Reference Guide to Russian Literature

Fedor Aleksandrovich Abramov 1920-1983

Gennadii Nikolaevich AIgi 1934-

Chingiz Torekulovich Aitmatov 1928-

Mikhail Natanovich Aizenberg 1948-

Bella Akhatovna Akhmadulina 1937-

Anna Andreevna Akhmatova 1889-1966

Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov 1791-1859

Mark Aleksandrovich Aldanov 1886-1957

Iuz Aleshkovskii 1929-

Leonid Nikolaevich Andreev 1871-1919

Innokentii Fedorovich Annenskii 1855-1909

Mikhail Petrovich Artsybashev 1878-1927

Nikolai Nikolaevich Aseev 1889-1963

Viktor Petrovich Astafév 1924-

Avvankum 1620-1682

Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel' 1894-1940

Eduard Georg’evich Bagritskii 1895-1934

Grigorii Iakovlevich Baklanov 1923-

Konstantin Dmitrievich Bal’mont 1867-1942

Natal'ia Vladimirovna Baranskaia 1908-

Evgenii Baratynskii 1800-1844

Anna Aleksandrovna Barkova 1901-1976

Konstantin Nikolaevich Batiushkov 1787-1855

Dem'ian Bednyi 1883-1945

Vissarion Grigor'evich Belinskii 1811-1848

Vasilii Ivanovich Belov 1932-

Andrei Belyi 1880-1934

Nina Nikolaevna Berberova 1901-1993

Ol'ga Fedorovna Berggol'ts 1910-1975

Andrei Georgievich Bitov 1937-

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok 1880-1921

Dmitrii Vasil'evich Bobyshev 1936-

Iurii Vasil'evich Bondarev 1924-

Leonid Ivanovich Borodin 1938-

Valerii Iakovlevich Briusov 1873-1924

Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodskii 1940-1996

Mikhail Afanas'evich Bulgakov 1891-1940

Ivan Alekseevich Bunin 1870-1953

Anna Petrovna Bunina 1774-1829

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1860-1904

Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevskii 1828-1889

Oleg Grior'evich Chukhontsev 1938Poet

Lidiia Korneevna Chukovskaia 1907-1996

Kornei Ivanovich Chukovskii 1882-1969

Mikhail (Mikhailo) Dmitrievich Chulkov c.1734-1792

Iulii Markovich Daniel' 1925—1988

Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova 1743—1810

Anton Antonovich Del'vig 1798—1831

Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin 1743—1816

Iurii Osipovich Dombrovskii 1909—1978

Domostroi

Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevskii 1821—1881

Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov 1941—1990

Arkadii Trofimovich Dragomoshchenko 1946—

Aleksandr Valsil'evich Druzhinin 1824—1864

Vladimir Dmitrievich Dudintsev 1918—

Nadezhda Andreevna Durova 1783—1866

Fedor Aleksandrovich Emin 1735-1770

Epifanii Premudryi c. 1360-1419 Hagiographer

Nikolai Robertovich Erdman 1900-1970

Il'ia Grigor'evich Erenburg 1891-1967

Venedikt Vasil'evich Erofeev 1938-1990

Viktor Vladimirovich Erofeev 1947-

Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin 1895-1925

Evgenii Aleksandrovich Evtushenko 1933-

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Fadeev 1901-1956

Konstantin Aleksandrovich Fedin 1892-1977

Afanasii Afanas'evich Fet 1820-1892

Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin 1745-1792

Frol Skobeev, the Rogue

Dmitrii Andreevich Furmanov 1891-1926

Aleksandr Arkad'evich Galich 1919-1977

Elena Andreevna Gan 1814-1842

Vsevolod Mikhailovich Garshin 1855-1888

Gaito Ivanovich Gazdanov 1903-1971

Evgeniia Semenovna Ginzburg 1904-1977

Lidiia lakovlevna Ginzburg 1902-1990

Anatolii Tikhonovich Gladilin 1935

Fedor Vasil'evich Gladkov 1883-1958

Nikolai Vasil'evich Gogol' 1809-1852

Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov 1812-1891

Natal'ia Evgen'evna Gorbanevskaia 1936

Maksim Gor'kii 1868-1936

Daniil Aleksandrovich Granin 1919

Irina Nikolaevna Grekova 1907

Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov 1795-1829

Dmitrii Vasil'evich Grigorovich 1822-1900

Aleksandr Stepanovich Grin 1880-1932

Vasilii Semenovich Grossman 1905-1964

Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev 1886-1921

Aleksandr Ivanovich Herzen 1812-1870

Zinaida Nikolaevna Hippius 1869-1945

