List of Russian-language poets

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Poets who wrote much of their poetry in the Russian language.

A

  • Gennady Aigi (1934–2006)
  • Bella Akhmadulina (d. 2010)
  • Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966)
  • Ivan Akhmetiev (born 1950)
  • Gennady Alexeyev (1932–1987)
  • Margarita Aliger (1915–1992)
  • Daniil Andreev (1906–1959)
  • Innokentiy Annensky (1855–1909)
  • Pavel Antokolsky (1896–1978)
  • Aleksey Apukhtin (1840–1893)
  • Vladimir Aristov (born 1950)
  • Eduard Asadov (1923–2004)
  • Nikolay Aseev (1889–1963)
  • Lera Auerbach (Averbakh) (born 1973)

B

  • Eduard Bagritsky (1895–1934)
  • Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942)
  • Evgeny Baratynsky (1800–1844)
  • Ivan Barkov (1732-1768)
  • Agniya Barto (1906–1981)
  • Konstantin Batyushkov (1787–1855)
  • Demyan Bedny (1883–1945)
  • Andrei Bely (1880–1934)
  • Vladimir Benediktov (1807—1873)
  • Olga Berggolts (1910–1975)
  • Alexander Bestuzhev (1797–1837)
  • Sergey Biryukov (born 1950)
  • Alexander Blok (1880–1921)
  • Valeri Brainin-Passek (born 1948)
  • Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996)
  • Valery Bryusov (1873–1924)
  • Ivan Bunin (1870–1953)

C

  • Sasha Cherny (1880–1932)
  • Korney Chukovsky (1882–1969)

D

  • Denis Davydov (1784–1839)
  • Anton Delvig (1798–1831)
  • Andrey Dementyev (born 1928)
  • Regina Derieva (born 1949)
  • Gavriil Derzhavin (1743–1816)
  • Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky (1915–1994)
  • Yulia Drunina (1924–1991)

E

  • Vladimir Earle (born 1947)
  • Ilya Ehrenburg (1891–1967)

F

G

  • Cherubina de Gabriak (1887–1928)
  • Mikhail Gerasimov (poet) (1889–1939)
  • Zinaida Gippius (1869–1945)
  • Nikolay Glazkov (1919–1979)
  • Fyodor Glinka (1786–1849)
  • Sergey Gorodetsky (1884–1967)
  • Alexander Griboedov (1794–1829)
  • Dmitri Grigoriev (born 1960)
  • Apollon Grigoryev (1822–1864)
  • Igor Guberman (born in 1936)
  • Semen Gudzenko (1922–1953)
  • Nikolay Gumilyov (1886–1921)

I

  • Vera Inber (1890–1972)
  • Mikhail Isakovsky (1900–1973)
  • Georgiy Ivanov (1894–1958)
  • Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866–1949)
  • Ryurik Ivnev (1891–1981)

J

  • Rassul Jamsatov (1718-1777)

K

  • Antiokh Kantemir (1708–1744), syllabic poetry.
  • Vasily Kapnist (1758–1823)
  • Elena Katsuba (born 1946)
  • Rimma Kazakova (born 1931)
  • Dmitriy Kedrin (1907–1945)
  • Konstantin Kedrov (born 1942)
  • Daniil Kharms (1905–1942)
  • Velemir Khlebnikov (1885–1922)
  • Vladislav Khodasevich (1886–1939)
  • Igor Kholin (1920–1999)
  • Semen Kirsanov (1906–1972)
  • Sergey Klychkov (1889–1940)
  • Nikolay Klyuev (1884–1937)
  • Dovid Knut (1900–1955)
  • Pavel Kogan (1918–1942)
  • Aleksey Koltsov (1809–1842)
  • Naum Korzhavin (born 1925)
  • Ivan Kozlov (1779–1840)
  • Victor Krivulin (1944–2001)
  • Aleksey Kruchenykh (1886–1968)
  • Ivan Krylov (1769–1844)
  • Wilhelm Küchelbecher (Vilgelm Kyukhelbeker), (1797–1846)
  • Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954)
  • Nestor Kukolnik (1809–1868)
  • Alexander Kushner (born 1936)
  • Boris Kushner (born 1941)
  • Ilya Kutik (born 1961)
  • Dmitry Kuzmin (born 1969)
  • Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin (1872–1936)

L

  • Vasily Lebedev-Kumach (1898–1949)
  • Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841)
  • Yuriy Levitansky (born 1922)
  • Mirra Lokhvitskaya (1869–1905)
  • Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765)
  • Vladimir Lugovskoy (1901–1957)

M

  • Alexander Makarov-Krotkov (born 1959)
  • Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938)
  • Gregory Margovsky (born 1963)
  • Samuil Marshak (1887–1964)
  • Leonid Martynov (1905–1980)
  • Novella Matveeva (born 1934)
  • Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930)
  • Apollon Maykov (1821–1897)
  • Dmitriy Merezhkovsky (1866–1941)
  • Arvo Mets (1937–1997)
  • Lev Mey (1822–1862)
  • Alexander Mezhirov (born 1923)
  • Sergey Mikhalkov (1913-2009)
  • Yunna Morits (born 1937)
  • Ivan Myatlev (1796–1844)

