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Poet
Boris Pasternak10 February 1890
Poet & Writer
Ivan Turgenev09 November 1818
Novelist
Joseph Brodsky24 May 1940
Essayist & Poet
Mikhail Lomonosov19 November 1711
Scientist, Poet, Geologist, Astronomer
Ivan Bunin22 October 1870
Writer
Yanka Kupala07 July 1882
Poet
Aleksandr Pushkin06 June 1799
poet,novelist
Viktor Tsoi21 June 1962
Poet, Actor, Singer, Guitarist, Composer,
Gala Dalí07 September 1894
Poet
Vladimir Mayakovsky19 July 1893
Poet
Nicholas Roerich09 October 1874
Philosopher, Painter, Choreographer, Writer,
Anna Akhmatova23 June 1889
Writer, Translator, Literary critic, Poet
Hayim Nahman Bialik09 January 1873
Writer
Vladimir Vysotsky25 January 1938
Singer-songwriter
Mikhail Lermontov15 October 1814
writer
Arkady Strugatsky28 August 1925
Author
Eduard Limonov22 February 1943
Writer, Dissident, Politician, Poet, Human rights
Sergei Yesenin21 September 1895
poet, writer
Maya Deren29 April 1917
Filmmaker
Dima Bilan24 December 1981
Singer-songwriter
Nâzım Hikmet15 January 1902
Poet
Osip Mandelstam15 January 1891
Poet, Writer, Translator, Literary critic,
Chinghiz Aitmatov12 December 1928
Author
Marina Tsvetaeva28 May 1892
Poet, Writer
Sergey Mikhalkov13 March 1913
Author
Varlam Shalamov18 June 1907
Writer
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy10 January 1883
writer, Poet
Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia22 August 1858
Yevgeny Yevtushenko18 July 1932
Poet
Zemfira26 August 1976
Singer, Composer, Poet, Singer-songwriter
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Eldar Ryazanov18 November 1927
Film director, Screenwriter, Actor, Writer, Poet,
Alexandr Griboyedov15 January 1795
Diplomat
Bulat Okudzhava09 May 1924
Poet
Maxim Fadeev06 May 1968
Singer, Composer, Poet, Songwriter, Record
Boris Grebenshchikov27 November 1953
Actor, Poet, Singer, Writer, Composer, Radio
Alexander Gradsky03 November 1949
Composer, Singer-songwriter, Singer, Guitarist,
Andrei Bely26 October 1880
Novelist
Velimir Khlebnikov09 November 1885
Poet
Afanasy Fet05 December 1820
Poet
Nikolay Nekrasov10 December 1821
Poet
Korney Chukovsky31 March 1882
Poet
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy05 September 1817
poet,novelist
Vasily Zhukovsky29 January 1783
linguist, poet, translator, writer, literary
Dmitry Merezhkovsky02 August 1865
Novelist
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin27 January 1826
Poet
Konstantin Simonov28 November 1915
Author
Rolan Bykov12 November 1929
actor, Poet
Samuil Marshak03 November 1887
writer, Poet
Alexander Radishchev31 August 1749
Russian author
Vladimir Voinovich26 September 1932
Author
Alexander Ginzburg21 November 1936
Journalist
Bella Akhmadulina10 April 1937
Poet
Saul Tchernichowsky20 August 1875
Poet
Fazil Iskander06 March 1929
Writer
Heinz Erhardt20 February 1909
Comedian
Kondraty Ryleyev29 September 1795
Poet
Edith Södergran04 April 1892
Poet
Andrey Voznesensky12 May 1933
Poet
Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin14 July 1743
Poet
Itzik Feffer10 September 1900
Poet
Orest Kiprensky24 March 1782
Poet
Nina Berberova26 July 1901
Writer
Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky20 June 1932
Poet
Natalya Gorbanevskaya26 May 1936
Poet
Nikolay Dobrolyubov05 February 1836
Literary Critic
Lydia Chukovskaya24 March 1907
Writer
Irina Ratushinskaya04 March 1954
Poet
Antiochus Kantemir08 September 1708
Poet
Theophan Prokopovich18 June 1681
Theologian
Peretz Markish07 December 1895
Poet
Konstantin Batyushkov29 May 1787
Poet
Abraham Shlonsky06 March 1900
Poet
Vladimir Bogoraz27 April 1865
Writer
Ğabdulla Tuqay26 April 1886
Poet
Mikhail Kheraskov05 November 1733
Poet
Eduard Bagritsky22 October 1895
Poet
Vasily Trediakovsky05 March 1703
Poet
Bagrat Shinkuba12 May 1917
Writer
Władysław Syrokomla17 September 1823
linguist, translator, poet, writer
Apollon Grigoryev16 July 1822
Poet
Elena Akselrod26 March 1932
Poet
Vladimir Soloukhin14 June 1924
Poet
Margarita Aliger07 October 1915
Poet
Samson Chanba18 June 1886
Writer
Vasily Abgarovich Katanyan15 April 1902
Writer