This is a list of authors who have written poetry in the Russian language.
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Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010) |
The String The Garden A Guiding Sound Once in December | |
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Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966) |
Evening Requiem The Rosary Poem Without a Hero | |
| Margarita Aliger (1915–1992) |
Zoya Railroad The Year of Birth Stones and Grass | ||
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Daniil Andreev (1906–1959) |
Russian Gods The Iron Mystery |
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| Domna Anisimova (fl. 19th century) |
Depiction of the Harvest Sound of the Night Wind |
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Innokenty Annensky (1855–1909) |
Quiet Songs Cypress Box | |
| Pavel Antokolsky (1896–1978) |
All We Who in His Name | ||
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Aleksey Apukhtin (1840–1893) |
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| Eduard Asadov (1923–2004) |
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Nikolay Aseyev (1889–1963) |
Zor Night Flute | |
| Lera Auerbach (born 1973) |
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| Gennadiy Aygi (1934–2006) |
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| Eduard Bagritsky (1895–1934) |
February | |
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Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942) |
Under the Northern Sky Let Us Be Like the Sun Burning Buildings |
| Jurgis Baltrušaitis (1873–1944) |
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Evgeny Baratynsky (1800–1844) |
Eda The Gypsy The Last Poet Autumn |
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Ivan Barkov (1732–1768) |
obscene poems |
| Anna Barkova (1901–1976) |
Tatar Anguish | |
| Agniya Barto (1906–1981) |
Toys Mishka the Petty Thief | |
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Alexander Bashlachev (1960–1988) |
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Konstantin Batyushkov (1787–1855) |
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Demyan Bedny (1883–1945) |
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Andrey Bely (1880–1934) |
Urn Gold in Azure Christ Has Risen The First Encounter |
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Olga Bergholz (1910–1975) |
February Diary Leningrad Poem |
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Aleksandr Bestuzhev (1797–1837) |
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Alexander Blok (1880–1921) |
Skify The Twelve |
| Valeri Brainin-Passek (born 1948) |
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Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996) |
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Valery Bryusov (1873–1924) |
Tertia Vigilia |
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Ivan Bunin (1870–1953) |
Falling Leaves |
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Anna Bunina (1774–1829) |
Though Poverty's No Stain |
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Sasha Chorny (1880–1932) |
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Korney Chukovsky (1882–1969) |
Category:Works by Korney Chukovsky |
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Georgy Chulkov (1879–1939) |
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Denis Davydov (1784–1839) |
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Anton Delvig (1798–1831) |
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Andrey Dementyev (1928–2018) |
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Regina Derieva (1949–2013) |
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Gavrila Derzhavin (1743–1816) |
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Nikolai Devitte (1811–1844) |
Not for Me |
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Ivan Dmitriev (1760–1837) |
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Nikolay Dobrolyubov (1836–1861) |
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| Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky (1915–1994) |
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Spiridon Drozhzhin (1848–1930) |
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| Yulia Drunina (1924–1991) |
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| Xenia Dyakonova (born 1985) |
Моя жизнь без меня Каникулы |
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Ilya Ehrenburg (1891–1967) |
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Afanasy Fet (1812–1892) |
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Konstantin Fofanov (1862–1911) |
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Cherubina de Gabriak (1887–1928) |
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| Alexander Galich (1918–1977) |
Clouds Kaddish The Night Watch When I Return | ||
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Aleksei Gastev (1882–1939) |
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| Mikhail Gerasimov (1889–1939) |
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Zinaida Gippius (1869–1945) |
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| Nikolay Glazkov (1919–1979) |
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Fyodor Glinka (1786–1880) |
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Nikolay Gnedich (1784–1833) |
The Fishers | |
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Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848–1913) |
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Dmitry Gorchakov (1758–1824) |
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Sergey Gorodetsky (1884–1967) |
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| Boris Golovin (born 1955) |
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Aleksandr Griboedov (1794–1829) |
Woe from Wit | |
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Apollon Grigoryev (1822–1864) |
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| Oleg Grigoryev (1943–1992) |
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Isabella Grinevskaya (1864–1944) |
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| Igor Guberman (born 1936) |
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| Semyon Gudzenko (1922–1953) |
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Nikolay Gumilyov (1886–1921) |
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Elena Guro (1877–1913) |
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Vera Inber (1890–1972) |
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| Mikhail Isakovsky (1900–1973) |
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Georgy Ivanov (1894–1958) |
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Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866–1949) |
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Ryurik Ivnev (1891–1981) |
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Alexander Izmaylov (1779–1831) |
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Gavril Kamenev (1772–1803) |
