SettingsRussian dramatists and playwrights
Aleksander Griboyedov
Aleksander Sergeyevich Griboyedov was a Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer.
Aleksander Sergeyevich Griboyedov was a Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer.
Aleksandr Afinogenov
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Afinogenov (Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Афиноге́нов) (, Skopin - 29 October, 1941, Moscow) was a Russian playwright.
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Afinogenov (Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Афиноге́нов) (, Skopin - 29 October, 1941, Moscow) was a Russian playwright.
Aleksandr Griboyedov
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Griboyedov (Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Грибое́дов, alternative transliteration: Alexander Griboedov) (January 15, 1795 – February 11, 1829) was a Russian diplomat, playwright, a...
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Griboyedov (Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Грибое́дов, alternative transliteration: Alexander Griboedov) (January 15, 1795 – February 11, 1829) was a Russian diplomat, playwright, a...
Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Sukhovo-Kobylin, was a Russian nobleman, chiefly known for the works he authored as an amateur playwright.
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Sukhovo-Kobylin, was a Russian nobleman, chiefly known for the works he authored as an amateur playwright.
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
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 histo...
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 histo...
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
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.
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.
Aleksey Pisemsky
Aleksey Feofilaktovich Pisemsky was a Russian novelist and dramatist who was regarded as an equal of Ivan Turgenev and Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the late 1850s, but whose reputation suffered a spect...
Aleksey Feofilaktovich Pisemsky was a Russian novelist and dramatist who was regarded as an equal of Ivan Turgenev and Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the late 1850s, but whose reputation suffered a spect...
Alexander Ablesimov
Aleksander Onisimovich Ablesimov, (Алекса́ндр Они́симович Аблесимов, born September 9 / August 28, 1742 Galichsky district, Kostroma; died 1783) was a Russian opera librettist, poet, drama...
Aleksander Onisimovich Ablesimov, (Алекса́ндр Они́симович Аблесимов, born September 9 / August 28, 1742 Galichsky district, Kostroma; died 1783) was a Russian opera librettist, poet, drama...
Alexander Afinogenov
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Afinogenov (Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Афиноге́нов) (, Skopin - 29 October, 1941, Moscow) was a Russian playwright.
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Afinogenov (Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Афиноге́нов) (, Skopin - 29 October, 1941, Moscow) was a Russian playwright.
Alexander Filippovich Fedotov
Alexander Filippovich Fedotov (Алекса́ндр Фили́ппович Федо́тов, 1841 - 1895) was a Russian actor, theater director, and playwright affiliated with the Maly Theater and one of the founders of Mos...
Alexander Filippovich Fedotov (Алекса́ндр Фили́ппович Федо́тов, 1841 - 1895) was a Russian actor, theater director, and playwright affiliated with the Maly Theater and one of the founders of Mos...
Alexander Galich (writer)
Alexander Galich was a Russian poet, screenwriter, playwright, and singer-songwriter.
Alexander Galich was a Russian poet, screenwriter, playwright, and singer-songwriter.
Alexander Isaakovich Gelman
Alexander "Shunya" Isaakovich Gelman is a Bessarabian-born Soviet and Russian playwright, writer, and screenwriter.
Alexander "Shunya" Isaakovich Gelman is a Bessarabian-born Soviet and Russian playwright, writer, and screenwriter.
Alexander Preys
Alexander Preis (Александр Прейс, b. 1905, d. 1942) was a Russian writer of numerous plays and libretti, including those for Shostakovich's operas The Nose and Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk ...
Alexander Preis (Александр Прейс, b. 1905, d. 1942) was a Russian writer of numerous plays and libretti, including those for Shostakovich's operas The Nose and Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk ...
Alexander Serafimovich
Alexander Serafimovich (Алекса́ндр Серафимо́вич, born Alexander Serafimovich Popov) (O.S. January 7 (N.S. January 19), 1863, stanitsa Nizhnekurmoyarskaya, today's Tsimlyansky District, Ros...
Alexander Serafimovich (Алекса́ндр Серафимо́вич, born Alexander Serafimovich Popov) (O.S. January 7 (N.S. January 19), 1863, stanitsa Nizhnekurmoyarskaya, today's Tsimlyansky District, Ros...
Alexander Skabichevsky
Alexander Mikhailovich Skabichevsky was a Russian novelist, playwright, literary critic and historian, part of the Narodnik movement, best known for his series of biographies of 19th century Rus...
Alexander Mikhailovich Skabichevsky was a Russian novelist, playwright, literary critic and historian, part of the Narodnik movement, best known for his series of biographies of 19th century Rus...
Alexander Sumarokov
Alexander Petrovich Sumarokov (Russian: Александр Петрович Сумароков; – ) was a Russian poet and playwright who single-handedly created classical theatre in Russia, thus assisting Mikhail Lomo...
Alexander Petrovich Sumarokov (Russian: Александр Петрович Сумароков; – ) was a Russian poet and playwright who single-handedly created classical theatre in Russia, thus assisting Mikhail Lomo...
Alexander Vampilov
Alexander Valentinovich Vampilov (Cyrillic: Александр Валентинович Вампилов) (19 August 1937, Cheremkhovo, near Irkutsk – 17 August 1972 at Lake Baikal ) was a Russian playwright.
Alexander Valentinovich Vampilov (Cyrillic: Александр Валентинович Вампилов) (19 August 1937, Cheremkhovo, near Irkutsk – 17 August 1972 at Lake Baikal ) was a Russian playwright.
Alexei Potechin
Alexei Antipovitch Potechin was a Russian dramatist and novelist.
Alexei Antipovitch Potechin was a Russian dramatist and novelist.
Anastasiya Verbitskaya
Anastasiya Alekseyevna Verbitskaya,, was a Russian novelist, playwright, screenplay writer, publisher and feminist.
