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page 1Soviet poets
Anna Akhmatova
Russian poet (1889–1966)
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Russian and Soviet poet (1893–1930)

Yanka Kupala
Belarusian writer (1882–1942)
Marina Tsvetaeva
Russian poet (1892 – 1941)
Yakub Kolas
Belarusian writer (1882–1956)
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Soviet and Russian poet (1933–2017)
Ilya Ehrenburg
Soviet writer, Bolshevik revolutionary, journalist and historian (1891–1967)
Bella Akhmadulina
Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (1937–2010)
Paul Celan
French-Romanian poet and translator (1920–1970)
Korney Chukovsky
Russian children's poet (1882–1969)
Yeghishe Charents
Armenian poet (1897–1937)
Valery Bryusov
Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian (1873–1924)

Sergey Mikhalkov
Soviet and Russian writer (1913–2009)

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

Bulat Okudzhava
Soviet and Russian writer and singer (1924-1997)

Rasul Gamzatov
Avar poet (1923-2003)
Andrei Voznesensky
Soviet poet (1933-2010)
Eldar Ryazanov
Soviet and Russian film director (1927–2015)
Eduard Uspensky
Russian writer (1937–2018)

Samuil Marshak
Russian and Soviet poet, playwright, translator, literary critic, screenwriter, author of popular children's books (1887–1964)
Fyodor Sologub
Russian writer (1863–1927)

Musa Cälil
Soviet poet

Silva Kaputikyan
Armenian poet, writer and political activist (1919–2006)
Valentin Kataev
Soviet writer, playwright, screenwriter, poet (1897–1986)
Aleksandr Tvardovsky
Soviet poet (1910–1971)
Avetik Isahakyan
Soviet Armenian poet (1875-1957)

Yury Olesha
Russian writer (1899-1960)
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev
President of Chechnya (1952-2004)

Pavlo Tychyna
Soviet Ukrainian poet, translator, publicist, public activist, academician, and statesman (1891-1967)
Arseny Tarkovsky
Soviet poet and translator (1907–1989)

Vladimir Voinovich
Soviet Russian writer and dissident (1932–2018)
Sadriddin Ayni
Tajik writer (1878-1954)

Olga Bergholz
Soviet poet

Agniya Barto
Russian Soviet writer and poet (1901–1981)
Demyan Bedny
Soviet poet (1883–1945)
Maksym Rylsky
ukrainian poet (1895–1964)

Konstantin Fedin
Russian-Soviet writer and poet (1892-1977)

Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi
Uzbek screenwriter and poet (1889-1929)
Jambyl Jabayev
Kazakh traditional folksinger (1846-1945)
Mukaghali Makatayev
Kazakhstani poet (1931–1976)

Margarita Aliger
Soviet poet, translator, and journalist (1915–1992)

Samad Vurgun
Azerbaijani-Soviet writer (1906-1956)
Mykola Bazhan
Ukrainian writer, poet, highly decorated political and public figure (1904–1983)
Evgeny Shvarts
Russian writer (1896-1958)
Zulfiya
Uzbek poet (1915-1996)
Vasily Lebedev-Kumach
Russian poet and lyricist (1898-1949)
Oles Honchar
Ukrainian writer (1918-1995)
Natalya Gorbanevskaya
Russian poet, translator, and civil rights activist (1936–2013)
Mikhail Isakovsky
Russian poet (1900-1973)
Fazu Aliyeva
Russian poet (1932–2016)
Nikolay Zabolotsky
Russian poet, children's writer and translator (1903-1958)
Pavel Filonov
Russian painter and poet (1883-1941)
Mirzo Tursunzoda
Tajikistani poet (1911–1977)
Robert Rozhdestvensky
Russian poet (1932–1994)
Nikolai Aseev
Russian poet (1889–1963)
Anatoly Lukyanov
Russian politician (1930-2019)
Grigol Abashidze
Georgian poet (1914-1994)
Dmytro Pavlychko
Ukrainian writer, diplomat and dissident
Vera Inber
Soviet writer
Hovhannes Shiraz
Armenian poet (1915–1984)