20th-century Russian poets

Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)

Russian poet (1889–1966)

Russian and Soviet poet (1893–1930)

Russian writer and poet (1870–1953)

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

Russian poet (1895–1925)

Russian poet (1880–1921)

Russian poet (1892 – 1941)

Russian writer (1870–1938)

Soviet and Russian poet (1933–2017)

Russian poet and essayist (1891-1938)

Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian (1873–1924)

Russian poet, writer and critic (1880–1934)

Russian writer (1885–1922)

Soviet and Russian writer (1913–2009)

Soviet writer, poet, playwright and wartime correspondent (1915-1979)

Russian poet, playwright, editor, short story writer and religious thinker (1869-1945)

Soviet writer, journalist, poet and Gulag survivor

Russian poet (1867–1942)

Soviet poet (1933-2010)

Soviet and Russian film director (1927–2015)

Russian writer (1943-2020)

Russian poet (1886-1921)

Russian and Soviet poet, playwright, translator, literary critic, screenwriter, author of popular children's books (1887–1964)

Russian Symbolist poet, playwright, theatre theorist, translator (1866–1949)

Russian poet (1877-1932)

Soviet poet (1910–1971)

Soviet poet and translator (1907–1989)

Ukrainian & American artist (1882-1967)

Soviet-Russian musician, poet, and painter (1964–2008)

Chuvash poet, writer, and translator (1934-2006)

Soviet and Russian rock musician

Russian poet and lyricist (1898-1949)

Russian poet, children's writer and translator (1903-1958)

Russian poet (1932–2016)

Russian poet (1900-1973)

Russian poet (1887–1941)

Russian poet (1932–1994)

Russian poet (1889–1963)

Russian poet, literary critic (1886–1939)

Soviet and Russian actor, theater and film director, screenwriter (1929–1998)

Russian/Soviet poet (1895–1934)

Bashkir Soviet poet, writer and playwright (1919–2005)

Soviet writer and poet (1925-1988)

Russian poet

Russian-born Yiddish poet and Holocaust survivor (1913-2010)

Soviet writer (1896–1979)

Russian saint (1891–1945)

Soviet and Russian actor, director, poet, publicist (1946–2003)

Russian poet (1884-1967)

Ukrainian, Russian & Soviet artist, poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor (1889-1957)

Russian writer and poet (1907–1996)

Russian writer

poet (1928–1992)

Russian poet and essayist

Russian artist and writer (1940–2007)

Moldovan writer (1928–2023)

Russian writer (1897–1962)

Russian poet (1936–1971)

Russian poet with formidable influence on "unofficial" and avant-garde art during and after the times of the Soviet Union