N

  • Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
  • Semen Nadson (1862–1887)
  • Vladimir Narbut (1888–1938)
  • Sergey Narovchatov (1919–1981)
  • Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov (1821–1877)
  • Vsevolod Nekrasov (born 1934)
  • Ivan Savvich Nikitin (1824–1861)
  • Rea Nikonova (born 1942)
  • Valerij Nikolaevskij (born 1939)

O

  • Sergey Obradovich (1892–1956)
  • Nikolay Ogarev (1813–1877)
  • Alexander Odoevsky (1802–1839)
  • Irina Odoevtseva (1901–1990)
  • Bulat Okudzhava (1924–1997)
  • Nikolay Oleynikov (1898–1942)
  • Lev Oshanin (1912–1996)
  • Lev Ozerov (1914–1996)

P

  • Valentin Parnakh (1891–1951)
  • Sofiya Parnok (1885–1933)
  • Boris Pasternak (1890–1960)
  • Karolina Pavlova (1807–1893)
  • Mariya Petrovykh (1908–1979)
  • Aleksey Plescheev (1825–1893)
  • German Plisetsky (1931–1992)
  • Aleksandr Polezhaev (1804–1838)
  • Yakov Polonsky (1819–1898)
  • Boris Poplavsky (1903–1935)
  • Nikolay Nikitich Popovsky (1730–1760)
  • Kozma Prutkov (1817–1875)
  • Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837)

R

  • Vladimir Raevsky (1795–1872)
  • Yevgeny Rein (born 1935)
  • Yevdokiya Rostopchina (1812–1858)
  • Konstantin Romanov (known as K.R.), (1858–1915)
  • Vsevolod Rozhdestvensky (1895–1977)
  • Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932–1994)
  • Nikolay Rubtsov (1936–1971)
  • Boris Ruchiev (1913–1973)
  • Kondraty Ryleyev (1795–1826)

S

  • David Samoylov (1920–1990)
  • Genrikh Sapgir (1928–1999)
  • Stepan Schipachev (1899–1980)
  • Ilya Selvinsky (1899–1968)
  • Igor Severyanin (1887–1941)
  • Varlam Shalamov (1907–1982)
  • Vadim Shefner (1915–2002)
  • Tatiana Shcherbina (born 1954)
  • Nikolay Sherbina (1821–1869)
  • Vadim Shershenevich (1893–1942)
  • Asya Shneiderman (born 1968)
  • Gennady Shpalikov (1937–1974)
  • Konstantin Simonov (1915–1979)
  • Konstantin Sluchevsky (1837–1904)
  • Boris Slutsky (1919–1986)
  • Yaroslav Smelyakov (1913–1972)
  • Fyodor Sologub (1863–1927)
  • Vladimir Soloukhin (born 1924)
  • Sergey Stratanovsky (born 1944)
  • Dmitry Sukharev (born 1930)
  • Alexander Sumarokov (1717–1777)
  • Alexander Surkov (1899–1983)
  • Mikhail Svetlov (1903–1964)

T

  • Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891–1968)
  • Arseniy Tarkovsky (1907–1989)
  • Nikolay Tikhonov (1896–1979)
  • Aleksey Tolstoy (1817–1875)
  • Vasily Trediakovsky (1703–1769)
  • Viktor Tsoi (1962-1990)
  • Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941)
  • Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
  • Veronika Tushnova (1915–1965)
  • Aleksandr Tvardovsky (1910–1971)
  • Fyodor Tyutchev (1803–1873)

U

  • Vladimir Uflyand (1937–2007)
  • Iosif Utkin (1903–1944)

V

  • Konstantin Vaginov (1899–1934)
  • Konstantin Vanshenkin (born 1925)
  • Dmitry Venevitinov (1805–1827)
  • Yevgeny Vinokurov (born 1925)
  • Igor Vishnevetsky (born 1964)
  • Alina Vitukhnovskaya (born 1973)
  • Maksimilian Voloshin (1877–1932)
  • Andrey Voznesensky (born 1933)
  • Alexander Vvedensky (1904–1941)
  • Pyotr Vyazemsky (1792–1878)
  • Vladimir Vysotsky (1938–1980)

Y

  • Alexander Yashin (1913–1968)
  • Nikolay Yazykov (1803–1847)
  • Sergei Yesenin (or Esenin), (1895–1925)
  • Yevgeny Yevtushenko (born 1933)

Z

  • Nikolay Zabolotsky (1903–1958)
  • Mikhail Zenkevich (1891–1973)
  • Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov (1821–1908)
  • Anatoly Zhigulin (1930–2000)
  • Vasiliy Zhukovsky (1783–1852)
  • Ivan Zhdanov (born 1949)
  • Boris Zubry (born 1951)