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Antiochus Kantemir (1708–1744) |
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Vasily Kapnist (1758–1823) |
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| align=center | Rimma Kazakova (1932–2008) |
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| Dmitri Kedrin (1907–1945) |
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Bakhyt Kenjeev (born 1950) |
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| Daniil Kharms (1905–1942) |
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Ivan Khemnitser (1745–1784) |
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Velemir Khlebnikov (1885–1922) |
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Vladislav Khodasevich (1886–1939) |
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Aleksey Khomyakov (1804–1860) |
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Apollon Korinfsky (1868–1937) |
Songs of the Heart Black Roses |
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Lidiya Khaindrova (1910–1986) |
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Dmitry Khvostov (1757–1835) |
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| Semyon Kirsanov (1906–1972) |
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Nikolai Klyuev (1884–1937) |
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| Ekaterina Kniazhnina (1746–1797) |
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| Pavel Kogan (1918–1942) |
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Aleksey Koltsov (1809–1842) |
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| Nahum Korzhavin (1925–2018) |
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Ivan Kozlov (1779–1840) |
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| Vasili Krasovsky (1782–1824) |
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| Aleksey Kruchenykh (1886–1968) |
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Ivan Krylov (1769–1844) |
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| Yuri Kublanovsky (born 1947) |
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Wilhelm Küchelbecher (1797–1846) |
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Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954) |
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Nestor Kukolnik (1809–1868) |
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Alexander Kushner (born 1936) |
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Dmitry Kuzmin (born 1969) |
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Mikhail Kuzmin (1872–1936) |
| Portrait | Person | Notable works |
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| Vasily Lebedev-Kumach (1898–1949) |
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Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841) |
Borodino The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov Demon Valerik Death of the Poet |
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Mirra Lokhvitskaya (1869–1905) |
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Yegor Letov (1964–2008) |
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Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765) |
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| Vladimir Lugovskoy (1901–1957) |
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Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938) |
Stalin Epigram |
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Anatoly Marienhof (1897–1962) |
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Maria Markova (born 1982) |
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Samuil Marshak (1887–1964) |
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Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930) |
A Cloud in Trousers Backbone Flute Mystery-Bouffe |
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Apollon Maykov (1821–1897) |
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Dmitriy Merezhkovsky (1866–1941) |
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Aleksey Merzlyakov (1778–1830) |
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| Arvo Mets (1937–1997) |
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Lev Mei (1822–1862) |
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| Alexander Mezhirov (1923–2009) |
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Sergey Mikhalkov (1913–2009) |
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Fyodor Miller (1818–1881) |
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Nikolai Minsky (1855–1937) |
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Yunna Morits (born 1937) |
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Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) |
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Semyon Nadson (1862–1887) |
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Vladimir Narbut (1888–1938) |
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| Sergey Narovchatov (1919–1981) |
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Nikolay Nekrasov (1821–1877) |
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Ivan Savvich Nikitin (1824–1861) |
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Alexander Odoevsky (1802–1839) |
The Ball |
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Nikolay Ogarev (1813–1877) |
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Irina Odoyevtseva (1895–1990) |
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Bulat Okudzhava (1924–1997) |
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Nikolay Oleynikov (1898–1937) |
The Carp Cockroach The Beetle |
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Liodor Palmin (1841–1891) |
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| Valentin Parnakh (1891–1951) |
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Sophia Parnok (1885–1933) |
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| Boris Pasternak (1890–1960) |
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Karolina Pavlova (1807–1893) |
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Vladimir Pecherin (1807–1885) |
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| Mariya Petrovykh (1908–1979) |
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Aleksey Plescheev (1825–1893) |
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Pyotr Pletnyov (1792–1866) |
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| Elizaveta Polonskaya (1890–1969) |
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Yakov Polonsky (1819–1898) |
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Nikolay Popovsky (1730–1760) |
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| Vasili Popugaev (1778 or 1779 – c. 1816) |
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| Alexander Prokofyev (1900–1971) |
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Kozma Prutkov (1817–1875) |
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Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) |
