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| image1 = Ilya Efimovich Repin (1844-1930) - Portrait of Leo Tolstoy (1887).jpg|alt1=Tolstoy
| caption1 = [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolstoy]]
| image2 = Vasily Perov - Портрет Ф.М.Достоевского - Google Art Project.jpg|alt2=Dostoyevsky
| caption2 = [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky|Dostoyevsky]]
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| caption3 = [[Mikhail Bulgakov|Bulgakov]]
| image4 = Alexander Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, December 1998.jpg|alt4=Solzhenitsyn
| caption4 = [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn|Solzhenitsyn]]
| image5 = Vladimir Nabokov in Roma (1960).jpg|alt5=Nabokov
| caption5 = [[Vladimir Nabokov|Nabokov]]
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| image6 = A.S.Pushkin.jpg|alt6=Pushkin
| caption6 = [[Alexander Pushkin|Pushkin]]
| image7 = Turgenev Perov scanned.JPG|alt7=Turgenev
| caption7 = [[Ivan Turgenev|Turgenev]]
| image8 = Chekhov 140-190 for collage.jpg|alt8=Chekhov
| caption8 = [[Anton Chekhov|Chekhov]]
| image9 = Alexander Blok.jpeg|alt9=Blok
| caption9 = [[Alexander Blok|Blok]]
| image10 = Buninturzhansky.jpg|alt10=Bunin
| caption10 = [[Ivan Bunin|Bunin]]
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| image11 = Tsvetaeva.jpg|alt11=Tsvetaeva
| caption11 = [[Marina Tsvetaeva|Tsvetaeva]]
| image12 = N.Gogol by F.Moller (early 1840s, Ivanovo) detail.jpg|alt12=Gogol
| caption12 = [[Nikolai Gogol|Gogol]]
| image13 = Mikhail lermontov.jpg|alt13=Lermontov
| caption13 = [[Mikhail Lermontov|Lermontov]]
| image14 = Maxim Gorky LOC Restored edit1.jpg|alt14=Gorky
| caption14 = [[Maxim Gorky|Gorky]]
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| caption15 = [[Boris Pasternak|Pasternak]]
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| image16 = Mayakovsky Vladimir.jpg|alt16=Mayakovsky
| caption16 = [[Vladimir Mayakovsky|Mayakovsky]]
| image17 = Zamjatin.jpg|alt17=Zamyatin
| caption17 = [[Yevgeny Zamyatin|Zamyatin]]
| image18 = Goncharov Ivan Aleksandrovich-1.jpg|alt18=Goncharov
| caption18 = [[Ivan Goncharov|Goncharov]]
| image19 = Leskov 7.jpg|alt19=Leskov
| caption19 = [[Nikolai Leskov|Leskov]]
| image20 = Nikolay Ge 007.jpg|alt20=Shchedrin
| caption20 = [[Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin|Shchedrin]]
| image21 = Esenin Moscow 1922.jpg|alt21=Yesenin
| caption21 = [[Sergei Yesenin|Yesenin]]

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| image22 = Andrei Platonov 1934.jpg|alt22=Platonov
| caption22 = [[Andrei Platonov|Platonov]]
| image23 = Isaac Babel.png|alt23=Babel
| caption23 = [[Isaak Babel|Babel]]
| image24 = Ivan Krylov.jpg|alt24=Krylov
| caption24 = [[Ivan Krylov|Krylov]]
| image25 = Om1923.jpg|alt25=Mandelstam
| caption25 = [[Osip Mandelstam|Mandelstam]]

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| image26 = Михаил Александрович Шолохов.jpg|alt26=Sholokhov
| caption26 = [[Mikhail Sholokhov|Sholokhov]]
| image27 = Бакст Леон. Андрей Белый.jpg|alt27=Bely
| caption27 = [[Andrei Bely|Bely]]
| image28 = Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin 7.jpg|alt28=Kuprin
| caption28 = [[Aleksandr Kuprin|Kuprin]]
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| caption29 = [[Anna Akhmatova|Akhmatova]]
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| caption30 = [[Daniil Kharms|Kharms]]
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| caption31 = [[Varlam Shalamov|Shalamov]]
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This is a list of authors who have written works of prose and poetry in the [[Russian language]].

For separate lists by literary field: 
*[[List of Russian-language novelists]]
*[[List of Russian-language playwrights]]
*[[List of Russian-language poets]]
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==A==

*[[Bavasan Abiduev]] (1909–1940), poet and one of the founders of Buryat children's literature
*[[Alexander Ablesimov]] (1742–1783), opera librettist, poet, dramatist, satirist and journalist
*[[Fyodor Abramov]] (1920–1983), novelist and short story writer, ''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 people|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), historical novelist
*[[Andrey Aldan-Semenov]] (1908–1985), [[Gulag]] memoirist
*[[Lidiia Alekseeva]] (1909–1989), Latvian poet and writer of short stories
*[[Mikhail Alekseyev (writer)|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), [[Naturalism (literature)|naturalist]] writer and playwright, ''[[Sanin (novel)|Sanin]]''
*[[Nikolai Aseev]] (1889–1963), [[Russian Futurist|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 people|Chuvash]] poet and translator
*[[Vasily Azhayev]] (1915–1968), novelist, ''Far from Moscow''

