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Aleksei Kruchenykh
Russian writer (1886-1968)
Alexander Galich
Soviet musician and writer (1918–1977)
Mustai Karim
Bashkir Soviet poet, writer and playwright (1919–2005)
Valentin Gaft
Soviet and Russian actor (1935–2020)
Oleg Anofriyev
Soviet and Russian actor (1930—2018)
Hadiya Davletshina
Bashkir writer, poet (1905–1954)
Saken Seyfullin
pioneer of modern Kazakh literature (1894-1938)
Mikhail Svetlov
Russian poet (1903–1964)
Alexander Vertinsky
Ukrainian, Russian & Soviet artist, poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor (1889-1957)
Sergey Gorodetsky
Russian poet (1884-1967)
Xasiyyat Rustamova
poet, translator, and screenwriter
Maksim Tank
Belarusian poet and translator (1912-1995)
Lev Rubinstein
Russian writer and philologist (1947–2024)
Vasily Belov
writer (1932-2012)
Lydia Chukovskaya
Russian writer and poet (1907–1996)
Raisa Akhmatova
poet (1928–1992)
Olena Teliha
Ukrainian poet (1906–1942)
Irakli Abashidze
Georgian poet, literary scholar and politician (1909-1992)
Paruyr Sevak
Armenian writer, poet and specialist in literature (1924-1971)
Qaysin Quli
Balkar Soviet writer (1917–1985)
Gevorg Emin
Armenian poet, essayist, and translator (1919-1998)
Choʻlpon
Abdulhamid Sulaymon oʻgʻli Yunusov (, 1893 – 4 October 1938), most commonly known by his penname Choʻlpon (sometimes spelled Cholpán in English), was an Uzbek poet, playwright, novelist, and literary translator. Choʻlpon was one of Central Asia's most popular poets during the first half of the 20th century. He was also the first person to translate William Shakespeare's plays into the Uzbek language.
Mykhailo Semenko
Ukrainian writer and poet (1892-1937)
Mikayil Mushfig
Azerbaijani writer (1908-1938)
Mirdza Ķempe
Latvian poet (1907–1974)
Berdy Kerbabayev
Turkmenistani writer (1894–1974)
Gabriel El-Registan
Gabriel Arkadyevich Ureklyan (; ; 15 December 1899 – 30 June 1945), better known as El-Registan (), was a Soviet Armenian poet best known for having co-written the lyrics to the State Anthem of the Soviet Union along with Sergey Mikhalkov.
Abdulla Qodiriy
Uzbek and Soviet poet, literary translator, and writer (1894–1938)
Alykul Osmonov
Kyrgyzstani poet
Yuri Vizbor
Soviet bard (1934-1984)
Bagrat Shinkuba
Abkhazian writer and politician (1917–2004)
Yulia Drunina
Soviet poet (1924–1991)
Nikolay Rubtsov
Russian poet (1936–1971)
Mirvarid Dilbazi
Azerbaijani poet (1912–2001)
Juhan Smuul
Estonian writer (1922–1971)
Vladimir Vasiliev
Soviet dancer
Pavel Antokolsky
Soviet Russian poet and theatre director (1896-1978)
Hamid Olimjon
writer, poet (1909–1944)
Mykola Rudenko
Ukrainian dissident (1920–2004)
Źmitrok Biadula
Jewish Belarusian poet, writer, political activist (1886–1941)
Alexander Bashlachev
Russian musician (1960-1988)
Nika Turbina
Russian poet (1974–2002)
Itzik Feffer
Soviet Yiddish poet (1900-1952)
Eduardas Mieželaitis
Lithuanian politician, poet and author (1919–1997)
Igor Nikolayev
Russian musician
Ana Kalandadze
Georgian poet (1924–2008)
Nikolai Erdman
Russian and Soviet playwright (1900-1970)
Konstantin Vaginov
Russian writer (1899–1934)
Leonid Martynov
Russian poet (1905–1980)
Boris Slutsky
Russian poet (1919–1986)
Nigar Rafibeyli
Azerbaijani poet
Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky
Russian writer
Derenik Demirchian
Armenian writer (1877–1956)
Suleyman Rustam
Azerbaijani Soviet poet (1906-1989)
Ilya Selvinsky
Soviet Jewish poet, dramatist, memoirist, and essayist (1899-1968)
Nairi Zaryan
Armenian poet (1900–1969)
Boris Zakhoder
Soviet and Russian writer, poet, translator, screenwriter (1918–2000)
Borys Oliynyk
Ukrainian journalist, poet and writer (1935-2017)
Leib Kvitko
Soviet Yiddish poet (1890-1952)
David Samoilov
Russian poet (1920–1990)