NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of Russian authors

This is the list of authors that wrote in Russian language. Not all of them are of Russian descent. Russian (Russian: Ñ€ÑƒÑÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ ÑÐ·Ñ‹Ðº, russkij jazyk, listen â–¶(?)) is the most widely spoken language of Europe and the most widespread of the Slavic languages. ...

See also List of Russians: Authors. This is a list of people associated with Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, and Russia of today. ...

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class="preview" id="pv7"> Chinghiz Aitmatov (Kyrgyz: Ð§Ñ‹Ò£Ð³Ñ‹Ð· ÐÐ¹Ñ‚Ð¼Ð°Ñ‚Ð¾Ð²; Russian: ; born Sheker, Kyrgyzstan, 12 December 1928) is a Kyzgyz writer who composed works in both Russian and Kyrgyz, the best known figure of its countrys literature. ... Akhmatova in the 1920s Anna Akhmatova (Russian: , real name ÐÌÐ½Ð½Ð° ÐÐ½Ð´Ñ€ÐµÌÐµÐ²Ð½Ð° Ð“Ð¾Ñ€ÐµÌÐ½ÐºÐ¾) (June 23, 1889 (June 11, Old Style and also St. ... Bella (Izabella) Akhatovna Akhmadulina was born on the 10 April 1937 in Moscow. ... Konstantin Sergeyevich Aksakov (1817 - 1860) was a Russian critic and writer, one of the earliest and most notable Slavophiles. ... Sergei Aksakov was a nineteenth century Russian writer. ... Vasily Pavlovich Aksyonov (Russian: Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»Ð¸Ð¹ ÐŸÐ°Ð²Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐÐºÑÑ‘Ð½Ð¾Ð², born August 20, 1932 in Kazan) is a Russian novelist who began his career in the Soviet era. ... Boris Akunin (Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili (b. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mark Aldanov (Mark Alexandrovich Landau) (November 7 (October 26(O.S.)), 1889 -- February 25, 1957 was a Russian emigrant writer, known for his criticism of the Soviet system. ... Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (1871-1919) was a Russian Short story writer, who was active between the revolution of 1905 and the Communist revolution which finally overthrew the tsarist government. ... Daniil Andreev (Russian: ) (b. ... Alexandre Benois Portrait of Innokenty Annensky Innokentiy Fyodorovich Annensky (Russian: , 1855-1909) was a poet, critic and translator, representative of the first wave of the Russian Symbolism. ... Mikhail Artsybashev Mikhail Petrovich Artsybashev ( Russian: October 24 Old Style 1878- March 3, 1927) was a leading exponent of Naturalism in the Russian literature. ... Lera Auerbach Lera Auerbach (Russian: ; b. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Isaac Babel Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel, Russian: Исаак Бабель (July 13 (New Style), 1894 – January 27, 1940) was a Russian journalist, playwright, and short story writer. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pavel Bazhov (Russian: ÐŸÐ°Ð²ÐµÐ» ÐŸÐµÑ‚Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð‘Ð°Ð¶Ð¾Ð²,1879-1950) - famous Russian writer, the author of fairy-tale stories The Malachite Casket-Tales from the Urals. ... Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin (November 17, 1895 (new style)-March 7, 1975), a Russian philosopher and literary scholar, wrote influential works in literary theory and literary criticism. ... Konstantin Dmitrievich Balmont (Russian: ) - russian symbolist. ... Evgeny Baratynsky (1800-1844) was a Russian Romantic and symbolic poet. ... Ivan Barkov Ivan Semenovich Barkov, Ð˜Ð²Ð°Ð½ Ð¡ÐµÐ¼ÐµÐ½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð‘Ð°Ñ€ÐºÐ¾Ð² (ca. ... Konstantin Batyushkov Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov (1787, Vologda - 1855, Vologda) was an important precursor of Alexander Pushkin in the Russian poetry. ... Pavel Bazhov (Russian: ÐŸÐ°Ð²ÐµÐ» ÐŸÐµÑ‚Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð‘Ð°Ð¶Ð¾Ð²,1879-1950) - famous Russian writer, the author of fairy-tale stories The Malachite Casket-Tales from the Urals. ... Aleksandr Bek (1903-1972) was a Soviet novelist whose main themes included Red Army military action during the Second World War, particularly the defense of Moscow (Volokolamskoe shosse (Volokolamsk Highway, 1944)). Categories: Stub | 1903 births | 1972 deaths | Russian writers ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Vissarion Grigorievich Belinskii (Ð’Ð¸ÑÑÐ°Ñ€Ð¸Ð¾ÌÐ½ Ð“Ñ€Ð¸Ð³Ð¾ÌÑ€ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð‘ÐµÐ»Ð¸ÌÐ½ÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹) (1811 - 1848) was Russian writer, literary critic, philosopher and revolutionary activist (a Westernizer). ... 