==B==
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*[[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), [[Constructivism (art)|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), [[Russian symbolism|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), [[symbolism (arts)|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 (Blavatskian)|Theosophy]] and the [[Theosophical Society]], ''The Secret Doctrine'', ''Isis Unveiled''
*[[Pyotr Blinov]] (1913–1942), [[Udmurt people|Udmurt]] writer and journalist 
*[[Alexander Blok]] (1880–1921), poet, "[[The Twelve (poem)|The Twelve]]"
*[[Pyotr Boborykin]] (1836–1921), writer, playwright and journalist, ''China Town''
*[[Oleg Bogayev]] (born 1970), playwright, ''The Russian National Postal Service''
*[[Andrei Ivanovich Bogdanov|Andrei Bogdanov]] (1692–1766), bibliographer and ethnographer 
*[[Alexander Bogdanov]] (1873–1928), novelist, physician, economist and philosopher, ''[[Red Star (novel)|Red Star]]''
*[[Vladimir Bogomolov (writer)|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|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 Bykaŭ|Vasil Bykov]] (1924–2003)

==C==
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*[[Dimitrie Cantemir]] (1673–1723), philosopher, historian, composer, musicologist, linguist, ethnographer and geographer
*[[Catherine II and opera|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==
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*[[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 (poet)|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 (writer)|Andrei Dmitriev]] (born 1956), novelist and short story writer, winner of the 2012 [[Russian Booker Prize]]
*[[Ivan Dmitriev]] (1760–1837), [[Sentimentalism (literature)|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 (short story)|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==
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*[[Yevgeny Edelson]] (1824–1868), literary critic, essayist and translator 
*[[Ilya Ehrenburg]] (1891–1967), novelist and [[World War II|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 (writer)|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==
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*[[Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev|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==
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*[[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 (writer)|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 (poet)|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 (writer)|Dmitry Grigorovich]] (1822–1900), novelist, [[The Fishermen (Grigorovich)|''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 [[War generation of Russian poets|of the World War II generation]]
*[[Lev Gumilev]] (1912–1992), historian, ethnologist and anthropologist
*[[Nikolay Gumilev]] (1886–1921), poet, founder of the [[acmeism|acmeist]] movement
*[[Elena Guro]] (1877–1913), [[Futurism|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==
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*[[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==
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*[[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 people|Abkhaz]] writer, ''Sandro of Chegem''
*[[Alexei Viktorovich Ivanov|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 (poet)|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==
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*[[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 Karpov|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 (poet)|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 (poet)|Pavel Kogan]] (1918–1942), poet and [[military interpreter]]
*[[Ivan Timofeevich Kokorev|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 Iosifovich Koval|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 [[Fable|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==
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*[[Lazar Lagin]] (1903–1979), satirist and children's writer, ''[[Old Khottabych]]''
*[[Yuri Grigorievich Laptev|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==
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*[[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 (writer)|Evgeny Markov]] (1835–1903), writer, critic and ethnographer, ''Black Earth Field''
*[[Georgi Markov (Soviet writer)|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 Ivanovich Melnikov|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==
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*[[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 Savvich Nikitin|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]]''
*[[Yevgeni Nosov (writer)|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==
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*[[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==
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*[[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 Ivanovich Popov|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==
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*[[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), poet and Decembrist
*[[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 Mikhaylovich Reshetnikov|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
*[[Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia|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), [[Chukchis|Chukchi]] writer, ''A Dream in Polar Fog''

==S==
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*[[Irina Saburova]] (1907–1979), writer, poet, translator, and magazine editor
*[[Dmitry Sadovnikov]] (1847–1883), poet, folklorist and ethnographer, "[[The Carnival Is Over|Iz-za ostrova na strezhen]]"
*[[Boris Sadovskoy]] (1881–1952), poet, writer and literary critic
*[[German Sadulaev]] (born 1973), [[Chechnya|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 Terentyevich Semyonov|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-Futurism|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 Pavlovich Shishkin|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 (poem)|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 (writer)|Leonid Solovyov]] (1906–1962), writer and playwright, ''Tale of [[Nasreddin|Hodja Nasreddin]]'' 
*[[Vladimir Solovyov (philosopher)|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), [[nautical fiction|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 Arkadyevich Svetlov|Mikhail Svetlov]] (1903–1964), poet and journalist, ''Song of Kakhovka''

==T==
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*[[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 [[Sreda (literary group)|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 (author)|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 (writer)|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 (poet)|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 Terkin]]'' 
*[[Yury Tynyanov]] (1894–1943), writer, literary critic, translator, scholar and screenwriter
*[[Fyodor Tyutchev]] (1803–1873), poet, ''The Last Love''

==U==
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*[[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 Ivanovich Urusov|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==
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*[[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 Melentyevich Volkov|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 (writer)|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 (poet)|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==
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*[[Alexander Stepanovich Yakovlev|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 Pavlovich Yershov|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==
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*[[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 Konstantinovich Zaytsev|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''

==See also==
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*[[List of Russian artists]]
*[[List of Russian architects]]
*[[List of Russian inventors]]
*[[List of Russian explorers]]
*[[Russian culture]]

{{Lists of writers by nationality}}
{{Lists of Russians|state=uncollapsed}}

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[[Category:Lists of writers by language|Russian]]
[[Category:Russian literature-related lists|Writers]]