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