />Once in December
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|Anna Akhmatova<br /> (1889–1966)
|Evening<br />Requiem<br />The Rosary<br />Poem Without a Hero
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|Margarita Aliger<br /> (1915–1992)
|Zoya<br />Railroad<br />The Year of Birth<br />Stones and Grass
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|Daniil Andreev<br /> (1906–1959)
|Russian Gods<br />The Iron Mystery
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|Domna Anisimova<br /> (fl. 19th century)
|Depiction of the Harvest<br />Sound of the Night Wind
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|Innokenty Annensky<br /> (1855–1909)
|Quiet Songs<br />Cypress Box
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|Pavel Antokolsky <br />(1896–1978)
|All We Who in His Name
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|Aleksey Apukhtin <br />(1840–1893)
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|Eduard Asadov<br /> (1923–2004)
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|Nikolay Aseyev<br /> (1889–1963)
|Zor<br />Night Flute
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|Lera Auerbach<br /> (born 1973)
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|Gennadiy Aygi<br /> (1934–2006)
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|Eduard Bagritsky<br /> (1895–1934)
|February
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|Konstantin Balmont <br />(1867–1942)
|Under the Northern Sky<br />Let Us Be Like the Sun<br />Burning Buildings
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|Jurgis Baltrušaitis<br /> (1873–1944)
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|Evgeny Baratynsky<br /> (1800–1844)
|Eda<br />The Gypsy<br />The Last Poet<br />Autumn
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|Ivan Barkov <br />(1732–1768)
|obscene poems
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|Anna Barkova<br /> (1901–1976)
|Tatar Anguish
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|Agniya Barto<br /> (1906–1981)
|Toys<br />Mishka the Petty Thief
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|Alexander Bashlachev<br /> (1960–1988)
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|Konstantin Batyushkov <br />(1787–1855)
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|Demyan Bedny <br />(1883–1945)
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|Andrey Bely<br /> (1880–1934)
|Urn<br />Gold in Azure<br />Christ Has Risen<br />The First Encounter
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|Olga Bergholz <br />(1910–1975)
|February Diary<br />Leningrad Poem
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|Aleksandr Bestuzhev<br /> (1797–1837)
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|Alexander Blok <br />(1880–1921)
|Skify<br />The Twelve
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|Valeri Brainin-Passek <br />(born 1948)
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|Joseph Brodsky<br /> (1940–1996)
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|Valery Bryusov<br /> (1873–1924)
|Tertia Vigilia
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|Ivan Bunin <br />(1870–1953)
|Falling Leaves
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|Anna Bunina<br /> (1774–1829)
|Though Poverty's No Stain
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|Sasha Chorny<br /> (1880–1932)
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|Korney Chukovsky<br /> (1882–1969)
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|Georgy Chulkov<br /> (1879–1939)
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|Denis Davydov<br /> (1784–1839)
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|Anton Delvig <br />(1798–1831)
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|Andrey Dementyev <br />(1928–2018)
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|Regina Derieva<br /> (1949–2013)
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|Gavrila Derzhavin <br />(1743–1816)
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|Nikolai Devitte<br />(1811–1844)
|Not for Me
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|Ivan Dmitriev<br /> (1760–1837)
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|Nikolay Dobrolyubov <br />(1836–1861)
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|Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky<br /> (1915–1994)
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|Spiridon Drozhzhin<br /> (1848–1930)
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|Yulia Drunina<br /> (1924–1991)
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|Xenia Dyakonova<br /> (born 1985)
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|Ilya Ehrenburg<br /> (1891–1967)
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|Afanasy Fet<br /> (1812–1892)
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|Konstantin Fofanov<br /> (1862–1911)
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|Cherubina de Gabriak<br /> (1887–1928)
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|Alexander Galich<br /> (1918–1977)
|Clouds<br /> Kaddish<br /> The Night Watch<br />When I Return
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|Aleksei Gastev<br /> (1882–1939)
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|Mikhail Gerasimov<br /> (1889–1939)
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|Zinaida Gippius<br /> (1869–1945)
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|Nikolay Glazkov<br /> (1919–1979)
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|Avdotia Glinka<br /> (1795–1863)