Eugene Onegin, The Bronze Horseman, Boris Godunov (play) |
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Vasily Pushkin (1766–1830) |
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Vladimir Raevsky (1795–1872) |
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Anna Radlova (1891–1949) |
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Irina Ratushinskaya (1954–2017) |
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Yevgeny Rein (born 1935) |
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Yevdokiya Rostopchina (1812–1858) |
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Konstantin Romanov (K.R.) (1858–1915) |
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| Vsevolod Rozhdestvensky (1895–1977) |
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| align=center | Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932–1994) |
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| Nikolay Rubtsov (1936–1971) |
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Kondraty Ryleyev (1795–1826) |
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| [1] | Boris Ryzhy(1974–2001) | Opravdaniye zhizni |
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| David Samoylov (1920–1990) |
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Genrikh Sapgir (1928–1999) |
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Feodosy Savinov (1865–1915) |
Rodnoye |
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Mikhail Savoyarov (1876–1941) |
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| Olga Sedakova (born 1949) |
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| Ilya Selvinsky (1899–1968) |
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| Andrei Sen-Senkov (born 1968) |
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| Daria Serenko (born 1993) |
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Igor Severyanin (1887–1941) |
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| Varlam Shalamov (1907–1982) |
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Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik (1874–1952) |
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| Stepan Shchipachev (1889–1980) |
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| Vadim Shefner (1915–2002) |
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Nikolay Sherbina (1821–1869) |
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Elena Shirman (1908–1942) |
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Vadim Shershenevich (1893–1942) |
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Stepan Shevyryov (1806–1864) |
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Maria Shkapskaya (1891–1952) |
No Dream |
| Gennady Shpalikov (1937–1974) |
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| Konstantin Simonov (1915–1979) |
Wait for Me | |
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Stepan Skitalets (1869–1941) |
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Konstantin Sluchevsky (1837–1904) |
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| Boris Slutsky (1919–1986) |
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Fyodor Sologub (1863–1927) |
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| Vladimir Soloukhin (1924–1997) |
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Vladimir Solovyov (1853–1900) |
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Alexander Sumarokov (1717–1777) |
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Ivan Surikov (1841–1880) |
Rowan Steppe |
| Fyodor Svarovsky (born 1971) |
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| Mikhail Svetlov (1903–1964) |
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| Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891–1968) |
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Arseny Tarkovsky (1907–1989) |
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Nikolay Tikhonov (1896–1979) |
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Aleksey Tolstoy (1817–1875) |
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Vasily Trediakovsky (1703–1769) |
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| Pyotr Nikolayevich Toburokov (1917–2001) |
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Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941) |
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| Nika Turbina (1974–2002) |
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Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883) |
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| Veronika Tushnova (1915–1965) |
Memory of the Heart | |
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Aleksandr Tvardovsky (1910–1971) |
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Fyodor Tyutchev (1803–1873) |
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| Vladimir Uflyand (1937–2007) |
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| Joseph Utkin (1903–1944) |
The Story About Ginger Motele Mr. Inspector Rabbi Isaiah and Commissar Bloch |
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Konstantin Vaginov (1899–1934) |
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Dmitry Venevitinov (1805–1827) |
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Igor Vishnevetsky (born 1964) |
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| Dmitry Vodennikov (born 1968) |
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| Anri Volokhonsky (1936–2017) |
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Maksimilian Voloshin (1877–1932) |
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| Andrey Voznesensky (1933–2010) |
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Alexander Vvedensky (1904–1941) |
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Pyotr Vyazemsky (1792–1878) |
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Vladimir Vysotsky (1938–1980) |
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Pyotr Yakubovich (1860–1911) |
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| Alexander Yashin (1913–1968) |
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Nikolay Yazykov (1803–1847) |
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Pyotr Yershov (1815–1869) |
The Humpbacked Horse |
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Sergey Yesenin (1895–1925) |
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| Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933–2017) |
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| Nikolay Zabolotsky (1903–1958) |
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| Boris Zakhoder (1918–2000) |
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| Vsevolod Zelchenko (born 1972) |
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Yulia Zhadovskaya (1824–1883) |
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Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov (1821–1908) |
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Vasily Zhukovsky (1783–1852) |
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