21st-century Russian poets

Soviet and Russian poet (1933–2017)

Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (1937–2010)

Soviet poet (1933-2010)

Soviet and Russian film director (1927–2015)

Russian poet (1932–2016)

Russian singer

Russian politician

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

Russian poet

Soviet and Russian poet (1928—2023)

Russian poet, critic, and publisher; anti-homophobia activist

Russian feminist

Russian writer (1922–2006)

Russian writer and poet

Russian poet and writer (1949-2013)

Russian writer (1928-2018)

Russian-Israeli writer

Yakut poet and journalist

Russian poet

Russian writer

Russian Chukchi poet (1938-2015)

Russian philosopher and literary critic

Russian poet and guitarist

Soviet writer and poet

Russian writer

Russian theater director, political prisoner

encyclopedist, businessperson, mentor, writer, TV presenter

Russian theater director

Mari poet

Evenki poet

Soviet-Russian poet, prosaist

Khanty poet (1936–2026)

Russian sociologist and human rights activist

Russian poet (1950–2024)

Russian writer and journalist (1939–2018)

Russian poet and writer

Russian writer

Russian composer

Russian poet, author, translator

Russian writer, poet, songwriter and screenwriter (1933–2022)

Russian poet

Russian-Maltese poet, linguist and translator

Russian poet-musician

Russian scholar and writer

Russian poetress

Russian poet and author

Russian poet

Russian poet, prose writer, film director, historian of literature and music

Russian poet

Russian-American writer

Russian-Estonian writer, prosaist, poet and playwright (born 1975)