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Boris Budaev Andrei Bely (Андрей Белый) was the pseudonym of Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (1880 - 1934), a Russian novelist, poet, theorist, and literary critic. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alexander Beliaev (Алекса́ндр Рома́нович Беля́ев) (1884-1942) is a Russian author of science fiction whose body of work from the 1920s and 1930s made him a highly regarded Russian author in that field. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Helena Blavatsky Helena Petrovna Hahn (also Hélène) (July 31, 1831 (O.S.) (August 12, 1831 (N.S.)) - May 8, 1891 London, England), better known as Helena Blavatsky or Madame Blavatsky was the founder of Theosophy. ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Blok in 1907 Alexander Blok (Александр Александрович Блок, 1880-1921) was probably the most gifted lyrical poet that Russia produced since Alexander Pushkin. ... Joseph Brodsky (May 24, 1940 â€“ January 28, 1996), born Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (Russian:Ð˜Ð¾ÌÑÐ¸Ñ„ ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐ°ÌÐ½Ð´Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð‘Ñ€Ð¾ÌÐ´ÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹) was a Russian-American poet, winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature, and Poet Laureate of the United States for 1991-1992. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (1873–1924) was a Russian born poet, novelist and critic who lived and died in Moscow. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Vladimir Bukovsky early photo Vladimir Bukovsky (Russian language: Ð’Ð»Ð°Ð´Ð¸ÌÐ¼Ð¸Ñ€ ÐšÐ¾Ð½ÑÑ‚Ð°Ð½Ñ‚Ð¸ÌÐ½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð‘ÑƒÐºÐ¾ÌÐ²ÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹; b. ... This article is about the year. ... Mikhail Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (or Bulhakov, ÐœÐ¸Ñ…Ð°Ð¸Ð» ÐÑ„Ð°Ð½Ð°ÑÑŒÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð‘ÑƒÐ»Ð³Ð°ÐºÐ¾Ð²; May 15 (May 3 Old Style), 1891â€“March 10, 1940) was a Soviet novelist and playwright of the first half of the 20th century. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kir Bulychev Kir Bulychev or Bulychyov (Russian: Кир Булычёв) (October 18, 1934—September 5, 2003) was a pen name of Igor Vsevolodovich Mozheyko (И́горь Все́володович Може́йко), who was a Russian science fiction writer and historian. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (October 10, 1870 â€“ November 8, 1953) was the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) (born January 29, 1860 (Jan. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Chernyshevsky Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky (1828 - 1889) was a Russian revolutionary democrat, materialist philosopher, critic, and socialist. ... 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Sasha Cherny (Russian: , real name Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg, Russian: , 1880-1932) was Russian poet, satirist and a children story writer. ... Mayakovskys cartoon of Korney Chukovsky Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (Russian: , March 31 NS 1882 - October 28, 1968) is probably the most popular poet for children in the Russian language. ... Denis Davydov (Russian:Ð”ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ñ Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð”Ð°Ð²Ñ‹Ð´Ð¾Ð²) (27. ... Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin (Гаврила Романович Державин, 1743 – 1816) was the greatest Russian poet before Alexander Pushkin. ... Nikolay Aleksandrovich Dobrolyubov (Russian: ÐÐ¸ÐºÐ¾Ð»Ð°Ð¹ ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð”Ð¾Ð±Ñ€Ð¾Ð»ÑŽÐ±Ð¾Ð²) (January 24 (N.S. February 5), 1836 - November 17(29), 1861) was a Russian literary critic, publicist, and revolutionary democrat. ... Sergei Dovlatov (1941-1990) was a Russian short-story writer and novelist. ... Yanka Dyagileva (full name Yana Stanislavovna Dyagileva (Ð¯Ð½Ð° Ð¡Ñ‚Ð°Ð½Ð¸ÑÐ»Ð°Ð²Ð¾Ð²Ð½Ð° Ð”ÑÐ³Ð¸Ð»ÐµÐ²Ð° in Russian)) (born September 4, 1966 in Novosibirsk - died May 9, 1991) is a Russian poet and singer. ... Fyodor Dostoevsky. ... 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg (Илья́ Григо́рьевич Эренбу́рг) (January 27, 1891–August 31, 1967) was a Russian writer and journalist. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...