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|Fyodor Glinka<br /> (1786–1880)
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|Nikolay Gnedich<br /> (1784–1833)
|The Fishers
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|Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov<br /> (1848–1913)
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|Dmitry Gorchakov<br /> (1758–1824)
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|Sergey Gorodetsky<br /> (1884–1967)
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|Boris Golovin <br />(born 1955)
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|Aleksandr Griboedov<br /> (1794–1829)
| Woe from Wit
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|Apollon Grigoryev <br />(1822–1864)
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|Oleg Grigoryev<br /> (1943–1992)
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|Isabella Grinevskaya<br />(1864–1944)
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|Igor Guberman <br />(born 1936)
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|Semyon Gudzenko <br />(1922–1953)
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|Nikolay Gumilyov<br /> (1886–1921)
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|Elena Guro<br /> (1877–1913)
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|Vera Inber<br /> (1890–1972)
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|Mikhail Isakovsky<br /> (1900–1973)
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|Georgy Ivanov<br /> (1894–1958)
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|Vyacheslav Ivanov <br />(1866–1949)
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|Ryurik Ivnev <br />(1891–1981)
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|Alexander Izmaylov<br />(1779–1831)
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|Gavril Kamenev<br /> (1772–1803)
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|Antiochus Kantemir<br /> (1708–1744)
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|Vasily Kapnist<br /> (1758–1823)
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|align=center||Rimma Kazakova<br /> (1932–2008)
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|Dmitri Kedrin<br /> (1907–1945)
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|Bakhyt Kenjeev <br />(born 1950)
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|Daniil Kharms<br /> (1905–1942)
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|Ivan Khemnitser<br /> (1745–1784)
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|Velemir Khlebnikov<br /> (1885–1922)
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|Vladislav Khodasevich <br />(1886–1939)
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|Aleksey Khomyakov <br />(1804–1860)
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|Apollon Korinfsky<br />(1868–1937)
|Songs of the Heart<br>Black Roses
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|Lidiya Khaindrova<br />(1910–1986)
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|Dmitry Khvostov<br />(1757–1835)
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|Semyon Kirsanov<br /> (1906–1972)
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|Nikolai Klyuev <br />(1884–1937)
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|Ekaterina Kniazhnina<br /> (1746–1797)
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|Pavel Kogan<br /> (1918–1942)
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|Aleksey Koltsov <br />(1809–1842)
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|Nahum Korzhavin<br /> (1925–2018)
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|Ivan Kozlov<br /> (1779–1840)
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|Vasili Krasovsky<br /> (1782–1824)
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|Aleksey Kruchenykh <br />(1886–1968)
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|Ivan Krylov <br />(1769–1844)
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|Yuri Kublanovsky<br /> (born 1947)
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|Wilhelm Küchelbecher<br /> (1797–1846)
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|Anatoly Kudryavitsky<br /> (born 1954)
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|Nestor Kukolnik<br /> (1809–1868)
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|Alexander Kushner<br /> (born 1936)
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|Dmitry Kuzmin<br /> (born 1969)
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|Mikhail Kuzmin<br /> (1872–1936)
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|Vasily Lebedev-Kumach <br />(1898–1949)
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|Mikhail Lermontov <br />(1814–1841)
|Borodino<br /> The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov<br /> Demon<br /> Valerik <br /> Death of the Poet
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|Mirra Lokhvitskaya<br /> (1869–1905)
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|Yegor Letov<br /> (1964–2008)
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|Mikhail Lomonosov<br /> (1711–1765)
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|Vladimir Lugovskoy<br /> (1901–1957)
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|Osip Mandelstam<br /> (1891–1938)
|Stalin Epigram
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|Anatoly Marienhof<br /> (1897–1962)
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|Maria Markova<br /> (born 1982)
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|Samuil Marshak<br /> (1887–1964)
