List of Russian language poets

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

A

* Irakli Abashidze (born 1909)
* Gennady Aigi (1934–2006)
* Bella Akhmadulina (born 1937)
* 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 Bal'mont (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)
* Petrus Brovka (born 1905)
* 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)
* 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)
* Andrei Krylov (born 1961)
* 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 (1922-1996)
* 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 Aleksandrovich Mey (1822–1862)
* Alexander Mezhirov (born 1923)
* Sergey Mikhalkov (born 1913)
* 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)
* Alexander Prokofiev (born 1900)
* 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)

* 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)
* Joren Ann Rivera (1992-present)

T

* Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891–1968)
* Arseniy Tarkovsky (1907–1989)
* Nikolay Tikhonov (1896–1979)
* Aleksey Tolstoy (1817–1875)
* Vasily Trediakovsky (1703–1769)
* 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)