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Ivan Antonovich Efremov (Иван Антонович Ефремов) (1907-1972) was a Russian science fiction author. ... Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg (Ð˜Ð»ÑŒÑÌ Ð“Ñ€Ð¸Ð³Ð¾ÌÑ€ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐÑ€ÐµÐ½Ð±ÑƒÌÑ€Ð³) (January 27, 1891â€“August 31, 1967) was a Soviet Jewish writer and journalist whose 1954 novel gave name to the Khrushchev Thaw. ... Venedikt Erofeev (Венедикт Ерофеев), 1938-1990, was a Russian writer, best known for his 1969 poem in prose Moscow-Petushki (translated to English as Moscow to the End of the Line). ... ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Insert non-formatted text hereSergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin born September 21, 1895 in Konstantinovo, Ryazan, Russia – died December27, 1925 in St. ... Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Александрович Фадеев; December 24, 1901 – May 13, Russian writer. ... Category: Possible copyright violations ... Afanasy Afanasievich Fet (Dec. ... Denis Fonvizin (1744?â€“92). ... Vsevolod Mikhailovich Garshin (1855â€“1888) was a Russian author of short stories. ... Arkady Petrovich Golikov (, in Russian) (1. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lydia Ginzburg, a major Soviet literary critic and a survivor of the siege of Leningrad. ... Yevgenia Ginzburg Yevgenia Ginzburg (November 20, 1904 - May 25, 1977) (Russian language: Евгения Семеновна Гинзбург) a Russian historian and writer. ... Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius (1865 - 1945) was a Russian symbolist poet and author. ... Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol (Russian: ) (March 31, 1809 - March 4, 1852) was a Ukrainian-born Russian writer. ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Daniil Aleksandrovich Granin (pseudonym of D.A. German born 1 January 1918) was a Russian writer,an author of stories about Soviet intelligencia. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (Александр Сергеевич Грибоедов in Russian) (January 15, 1795 - February 11, 1829) was a Russian diplomat, playwright, and composer, whose brilliant comedy in verse, Wit Works Woe, is the most often staged play in Russia. ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov (June 18, 1812 - September 15, 1891) was a Russian novelist best known as the author of Oblomov (1859). ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Oblomov (first published: 1858) is the most well-known novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov. ... Gorkys autographed portrait Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov (In Russian ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐµÐ¹ ÐœÐ°ÐºÑÐ¸Ð¼Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐŸÐµÑˆÐºÐ¾Ð²) (March 28; March 16 Old Style, 1868â€“June 14, 1936), better known as Maxim Gorky (ÐœÐ°ÐºÑÐ¸Ð¼ Ð“Ð¾Ñ€ÑŒÐºÐ¸Ð¹), was a Soviet/Russian author, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Boris Grebenshchikov (Russian: ) is one of the most prominent members of the generation which is widely considered the founding fathers of Russian rock music. ... Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (Александр Сергеевич Грибоедов in Russian) (January 15, 1795 - February 11, 1829) was a Russian diplomat, playwright, and composer, whose brilliant comedy in verse, Wit Works Woe, is the most often staged play in Russia. ... Alexander Grin (Russian: , born August 23, 1880, died July 7, 1932) was a Russian writer, notable for his romantic novels and short stories, mostly set in an unnamed fantasy land with a European or Latin American flavor (Grins fans often refer to this land as Grinlandia). ... Vasily Semyonovich Grossman (alternatively spelled Vassily, Vasiliy, Russian language: Василий Гроссман), December 12, 1905 – September 14, 1964, was a prominent Soviet-era writer and journalist. ... Lev Gumilyov and Anna Akhmatova, 1960s Lev Nikolayevich Gumilyov (Russian: ) (October 1, 1912, St. ... Lev Nikolayevich Gumilyov Ð›.Ð. Ð“ÑƒÐ¼Ð¸Ð»ÐµÐ² (1912â€“1992), the son of two Russian poets, Nikolay Gumilyov and Anna Akhmatova, was a writer and historian connected with the contemporary movement of Russian Neo-Eurasianism or Pan-Asianism, advancing the view that Russians and Central Asian nomads constitute a super-ethnos, stretching from Poland to... Nikolai Gumilev during his senior years in gymnasium Nikolay Stepanovich Gumilyov (Russian: , April 15 NS 1886 - August 1921) was an influential Russian poet who founded the acmeism movement. ... Alexander Herzen in 1867 Aleksandr Ivanovich Herzen (ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐ°ÌÐ½Ð´Ñ€ Ð˜Ð²Ð°ÌÐ½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð“ÐµÌÑ€Ñ†ÐµÐ½) (April 6 (O.S. 25 March) 1812 in Moscow - January 21 (O.S. 9 January) 1870 in Paris) was a major Russian pro-Western writer and thinker known as the father of Russian socialism. He is held responsible for creating a political climate... Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg, 1897-1937) and Evgeny or Yevgeny Petrov (Yevgeniy Petrovich Kataev or Katayev, 1903-1942) were two extremely popular Soviet prose authors of the 1920s. ... Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg, 1897-1937) and Evgeny or Yevgeny Petrov (Yevgeniy Petrovich Kataev or Katayev, 1903-1942) were two extremely popular Soviet prose authors of the 1920s. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Vsevolod Ivanov was born in Lebyazhye on 12th February, 1895. ... Dimitrie Cantemir (Дмитрий Кантемир in Russian, Kantemiroğlu in Turkish), (October 26, 1673 - 1723) was a Moldavian linguist and scholar. ... Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin (December 1, 1766--1826) a Russian author credited with reforming the Russian literary language. ... 1766 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1826 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Lev Kassil (1905 - 1970) - a Russian writer. ... Katayev, Valentin (Petrovich) (b. ... Daniil Kharms, also Ð”Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ð¸Ð» Ð¥Ð°Ñ€Ð¼Ñ in Russian (30 December 1905 - 2 February 1942), early Soviet-era satirist who used a surrealist or absurdist style. ... Velimir Khlebnikov (Russian: Велимир Хлебников; first name also spelled Velemir; last name also spelled Chlebnikov, Hlebnikov, Xlebnikov), pseudonym of Viktor Vladimirovich Khlebnikov (born October 28, 1885, died June 28, 1922), was a central part of the Russian Futurist movement but whose work and influence stretches far beyond it. ... Vladislav Khodasevich and Nina Berberova in Sorrento in 1925 Vladislav Felitsianovich Khodasevich (1886-1939) was an influential Russian poet and literary critic who presided over the Berlin circle of Russian emigre litterateurs. ... Lev_Kopelev Lev Kopelev (Russian: Лев Копелев, German spelling Lew Kopelew: April 9, 1912 - June 18, 1997) was a Russian author and a dissident. ... Vladimir Galktionovich Korolenko (Ð’Ð»Ð°Ð´Ð¸Ð¼Ð¸Ñ€ Ð“Ð°Ð»Ð°ÐºÑ‚Ð¸Ð¾Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐšÐ¾Ñ€Ð¾Ð»ÐµÐ½ÐºÐ¾) (July 27, 1853- December 25, 1921) was a Russian short story writer and journalist. ... Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (Иван Андреевич Крылов in Russian) (February 13, 1769 - November 21, 1844) was a famous Russian fabulist. ... This article is about the writer. ... Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin (ÐœÐ¸Ñ…Ð°Ð¸Ð» ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐµÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐšÑƒÐ·Ð¼Ð¸Ð½, 1872 - 1936) was a Russian poet, novelist, composer, playwright, and essayist. ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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Peter Lavrovitch Lavrov (1823-1900) was a Russian revolutionist, scientist, and philosopher who entered a military academy and graduated in 1842 as an army officer. ... Leonid Leonov (born 1899) was a Russian novelist, best known for his psychological novel The Thief, which he wrote in 1927. ... Alternate meaning: Mikhail Lermontov (ship) Mikhail Lermontov in 1837 Mikail Yurevich Lermontov (Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов), (October 15, 1814–July 27, 1841), Russian poet and novelist, often called the poet of the Caucasus, was born in Moscow, of Scottish descent (from the Learmount family), but belonged to a respectable family of... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov (Russian ÐÐ¸ÐºÐ¾Ð»Ð°Ð¹ Ð¡ÐµÐ¼Ñ‘Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð›ÐµÑÐºÐ¾Ð²) (1831-1895) was a Russian journalist, novelist and short story writer. ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Eduard Limonov (Russian ÐÐ´ÑƒÐ°Ñ€Ð´ Ð’ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ð°Ð¼Ð¸Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð›Ð¸Ð¼Ð¾Ð½Ð¾Ð², real name Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko) is a Russian nationalist writer and dissident, and is the founder and current leader of the neo-fascist National Bolshevik Party in Russia. ... Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (Михаи́л Васи́льевич Ломоно́сов) (November 19 (November 8, Old Style), 1711 – April 15 (April 4, Old Style), 1765) was a Russian writer and polymath who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. ... // Events February 24 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. ... 1765 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Nadezhda Mandelstam Nadezhda Yakovlevna Mandelstam (Russian language: Надежда Яковлевна Мандельштам, maiden name Hazin, October 18, 1899 — December 29, 1980) was a Russian writer and a wife of poet Osip Mandelstam. ... Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam (also spelled Mandelshtam) (Russian: ÐžÌÑÐ¸Ð¿ ÐÐ¼Ð¸ÌÐ»ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐœÐ°Ð½Ð´ÐµÐ»ÑŒÑˆÑ‚Ð°ÌÐ¼) (January 15 (January 3 old style), 1891 - December 27, 1938) was a Russian poet and essayist, one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school of poets. ... Alexandra Marinina (born July 16, Russian best-seller detective stories writer. ... Portrait of Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (Ð’Ð»Ð°Ð´Ð¸ÌÐ¼Ð¸Ñ€ Ð’Ð»Ð°Ð´Ð¸ÌÐ¼Ð¸Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐœÐ°ÑÐºÐ¾ÌÐ²ÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹) (July 7 (O.S.) = July 19 (N.S.), 1893 - April 14, 1930) was among the foremost representatives for the poetic futurism of early 20th century Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union. ... Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (Russian: , June 4, 1821, Moscow - March 20, 1897, Petersburg) - Russian poet. ... Dmitry Merezhkovsky Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (August 14, 1865, St Petersburg-December 9, 1941, Paris) was one of the earliest and most eminent ideologues of Russian Symbolism. ... Semen Yakovlevich Nadson (Semen Nadson, Semyon Nadson) (Russian: Ð¡ÐµÐ¼Ñ‘Ð½ Ð¯ÐºÐ¾Ð²Ð»ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐÐ°Ð´ÑÐ¾Ð½) (December 14, 1862 â€” January 19, 1887) was a Russian poet. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Ð’Ð»Ð°Ð´Ð¸Ð¼Ð¸Ñ€ Ð’Ð»Ð°Ð´Ð¸Ð¼Ð¸Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐÐ°Ð±Ð¾ÐºÐ¾Ð²; pronounced: vlah-DEE-meer nah-BAWK-awf) (April 10 O.S. [April 22 N.S.], 1899 - July 2, 1977) was a Russian-American author. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Lolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first published in 1955. ... Vladimir Narbut (Russian: ) (1888-1938) was a Russian poet, a member of the Akmeist group. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov (November 28, 1821 â€“ January 8, 1878 {O.S.: December 28, 1877}) was a Russian poet, best remembered as the long-standing publisher of Ð¡Ð¾Ð²Ñ€ÐµÐ¼ÐµÐ½Ð½Ð¸Ðº (The Contemporary) (from 1846 until July 1866, when the journal was shut down by the government in connection with the arrest of its radical... Viktor Nekrasov (VÃktor PlatÃ³novich NekrÃ¡sov) (KÃev, 1911-Paris, 1988) Soviet Writer. ... Nikolay Nosov (1908 - 1976) is the author of a number of humorous short stories about children, a school novel, plus a trilogy of fairy tale novels Neznaika about some small creatures and their world. ... Vladimir Obruchev. ... Prince Vladimir Odoevsky (1803 â€“ 1869) is credited to have predicted blogging, and the basic principles of the Internet, as early as 1837. ... Nikolay Platonovich Ogarev (Russian: ÐÐ˜ÐšÐžÐ›ÐÐ™ ÐŸÐ›ÐÐ¢ÐžÐÐžÐ’Ð˜Ð§ ÐžÐ“ÐÐ Ð•Ð’) (1813 - 1877) - a Russian poet, historian. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Yuri Olesha (1899 – 1960) was a Russian novelist. ... Portrait of A. N. Ostrowskij by Wassili Perow. ... Nikolai Alexeevich Ostrovsky (born 29 September 1904, died 22 December 1936) was a socialist realism writer who published most of his works during the Stalins era. ... Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (Борис Леонидович Пастернак) was a major Russian poet and writer. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky (Russian: , 1892- July 14, 1968) was a Russian writer. ... Victor Pelevin Victor Pelevin (Виктор Олегович Пелевин, b. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Yakov Perelman is a Russian author, who is credited with writing science books for children. ... Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg, 1897-1937) and Evgeny or Yevgeny Petrov (Yevgeniy Petrovich Kataev or Katayev, 1903-1942) were two extremely popular Soviet prose authors of the 1920s. ... Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg, 1897-1937) and Evgeny or Yevgeny Petrov (Yevgeniy Petrovich Kataev or Katayev, 1903-1942) were two extremely popular Soviet prose authors of the 1920s. ... Boris Pilnyak (October 11, 1894â€“September 9, 1941) was a Russian author. ... Dimitri Ivanovich Pisarev (Russian: ; 14 August (O.S. 2 August) 1840 - 16 July (O.S. 4 July) 1868) was a radical Russian writer and social critic who, according to Georgi Plekhanov, spent the best years of his life in a fortress. Pisarev was one of the writers who propelled the... Aleksey Feofilaktovich Pisemsky (Алексей Феофилактович Писемский in Russian) (3. ... Andrei Platonov (Russian: ÐÐ½Ð´Ñ€ÐµÐ¹ ÐŸÐ»Ð°Ñ‚Ð¾ÌÐ½Ð¾Ð²) (1899-1951) was the pen name of Andrei Platonovich Klimentov, a Russian writer of the Soviet period whose works anticipate existentialism. ... Aleksey Plescheev, (1825â€“1893) (Russian: ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐµÐ¹ ÐÐ¸ÐºÐ¾Ð»Ð°ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐŸÐ»ÐµÑ‰ÐµÐµÐ²) - a Russian poet. ... Kozma Prutkov was a psuedonym of Russian author Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy. ... Aleksey Tolstoy (September 5, 1817 (Julian calendar: August 24) – October 10, 1875 (Julian calendar: September 28) was a Russian poet, novelist and dramatist. ... Aleksandr Pushkin was a Russian poet and a founder of modern Russian literature Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин) (June 6 (May 26, O.S.), 1799 - February 10 (January 29, O.S.), 1837), Russian author, whom many consider the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Novelist and philosopher, best known for her philosophy of Objectivism Ayn Rand (February 2, 1905â€“March 6, 1982; first name pronounced (IPA) (rhymes with mine)), born Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, was best known for her philosophy of Objectivism and her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... Aleksandr Nikolaevich Radishchev (Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Ради́щев) (1749 – 1802) was a Russian author and social critic who was arrested and exiled under Catherine the Great. ... Events While in debtors prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). ... --69. ... Valentin Grigoriyevich Rasputin (Russian: Ð’Ð°Ð»ÐµÐ½Ñ‚Ð¸Ð½ Ð“Ñ€Ð¸Ð³Ð¾Ñ€ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð Ð°ÑÐ¿ÑƒÑ‚Ð¸Ð½) (born March 15, 1937) is a Russian writer. ... Irina Ratushinskaya (Ð˜Ñ€Ð¸Ð½Ð° Ð Ð°Ñ‚ÑƒÑˆÐ¸Ð½ÑÐºÐ°Ñ), prominent Russian dissident, poet and writer, born March 4, 1954. ... Helena Roerich (1879-1954) was born in Russia on February 12, 1879. ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Cover of Rybakovs book The Novel of Memories Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov (Russian: January 14 (O.S. January 1) 1911 - December 23, 1998), was a Russian writer, the author of the anti-Stalinist Children of the Arbat trilogy, novel Heavy Sand, and many popular children books including Adventures of Krosh...