Nikolai Mikhailovich Iazykov 1803-1847

Metropolitan Ilarion of Kiev fl. 11th century

Il'ia Il'f and Evgenii Petrov

Leonid Moisseevich Ioffe 1943-

Fazil' Abdulovich Iskander 1929-

Ivan IV 1530-1584

Georgii Vladimirovich Ivanov 1894-1958

Viacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov 1866-1949

Vsevolod Viacheslavovich Ivanov 1895-1963

Antiokh Dmitr'evich Kantemir 1708-1744

Vasilii Vasilievich Kapnist 1758-1823

Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin 1766-1826

Valentin Petrovich Kataev 1897-1986

Nina Semenovna Katerli 1934-

Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin 1902-1989

Iurii Pavlovich Kazakov 1927-1982

Mark Sergeevich Kharitonov 1937-

Daniil Kharms 1905-1942

Velimir Khlebnikov 1885-1922

Vladislav Felitsianovich Khodasevich 1886-1939

Aleksei Stepanovich Khomiakov 1804-1860

Nadezhda Dmitrievna Khvoshchinskaia 1824-1889

Timur Kibirov 1955-

Kirill of Turov c.1130-1182

Vil'gel'm Karlovich Kiukhel'beker 1797-1846

Nikolai Alekseevich Kliuev 1884-1937

Iakov Borisovich Kniazhnin 1740-1791

Aleksandra Mikhailovna Kollontai 1872-1952

Aleksei Vasil'evich Kol'tsov 1809-1842

Ivan Konevskoi 1877-1901

Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko 1853-1921

Viktor Borisovich Krivulin 1944-

Aleksei Eliseevich Kruchenykh 1886-1968

Ivan Andreevich Krylov 1769-1844

Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin 1870-1938

Mikhail Nikolaevich Kuraev 1939-

Anatolii Nikolaevich Kurchatkin 1944-

Aleksandr Semenovich Kushner 1936-

Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin 1872-1936

The Lay of Igor's Campaiign

The Legend of Boris and Gleb

Leonid Maksimovich Leonov 1899—1994

Mikhail lur'evich Lermontov 1814—1841

Nikolai Semenovich Leskov 1831—1895

Ekaterina Pavlovna Letkova 1856—1937

Iurii Nikolaevich Libedinskii 1898—1959

Eduard Veniaminovich Limonov 1943—

Semen Izrailevich Lipkin 1911—

Benedikt Konstantinovich Livshits 1887—1938/39

Mirra Aleksandrovna Lokhvitskaia 1869—1905

Mikhail Vasil'evich Lomonosov 1711—1765

Lev Vladimirovich Loseff 1937—

Lev Natanovich Lunts 1901—1924

Vladimir Vladimirovich Maiakovskii 1893-1930

Vladimir Semenovich Makanin 1937-

Vladimir Emel'ianovich Maksimov 1930-1995

Nadezhda Iakovlevna Mandel'shtam 1899-1980

Osip Emil'evich Mandel'shtam 1891-1938

Anatolii Borisovich Mariengof 1897-1962

Aleksandr Marlinskii 1797-1837

Samuil Iakovlevich Marshak 1887-1964

Maxim the Greek c.1470-1555

Dmitrii Sergeevich Merezhkovskii 1865-1941

Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov 1829-1865

Vladimir Vsevolodovich Monomakh 1053-1125

Boris Andreevich Mozhaev 1923-1996

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov 1899-1977

Semen Iakovlevich Nadson 1862-1887

Iurii Markovich Nagibin 1920-1994

Vasilii Trofimovich Narezhnyi 1780-1825

Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov 1821-1878

Viktor Platonovich Nekrasov 1911-1987

Nestor c.1056-after 1113

Afanasii Nikitin early 15th century-1472

Aleksandr Ivanovich Odoevskii 1802-1839

Vladimir Fedorovich Odoevskii 1804-1869

Nikolai Platonovich Ogarev 1813-1877

Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava 1924-1997

Nikolai Makarovich Oleinikov 1898-1937

Iurii Karlovich Olesha 1899-1960

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrovskii 1823-1886

Nikolai Alekseevich Ostrovskii 1904-1936

Vladislav Aleksandrovich Ozerov 1769-1816

Avdot'ia Iakovlevna Panaeva 1819-1893

Vera Fedorovna Panova 1905-1973

Sofiia Iakovlevna Parnok 1885-1933

Aleksei Parshchikov 1954-

Boris Leonidovich Pasternak 1890-1960

Konstantin Georg'evich Paustovskii 1892-1968

Karolina Karlovna Pavlova 1807-1893

Viktor Pelevin 1962 -

Liudmila Stefanovna Petrushevskaia 1938-

Viacheslav Alekseevich P’etsukh 1946-

Boris Andreevich Pil'niak 1894-1938

Aleksei Feofilaktovich Pisemskii 1821-1881

Andrei Platonovich Platonov 1899-1951

Antonii Pogorel'skii 1787-1836

