russian people Famous Poets from Russia

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian author of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin was born into Russian nobility in Moscow. His matrilineal great grandfather was Abram Gannibal, who was brought over as a slave from what is now Cameroon. Pushkin published his first poem at the age of fifteen, and was widely recognized by the literary establishment by the time of his graduation from the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. While under the strict surveillance of the Tsar's political police and unable to publish, Pushkin wrote his most famous play, the drama Boris Godunov. His novel in verse, Eugene Onegin, ...more

Age: Died at 38 (1799-1837)

Birthplace: Moscow, Russia

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#71 on The Best Writers of All Time

#1 on The Best Russian Authors

#20 on The Greatest Poets of All Time

#31 on The Greatest Playwrights in History

Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, often referred to as A. K. Tolstoy, was a Russian poet, novelist and playwright, considered to be the most important nineteenth-century Russian historical dramatist, primarily on the strength of his dramatic trilogy The Death of Ivan the Terrible, Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich, and Tsar Boris. He also gained fame for his satirical works, published under his own name and under the collaborational pen name of Kozma Prutkov. His fictional works include the novella The Vampire, and the historical novel Prince Serebrenni. Aleksey was a member of the Tolstoy family, and a second cousin of Leo Tolstoy. Due to his mother's closeness with the court of the Tsar, Aleksey ...more

Age: Died at 58 (1817-1875)

Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia

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#28 on The Best Russian Authors

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, nicknamed the Comrade Count, was a Russian and Soviet writer who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and historical novels. During World War II, he served on an Extraordinary State Commission which "ascertained without reasonable doubt" the mass extermination of people in gas vans by the German occupiers. His work in the investigation of atrocities committed in the Stavropol region was recognized by Soviet prosecutors during the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals. ...more

Age: Died at 62 (1883-1945)

Birthplace: Pugachyov, Russia

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#25 on The Best Russian Authors

Alexander Galich was a Russian poet, screenwriter, playwright, singer-songwriter, and dissident. ...more

Age: Died at 59 (1918-1977)

Birthplace: Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine