List of Russian-language poets

Poets who wrote much of their poetry in the Russian language.

• Mikhail Lomonosov (d. 1765)
• Alexander Pushkin (d. 1837)
• Mikhail Lermontov (d. 1841)
• Fyodor Tyutchev (d. 1873)
• Ivan Turgenev (d. 1883)
• Semyon Grigorevich (Simon Schmuel) Frug (d. 1916)
• Osip Mandelstam (d. 1938)
• Marina Tsvetaeva (d. 1941)
• Nikolay Oleynikov (d. 1942)
• Ivan Bunin (d. 1953)
• Boris Pasternak (d. 1960)
• Anna Akhmatova (d. 1966)
• Vladimir Nabokov (d. 1977)
• Vladimir Vysotsky (d. 1980)
• Joseph Brodsky (d. 1996)
• Bella Akhmadulina (d. 2010)
• Yevgeny Yevtushenko (d. 2017)
• Andrey Dementyev (d. 2018)
• Lev Rubinstein (d. 2024)
• Valeri Brainin-Passek (born 1948)

A

• Gennady Aigi (1934–2006)
• Bella Akhmadulina (d. 2010)
• Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966)
• Ivan Akhmetiev (born 1950)
• Gennady Alexeyev (1932–1987)
• Margarita Aliger (1915–1992)
• Daniil Andreev (1906–1959)
• Innokentiy Annensky (1855–1909)
• Pavel Antokolsky (1896–1978)
• Aleksey Apukhtin (1840–1893)
• Vladimir Aristov (born 1950)
• Eduard Asadov (1923–2004)
• Nikolay Aseev (1889–1963)
• Lera Auerbach (Averbakh) (born 1973)

B

• Eduard Bagritsky (1895–1934)
• Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942)
• Evgeny Baratynsky (1800–1844)
• Ivan Barkov (1732-1768)
• Agniya Barto (1906–1981)
• Konstantin Batyushkov (1787–1855)
• Demyan Bedny (1883–1945)
• Andrei Bely (1880–1934)
• Vladimir Benediktov (1807—1873)
• Olga Berggolts (1910–1975)
• Alexander Bestuzhev (1797–1837)
• Sergey Biryukov (born 1950)
• Alexander Blok (1880–1921)
• Valeri Brainin-Passek (born 1948)
• Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996)
• Valery Bryusov (1873–1924)
• Ivan Bunin (1870–1953)

C

• Sasha Cherny (1880–1932)
• Korney Chukovsky (1882–1969)

D

• Denis Davydov (1784–1839)
• Anton Delvig (1798–1831)
• Andrey Dementyev (born 1928)
• Regina Derieva (born 1949)
• Gavriil Derzhavin (1743–1816)
• Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky (1915–1994)
• Yulia Drunina (1924–1991)

E

• Vladimir Earle (born 1947)
• Ilya Ehrenburg (1891–1967)

F

• Vasily Fedorov (1918–1984)
• Afanasy Fet (1812–1892)
• Konstantin Fofanov (1862–1911)
• Semyon Grigorevich (Simon Schmuel) Frug (1860–1916)

G

• Cherubina de Gabriak (1887–1928)
• Mikhail Gerasimov (poet) (1889–1939)
• Zinaida Gippius (1869–1945)
• Nikolay Glazkov (1919–1979)
• Fyodor Glinka (1786–1849)
• Sergey Gorodetsky (1884–1967)
• Alexander Griboedov (1794–1829)
• Dmitri Grigoriev (born 1960)
• Apollon Grigoryev (1822–1864)
• Igor Guberman (born in 1936)
• Semen Gudzenko (1922–1953)
• Nikolay Gumilyov (1886–1921)

I

• Vera Inber (1890–1972)
• Mikhail Isakovsky (1900–1973)
• Georgiy Ivanov (1894–1958)
• Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866–1949)
• Ryurik Ivnev (1891–1981)

J

• Rassul Jamsatov (1718-1777)

K

• Antiokh Kantemir (1708–1744), syllabic poetry.
• Vasily Kapnist (1758–1823)
• Elena Katsuba (born 1946)
• Rimma Kazakova (born 1931)
• Dmitriy Kedrin (1907–1945)
• Konstantin Kedrov (born 1942)
• Daniil Kharms (1905–1942)
• Velemir Khlebnikov (1885–1922)
• Vladislav Khodasevich (1886–1939)
• Igor Kholin (1920–1999)
• Semen Kirsanov (1906–1972)
• Sergey Klychkov (1889–1940)
• Nikolay Klyuev (1884–1937)
• Dovid Knut (1900–1955)
• Pavel Kogan (1918–1942)
• Aleksey Koltsov (1809–1842)
• Naum Korzhavin (born 1925)
• Ivan Kozlov (1779–1840)
• Victor Krivulin (1944–2001)
• Aleksey Kruchenykh (1886–1968)
• Ivan Krylov (1769–1844)
• Wilhelm Küchelbecher (Vilgelm Kyukhelbeker), (1797–1846)
• Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954)
• Nestor Kukolnik (1809–1868)
• Alexander Kushner (born 1936)
• Boris Kushner (born 1941)
• Ilya Kutik (born 1961)
• Dmitry Kuzmin (born 1969)
• Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin (1872–1936)

