Poets from the Russian Empire

Ukrainian poet and artist (1814–1861)

Russian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841)

Russian poet (1867–1942)

Ukrainian writer

Jānis Pliekšāns (11 September 1865 – 11 September 1929), known by his pseudonym Rainis, was a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician. Rainis' works include the classic plays Uguns un nakts (Fire and Night, 1905) and Indulis un Ārija (Indulis and Ārija, 1911), and a highly regarded translation of Goethe's Faust. His works had a profound influence on the literary Latvian language, and the ethnic symbolism he employed in his major works has been central to Latvian nationalism.

Georgian writer (1840-1915)

Russian poet (1809–1842)

Georgian poet (1817-1844)

Azerbaijani poet

Estonian journalist and cultural activist (1819–1890)

Ossetian poet (1859-1906)

Aspazija was the pen name of Elza Johanna Emilija Lizete Pliekšāne (née Elza Rozenberga; 16 March 1865 – 5 November 1943), a Latvian poet and playwright. Aspazija is the Latvian transliteration of Aspasia.

German writer of Baltic German origin (1751-1792)

Russian grand prince (1858-1915)

Polish poet and dramatist (1838–1897)

Estonian poet and translator (1864-1957)

Estonian writer (1801-1822)

Estonian writer (1864-1913)

Azerbaijani poet

Finnish poet, scholar, author and literary critic (1826-1889)

Chuvash poet (1890–1915)

Georgian poet (1705-1792)

Polish poet (1823–1862)

Polish poet (1741-1825)

Kyrgyz poet, musician and singer (1864–1933)

Russian poet, playwright and teacher (1815-1869)

Russian writer (1824–1861)

Russian writer (1825–1893)

Russian writer (1819–1898)

Ukrainian writer (1839–1884)

Komi poet and linguist (1839-1875)

Russian and Ukrainian poet (1812-1848)

Polish poet

Azerbaijani poet (1862–1911)

Georgian writer and military figure

Armenian poet (1830-1892)

Polish poet (1791-1835)

Russian writer and politician

Izhorian oral poet (1833-1904)

Estonian poet and linguist (1843–1890)

Zokirjon Xolmuhammad oʻgʻli () (1859–1909), better known by his pen name Furqat, was an Uzbek author, poet, and political activist. He had a major influence on the development of modern Uzbek literature. He wrote one of the earliest pamphlets and satirical articles in Uzbek.

Russian writer (1822–1864)

Azerbaijani folk songs poet (1821–1926)

Opera librettist, poet, dramatist, satirist, journalist

Lithuanian writer (1879–1907)

Azerbaijani poet

Ukrainian writer (1808–1877)

Armenian poet

Polish and Belarusian romantic poet and ethnographer (1796–1847)

Armenian poet (1866-1937)

Polish poet and activist (1796–1855)

Polish and Belarusian writer

Ukrainian composer, historian and ethnographer (1804–1860)

Polish and Ukrainian musician and poet (1801–1871)

Ukrainian writer (1827–1893)

Lezgian poet from Dagestan

Jivani (; 1846–1909), born Serob Stepani Levonian (; also known as Serovbe Stepani Benkoyan, ), was an Armenian ashugh (bard) and poet.

Russian revolutionary and poet (1860-1911)

Russian writer (1786–1880)

Polish writer and academic (1850-1917)