Nikolai Alekseevich Polevoi 1796-1846

Simeon Polotskii 1628/29-1680

Nikolai Gerasimovich Pomialovskii 1835-1863

Evgenii Anatol'evich Popov 1946-

Dmitrii Aleksandrovich Prigov 1940-

Primary Chronicle

Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin 1873-1954

Anna Semenova Prismanova 1892-1960

Anatolii Ignat'evich Pristavkin 1931-

Koz'ma Petrovich Prutkov 1803-1863

Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 1799-1837

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Radishchev 1749-1802

Valentin Grigor'evich Rasputin 1937-

Irina Borisovna Ratushinskaia 1954-

Evgenii Borisovich Rein 1935-

Aleksei Mikhailovich Remizov 1877-1957

Evdokia Petrovna Rostopchina 1812-1858

Anatolii Naumovich Rybakov 1911-

Kondratii Fedorovich Ryleev 1795-1826

Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin 1826-1889

David Samuilovich Samoilov 1920-1990

Ol’ga Aleksandrovna Sedakova 1949-

Lidiia Nikolaevna Seifullina 1889-1954

Aleksandr Serafimovich 1863-1949

Igor’ Severianin 1887-1941

Marietta Sergeevna Shaginian 1888-1982

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Shakhovskoi 1777-1846

Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov 1907-1982

Shemiaka’s Judgment

Mariia Mikhailovna Shkapskaia 1891-1952

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov 1905-1984

Vasilii Makarovich Shukshin 1929-1974

Elena Andreevna Shvarts 1948-

Evgenii L’vovich Shvarts 1896-1958

Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov 1915-1979

Andrei Donatovich Siniavskii 1925-1997

Boris Abramovich Slutskii 1919-1986

Nadezhda Stepanovna Sokhanskaia 1823-1884

Sasha Sokolov 1943-

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sollogub 1813-1882

Fedor Kuz’mich Sologub 1863-1927

Vladimir Alekseevich Soloukhin 1924-1997

Vladimir Sergeevich Solov’ev 1853-1900

Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn 1918-

Vladimir Georgievich Sorokin 1955-

Sergei Georg’evich Stratanovskii 1944-

Arkadii Natanovich and Boris Natanovich Strugatskii

Aleksandr Petrovich Sumarokov i717-1777

The Tale of Boiaryna Morozova

The Tale of Ul'ianiia Osor'ina

Tale of Woe-Misfortune

Teffi 1872-1952

Vladimir Fedorovich Tendriakov 1923-1984

Fedor Ivanovich Tiutchev 1803-1873

Viktoriia Samoilovna Tokareva 1937-

Tat'iana Nikitinichna Tolstaia 1951-

Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoi 1817-1875

Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi 1883-1945

Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoi 1828-1910

Vasilii Vasil'evich Trediakovskii 1703-1769

Iurii Valentinovich Trifonov 1925-1981

Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva 1892-1941

Evgeniia Tur 1815-1892

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1818-1883

Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovskii 1910-1971

Iurii Nikolaevich Tynianov 1894-1943

Gleb Ivanovich Uspenskii 1843-1902

Konstantin Konstantinovich Vaginov 1899-1934

Aleksandr Valentinovich Vampilov 1937-1972

Aleksandr Fomich Vel'tman 1800-1870

Dmitrii Vladimirovich Venevitinov 1805-1827

Anastasiia Alekseevna Verbitskaia 1861-1928

Petr Andreevich Viazemskii 1792-1878

Georgii Nikolaevich Vladimov 1931-

Vladimir Nikolaevich Voinovich 1932-

Maksimilian Aleksandrovich Voloshin 1877-1932

Iuliia Nikolaevna Voznesenskaia 1940-

Andrei Andreevich Voznesenskii 1933-

Aleksandr Ivanovich Vvedenskii 1904-1941

Vladimir Semenovich Vysotskii 1938-1980

Nikolai Alekseevich Zabolotskii 1903-1958

Zadonshchina

Mikhail Nikolaevich Zagoskin 1789-1852

Boris Konstantinovich Zaitsev 1881-1972

Sergei Pavlovich Zalygin 1913-

Evgenii Ivanovich Zamiatin 1884-1937

Ivan Fedorovich Zhdanov 1948-

Mariia Semenovna Zhukova 1804-1855

Vasilii Andreevich Zhukovskii 1783-1852

Zinovii Zinik 1945-

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zinov'ev 1922-

Lidiia Zinov'eva-Annibal 1866-1907

Mikhail Mikhailovich Zoshchenko 1895-1958