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Category: Russian writers Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov (15 January 1826 - 28 April 1889 OS, or 27 January 1826 - 10 May 1889 NS), better known under his penname Shchedrin, was a leading Russian satirist, whose reputation is now in decline. ... 1826 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Efraim Sevela (Russian: ÐÑ„Ñ€Ð°Ð¸Ð¼ Ð¡ÐµÐ²ÐµÐ»Ð°) - brilliant Russian-Israeli screenwriter and author, Monya Tsatskes External links http://www. ... Igor Severyanin (Russian: , pen name, real name Igor Vasilyevich Lotarev (May 16, 1887, Petersburg â€” December 20, 1941, Tallinn) â€” famous Russian poet of the Silver Age of Russian poetry. ... Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov (Ð’Ð°Ñ€Ð»Ð°Ð¼ Ð¢Ð¸Ñ…Ð¾Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð¨Ð°Ð»Ð°Ð¼Ð¾Ð², 1907â€“1982) was a Russian writer, journalist and poet. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... GULAG (Russian: Glavonoye Upravleniye Lagerey, Main Camp Administration) was the branch of the Soviet secret police (the NKVD and later on the KGB) that dealt with concentration camps. ... Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (ru: Михаил Александрович Шолохов) (May 24, 1905 (Old Style May 11) - February 21, 1984) was a Russian novelist. ... Sholom Aleichem Sholom (Sholem) Aleichem (February 18 (O.S.) = March 2 (N.S.), 1859 â€“ May 13, 1916) was a popular humorist and Russian Jewish author of Yiddish literature, including novels, short stories, and plays. ... Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (Russian: Васи́лий Макарович Шукшин; 25 July 1929 – 2 October 1974) was a notable Russian actor. ... Konstantin Simonov was a Russian author. ... Andrei Sinyavsky Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky (Russian language: ÐÐ½Ð´Ñ€ÐµÐ¹ Ð”Ð¾Ð½Ð°Ñ‚Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð¡Ð¸Ð½ÑÐ²ÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹) (1925 - 1997) was a Russian writer, dissident, gulag survivor, emigrant, Professor of Sorbonne University, magazine founder and publisher. ... Fyodor Sologub (Russian: , real name Ð¤Ñ‘Ð´Ð¾Ñ€ ÐšÑƒÐ·ÑŒÐ¼Ñ‹Ñ‡ Ð¢ÐµÑ‚ÐµÑ€Ð½Ð¸ÐºÐ¾Ð²) (March 1 (O.S. February 17) 1863 - December 5, 1927) was the pen name of Fyodor Kuzmich Teternikov, a Russian Symbolist poet and author. ... Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (Russian: ), born December 11, 1918, in Kislovodsk, Russia, is a novelist and winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize for Literature. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes... Boris and Arkady Strugatsky The two brothers Arkady (ÐÑ€ÐºÐ°ÌÐ´Ð¸Ð¹, August 28, 1925 â€“ October 12, 1991) and Boris (Ð‘Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸ÌÑ, born April 14, 1933) Strugatsky (Ð¡Ñ‚Ñ€ÑƒÐ³Ð°ÌÑ†ÐºÐ¸Ð¹; alternate spelling: Strugatski) are Russian science fiction authors who collaborated on their fiction. ... Aleksandr Petrovich Sumarokov (1717 - 1774) wrote severely classical 18th-century Russian dramas based on proto_Russian legends (Mstislav) or on Shakespearean plots (Makbet). ... Vladimir Rezun known as Viktor Suvorov Viktor Suvorov (; real name Vladimir Rezun : ) (born April 20, 1947) was a Soviet intelligence officer of Ukrainian and Russian descent who had been working for the Soviet military intelligence (GRU), but defected to the United Kingdom in 1978, where he worked as an intelligence... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nadezhda Teffi Nadezhda Teffi known simply as Teffi (Russian: ÐÐ°Ð´ÐµÐ¶Ð´Ð° Ð¢ÑÑ„Ñ„Ð¸) (1872-1952) was a Russian humorist writer. ... Aleksey Tolstoy (September 5, 1817 (Julian calendar: August 24) – October 10, 1875 (Julian calendar: September 28) was a Russian poet, novelist and dramatist. ... Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi (Russian: ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐµÐ¹ ÐÐ¸ÐºÐ¾Ð»Ð°ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð¢Ð¾Ð»ÑÑ‚Ð¾Ð¹) (January 10, 1883 (December 29, 1882 (O.S.)) - February 23, 1945), nicknamed the Comrade Count, was a Soviet Russian writer who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and historical novels. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Leo Tolstoy, pictured late in life Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy listen [â–¶] (Russian: Ð›ÐµÐ² ÐÐ¸ÐºÐ¾Ð»Ð°ÌÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð¢Ð¾Ð»ÑÑ‚Ð¾ÌÐ¹; commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy) (September 9, 1828 â€“ November 20, 1910; August 28, 1828 â€“ November 7, 1910, O.S.) was a Russian novelist, social reformer, pacifist, Christian anarchist, vegetarian, moral thinker and an influential member... 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Tatyana Tolstaya (also Tatiana Tolstaya) is a well-known modern Russian writer, TV-host, publicist, novelist, and essayist. ... Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky (February 22 (March 5, New Style), 1703 -- August 6 (August 17), 1768) a Russian poet, who laid foundations of classical Russian literature. ... Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (Russian: ) (October 9, 1892 â€“ August 31, 1941) was a Russian poet and writer. ... Ivan Turgenev, photo by FÃ©lix Nadar (1820-1910) Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (Russian: , November 9, 1818, Orel, Russia - September 3, 1883, Bougival, near Paris, France ) was a major Russian novelist and playwright. ... Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky (Александр Трифонович Твардовский) (1910— 1971) was a Soviet poet, chief editor of Novy Mir literary magazine (1950-1954, 1958-1970). ... Yury Tynyanov (1894 - 1943) was a famous Russian writer, literary critic, translator, scholar and scriptwriter born in present day Belarussia. ... Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (1803 - 1873) was a significant Russian lyric poet. ... Lyudmila Ulitskaya 1995 Ludmila Ulitskaya is a critically acclaimed modern Russian novelist and short-story writer. ... Maximilian Alexandrovich Kirienko-Voloshin (1877 - 1932) was one of the significant representatives of the epoch of symbolism in Russian culture and literature. ... Vladimir Nikolayevich Voinovich (alternatively spelled Voynovich, ru: Ð’Ð»Ð°Ð´Ð¸Ð¼Ð¸Ñ€ Ð’Ð¾Ð¹Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡, born September 26, 1932 in Dushanbe) is a prominent Russian writer and a dissident. ... Simon Hawke (born September 30, 1951) is an American author of mainly science fiction and fantasy novels. ... Time magazine, April 13, 1962 Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (Евгений Александрович Евтушенко; born July 18, 1933) is a Russian poet, whose work contains scathing attacks on the Russian bureaucracy as a legacy of Stalin. ... Nikolay Zabolotsky - (Russian: ÐÐ¸ÐºÐ¾Ð»Ð°Ð¹ ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐµÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð—Ð°Ð±Ð¾Ð»Ð¾Ñ†ÐºÐ¸Ð¹) (1903-1958) a Russian poet. ... Yevgeny Zamyatin Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin (Ð•Ð²Ð³ÐµÌÐ½Ð¸Ð¹ Ð˜Ð²Ð°ÌÐ½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð—Ð°Ð¼ÑÌÑ‚Ð¸Ð½ sometimes translated into English as Eugene Zamyatin) (February 1, 1884 - March 10, 1937) was a Russian author, most famous for his novel We, a story of dystopian future which influenced Aldous Huxleys Brave New World, George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four and Ayn Rand... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... We (ÐœÑ‹, 1920; English translation 1924) is a novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin. ... After losing to the 18-year-old Pushkin a bet on who would write a better fairy tale, Zhukovsky presented to him this portrait with an inscription: To the victorious disciple from the beaten tutor. Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky ( 29 Jan. ... Mikhail Mikhailovich Zoshchenko (1895 - 1958) was a Russian satirist of the Soviet period. ...

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