L

• Vasily Lebedev-Kumach (1898–1949)
• Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841)
• Yuriy Levitansky (born 1922)
• Mirra Lokhvitskaya (1869–1905)
• Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765)
• Vladimir Lugovskoy (1901–1957)

M

• Alexander Makarov-Krotkov (born 1959)
• Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938)
• Gregory Margovsky (born 1963)
• Samuil Marshak (1887–1964)
• Leonid Martynov (1905–1980)
• Novella Matveeva (born 1934)
• Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930)
• Apollon Maykov (1821–1897)
• Dmitriy Merezhkovsky (1866–1941)
• Arvo Mets (1937–1997)
• Lev Mey (1822–1862)
• Alexander Mezhirov (born 1923)
• Sergey Mikhalkov (1913-2009)
• Yunna Morits (born 1937)
• Ivan Myatlev (1796–1844)

N

• Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
• Semen Nadson (1862–1887)
• Vladimir Narbut (1888–1938)
• Sergey Narovchatov (1919–1981)
• Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov (1821–1877)
• Vsevolod Nekrasov (born 1934)
• Ivan Savvich Nikitin (1824–1861)
• Rea Nikonova (born 1942)
• Valerij Nikolaevskij (born 1939)

O

• Sergey Obradovich (1892–1956)
• Nikolay Ogarev (1813–1877)
• Alexander Odoevsky (1802–1839)
• Irina Odoevtseva (1901–1990)
• Bulat Okudzhava (1924–1997)
• Nikolay Oleynikov (1898–1942)
• Lev Oshanin (1912–1996)
• Lev Ozerov (1914–1996)

P

• Valentin Parnakh (1891–1951)
• Sofiya Parnok (1885–1933)
• Boris Pasternak (1890–1960)
• Karolina Pavlova (1807–1893)
• Mariya Petrovykh (1908–1979)
• Aleksey Plescheev (1825–1893)
• German Plisetsky (1931–1992)
• Aleksandr Polezhaev (1804–1838)
• Yakov Polonsky (1819–1898)
• Boris Poplavsky (1903–1935)
• Nikolay Nikitich Popovsky (1730–1760)
• Kozma Prutkov (1817–1875)
• Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837)

R

• Vladimir Raevsky (1795–1872)
• Yevgeny Rein (born 1935)
• Yevdokiya Rostopchina (1812–1858)
• Konstantin Romanov (known as K.R.), (1858–1915)
• Vsevolod Rozhdestvensky (1895–1977)
• Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932–1994)
• Nikolay Rubtsov (1936–1971)
• Boris Ruchiev (1913–1973)
• Kondraty Ryleyev (1795–1826)

S

• David Samoylov (1920–1990)
• Genrikh Sapgir (1928–1999)
• Stepan Schipachev (1899–1980)
• Ilya Selvinsky (1899–1968)
• Igor Severyanin (1887–1941)
• Varlam Shalamov (1907–1982)
• Vadim Shefner (1915–2002)
• Tatiana Shcherbina (born 1954)
• Nikolay Sherbina (1821–1869)
• Vadim Shershenevich (1893–1942)
• Asya Shneiderman (born 1968)
• Gennady Shpalikov (1937–1974)
• Konstantin Simonov (1915–1979)
• Konstantin Sluchevsky (1837–1904)
• Boris Slutsky (1919–1986)
• Yaroslav Smelyakov (1913–1972)
• Fyodor Sologub (1863–1927)
• Vladimir Soloukhin (born 1924)
• Sergey Stratanovsky (born 1944)
• Dmitry Sukharev (born 1930)
• Alexander Sumarokov (1717–1777)
• Alexander Surkov (1899–1983)
• Mikhail Svetlov (1903–1964)

T

• Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891–1968)
• Arseniy Tarkovsky (1907–1989)
• Nikolay Tikhonov (1896–1979)
• Aleksey Tolstoy (1817–1875)
• Vasily Trediakovsky (1703–1769)
• Viktor Tsoi (1962-1990)
• Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941)
• Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
• Veronika Tushnova (1915–1965)
• Aleksandr Tvardovsky (1910–1971)
• Fyodor Tyutchev (1803–1873)

U

• Vladimir Uflyand (1937–2007)
• Iosif Utkin (1903–1944)

V

• Konstantin Vaginov (1899–1934)
• Konstantin Vanshenkin (born 1925)
• Dmitry Venevitinov (1805–1827)
• Yevgeny Vinokurov (born 1925)
• Igor Vishnevetsky (born 1964)
• Alina Vitukhnovskaya (born 1973)
• Maksimilian Voloshin (1877–1932)
• Andrey Voznesensky (born 1933)
• Alexander Vvedensky (1904–1941)
• Pyotr Vyazemsky (1792–1878)
• Vladimir Vysotsky (1938–1980)

Y

• Alexander Yashin (1913–1968)
• Nikolay Yazykov (1803–1847)
• Sergei Yesenin (or Esenin), (1895–1925)
• Yevgeny Yevtushenko (born 1933)

Z

• Nikolay Zabolotsky (1903–1958)
• Mikhail Zenkevich (1891–1973)
• Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov (1821–1908)
• Anatoly Zhigulin (1930–2000)
• Vasiliy Zhukovsky (1783–1852)
• Ivan Zhdanov (born 1949)
• Boris Zubry (born 1951)