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|Vladimir Mayakovsky <br />(1893–1930)
|A Cloud in Trousers<br />Backbone Flute<br />Mystery-Bouffe
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|Apollon Maykov <br />(1821–1897)
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|Dmitriy Merezhkovsky<br /> (1866–1941)
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|Aleksey Merzlyakov<br /> (1778–1830)
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|Arvo Mets <br />(1937–1997)
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|Lev Mei <br />(1822–1862)
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|Alexander Mezhirov <br />(1923–2009)
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|Sergey Mikhalkov <br />(1913–2009)
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|Fyodor Miller<br />(1818–1881)
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|Nikolai Minsky <br />(1855–1937)
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|Yunna Morits<br /> (born 1937)
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|Vladimir Nabokov<br /> (1899–1977)
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|Semyon Nadson<br /> (1862–1887)
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|Vladimir Narbut<br /> (1888–1938)
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|Sergey Narovchatov <br />(1919–1981)
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|Nikolay Nekrasov<br /> (1821–1877)
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|Ivan Savvich Nikitin <br />(1824–1861)
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|Alexander Odoevsky<br /> (1802–1839)
|The Ball
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|Nikolay Ogarev <br />(1813–1877)
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|Irina Odoyevtseva<br /> (1895–1990)
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|Bulat Okudzhava<br /> (1924–1997)
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|Nikolay Oleynikov<br /> (1898–1937)
|The Carp<br/>Cockroach<br/>The Beetle
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|Liodor Palmin<br /> (1841–1891)
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|Valentin Parnakh<br /> (1891–1951)
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|Sophia Parnok<br /> (1885–1933)
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|Boris Pasternak<br /> (1890–1960)
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|Karolina Pavlova<br /> (1807–1893)
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|Vladimir Pecherin<br /> (1807–1885)
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|Mariya Petrovykh <br />(1908–1979)
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|Aleksey Plescheev <br />(1825–1893)
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|Pyotr Pletnyov<br /> (1792–1866)
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|Elizaveta Polonskaya<br /> (1890–1969)
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|Yakov Polonsky<br /> (1819–1898)
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|Nikolay Popovsky<br /> (1730–1760)
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|Vasili Popugaev<br /> (1778 or 1779 – c. 1816)
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|Alexander Prokofyev<br /> (1900–1971)
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|Kozma Prutkov<br /> (1817–1875)
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|Alexander Pushkin<br /> (1799–1837)
|Eugene Onegin, The Bronze Horseman, Boris Godunov (play)
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|Vasily Pushkin<br /> (1766–1830)
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| <br />(1860–1900)
| «Смело, товарищи, в ногу!» (1896),<br> popular Russian revolutionary song
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|Vladimir Raevsky <br />(1795–1872)
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|Anna Radlova <br />(1891–1949)
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|Irina Ratushinskaya<br /> (1954–2017)
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|Yevgeny Rein <br />(born 1935)
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|Yevdokiya Rostopchina<br /> (1812–1858)
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|Konstantin Romanov (K.R.)<br /> (1858–1915)
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|Vsevolod Rozhdestvensky <br />(1895–1977)
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|align=center||Robert Rozhdestvensky <br />(1932–1994)
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|Nikolay Rubtsov <br />(1936–1971)
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|Kondraty Ryleyev <br />(1795–1826)
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|Boris Ryzhy(1974–2001)
|Opravdaniye zhizni
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|David Samoylov <br />(1920–1990)
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|Genrikh Sapgir<br /> (1928–1999)
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|Feodosy Savinov<br />(1865–1915)
|Rodnoye
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|Mikhail Savoyarov <br />(1876–1941)
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|Olga Sedakova <br />(born 1949)
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|Ilya Selvinsky <br />(1899–1968)
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|Andrei Sen-Senkov<br /> (born 1968)
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|Daria Serenko<br /> (born 1993)
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|Igor Severyanin<br /> (1887–1941)
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|Varlam Shalamov <br />(1907–1982)
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|Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik<br /> (1874–1952)
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|Stepan Shchipachev<br /> (1889–1980)
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|Vadim Shefner<br /> (1915–2002)
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|Nikolay Sherbina <br />(1821–1869)
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|Elena Shirman <br />(1908–1942)
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|Vadim Shershenevich<br /> (1893–1942)
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|Stepan Shevyryov<br /> (1806–1864)
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|Maria Shkapskaya <br />(1891–1952)
|No Dream
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|Gennady Shpalikov<br /> (1937–1974)
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|Konstantin Simonov<br /> (1915–1979)
|Wait for Me
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|Stepan Skitalets<br /> (1869–1941)
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|Konstantin Sluchevsky<br /> (1837–1904)
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|Boris Slutsky<br /> (1919–1986)
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|Fyodor Sologub <br />(1863–1927)
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|Vladimir Soloukhin <br />(1924–1997)
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|Vladimir Solovyov <br />(1853–1900)
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|Alexander Sumarokov<br /> (1717–1777)
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|Ivan Surikov<br /> (1841–1880)
|Rowan<br/>Steppe
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|Fyodor Svarovsky <br />(born 1971)
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|Mikhail Svetlov <br />(1903–1964)
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|Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya<br /> (1891–1968)
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|Arseny Tarkovsky<br /> (1907–1989)
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|Nikolay Tikhonov <br />(1896–1979)
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|Aleksey Tolstoy <br />(1817–1875)
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|Vasily Trediakovsky <br />(1703–1769)
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|Pyotr Nikolayevich Toburokov <br />(1917–2001)
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|Marina Tsvetaeva <br />(1892–1941)
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|Nika Turbina<br />(1974–2002)
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|Ivan Turgenev <br />(1818–1883)
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|Veronika Tushnova <br />(1915–1965)
|Memory of the Heart
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|Aleksandr Tvardovsky<br /> (1910–1971)
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|Fyodor Tyutchev <br />(1803–1873)
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|Vladimir Uflyand<br /> (1937–2007)
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|Joseph Utkin <br />(1903–1944)
|The Story About Ginger Motele<br />Mr. Inspector<br />Rabbi Isaiah and Commissar Bloch
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|Konstantin Vaginov <br />(1899–1934)
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|Dmitry Venevitinov <br />(1805–1827)
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|Igor Vishnevetsky <br />(born 1964)
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|Dmitry Vodennikov <br />(born 1968)
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|Anri Volokhonsky <br />(1936–2017)
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|Maksimilian Voloshin<br /> (1877–1932)
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|Andrey Voznesensky <br />(1933–2010)
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|Alexander Vvedensky<br /> (1904–1941)
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|Pyotr Vyazemsky<br /> (1792–1878)
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|Vladimir Vysotsky <br />(1938–1980)
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|Pyotr Yakubovich <br />(1860–1911)
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|Alexander Yashin <br />(1913–1968)
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|Nikolay Yazykov<br /> (1803–1847)
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|Pyotr Yershov<br /> (1815–1869)
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|Sergey Yesenin<br /> (1895–1925)
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|Yevgeny Yevtushenko<br /> (1933–2017)
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|Nikolay Zabolotsky<br /> (1903–1958)
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|Boris Zakhoder<br /> (1918–2000)
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|Vsevolod Zelchenko<br /> (born 1972)
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|Yulia Zhadovskaya<br /> (1824–1883)
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|Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov<br /> (1821–1908)
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|Vasily Zhukovsky<br /> (1783–1852)
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See also
- List of Russian architects
- List of Russian artists
- List of Russian explorers
- List of Russian inventors
- List of Russian-language novelists
- List of Russian-language playwrights
- List of Russian-language writers
- Russian culture
- Russian poetry
- Russian literature
- Russian language
- :Category:Russian poets
Sources
de:Liste russischsprachiger Dichter