Anastasiya Alekseyevna Verbitskaya,, was a Russian novelist, playwright, screenplay writer, publisher and feminist.
Anastasya Verbitskaya
Anastasya Alekseyevna Verbitskaya (Анастаси́я Алексе́евна Верби́цкая), (February 22, 1861 – January 16, 1928), was a Russian novelist, playwright, screenplay writer, publisher and feminist.
Anastasya Alekseyevna Verbitskaya (Анастаси́я Алексе́евна Верби́цкая), (February 22, 1861 – January 16, 1928), was a Russian novelist, playwright, screenplay writer, publisher and feminist.
Anatoly Marienhof
Anatoly Borisovich Marienhof or Mariengof (Анато́лий Бори́сович Мариенго́ф; 6 July (24 June O.S.) 1897 — 24 April 1962) was a Russian poet, novelist and playwright.
Anatoly Borisovich Marienhof or Mariengof (Анато́лий Бори́сович Мариенго́ф; 6 July (24 June O.S.) 1897 — 24 April 1962) was a Russian poet, novelist and playwright.
Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history.
Boris Lavrenyov
Boris Andreyevich Lavrenyov (Борис Андреевич Лавренёв) (real name Sergeyev), born July 5 (17), 1891 in Kherson, died January 7, 1959 in Moscow, was a Soviet Russian writer and playwright.
Boris Andreyevich Lavrenyov (Борис Андреевич Лавренёв) (real name Sergeyev), born July 5 (17), 1891 in Kherson, died January 7, 1959 in Moscow, was a Soviet Russian writer and playwright.
Boris Zaytsev (writer)
Boris Konstantinovich Zaytsev (Бори́с Константи́нович За́йцев; February 10, 1881 in Oryol–January 22, 1972 in Paris) was a Russian prose writer and dramatist, and a member of the Moscow literar...
Boris Konstantinovich Zaytsev (Бори́с Константи́нович За́йцев; February 10, 1881 in Oryol–January 22, 1972 in Paris) was a Russian prose writer and dramatist, and a member of the Moscow literar...
Catherine II and opera
Catherine II the Great, Empress of Russia was not only an opera fan, a patroness of the arts, music and theatre, but also an opera librettist.
Catherine II the Great, Empress of Russia was not only an opera fan, a patroness of the arts, music and theatre, but also an opera librettist.
Daniil Kharms
Daniil Kharms was an early Soviet-era surrealist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatist.
Daniil Kharms was an early Soviet-era surrealist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatist.
David Aizman
David Yakovlevich Aizman was a Russian-Jewish novelist and playwright.
David Yakovlevich Aizman was a Russian-Jewish novelist and playwright.
Denis Fonvizin
Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin was a playwright of the Russian Enlightenment, whose plays are still staged today.
Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin was a playwright of the Russian Enlightenment, whose plays are still staged today.
Dmitri Lipskerov
Dmitri Mikhailovich Lipskerov (Дми́трий Миха́йлович Ли́пскеров) (born February 19, 1964 in Moscow, Russia) is an acclaimed Russian writer and dramatist.
Dmitri Mikhailovich Lipskerov (Дми́трий Миха́йлович Ли́пскеров) (born February 19, 1964 in Moscow, Russia) is an acclaimed Russian writer and dramatist.
Dmitry Gorchakov
Prince Dmitry Petrovich Gorchakov was a Russian writer, dramatist and poet, best known for his satyrical verses and three comical operas, staged in the end of XVIII century.
Prince Dmitry Petrovich Gorchakov was a Russian writer, dramatist and poet, best known for his satyrical verses and three comical operas, staged in the end of XVIII century.
Dmitry Khvostov (poet)
Count Dmitry Ivanovich Kvostov, was a Russian poet, representing the late classicism in Russian literature.
Count Dmitry Ivanovich Kvostov, was a Russian poet, representing the late classicism in Russian literature.
Dmitry Lensky
Dmitry Timofeevich Lensky real name D. T. Vorobyov, was a Russian comic actor and author of vaudevilles.
Dmitry Timofeevich Lensky real name D. T. Vorobyov, was a Russian comic actor and author of vaudevilles.
Eduard Uspensky
Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky (Эдуа́рд Никола́евич Успе́нский; born December 22, 1937) is a Soviet and Russian writer and author of several children's books.
Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky (Эдуа́рд Никола́евич Успе́нский; born December 22, 1937) is a Soviet and Russian writer and author of several children's books.
Edvard Radzinsky
Edvard Stanislavovich Radzinsky is a Russian playwright, writer, TV personality, and film screenwriter.
Edvard Stanislavovich Radzinsky is a Russian playwright, writer, TV personality, and film screenwriter.
Elena Guro
Elena Genrikhovna Guro was a Russian Futurist painter, playwright, poet, and writer of fiction.
Elena Genrikhovna Guro was a Russian Futurist painter, playwright, poet, and writer of fiction.
Eugene Kozlovsky
Eugene Antonovich Kozlovsky (Евгений Антонович Козловский) (September 6, 1946, Vladivostok (Russia)) is a Russian writer, journalist, theatre director and film director.
Eugene Antonovich Kozlovsky (Евгений Антонович Козловский) (September 6, 1946, Vladivostok (Russia)) is a Russian writer, journalist, theatre director and film director.
Eugene Schwartz
Eugene L. Schwartz (born 9 October 1896, died 15 January 1958) was a Russian editor, novelist and playwright.
Eugene L. Schwartz (born 9 October 1896, died 15 January 1958) was a Russian editor, novelist and playwright.
Evgeny Chirikov
Evgeny Nikolayevich Chirikov, born August 5, 1864 - died January 18, 1932, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, dramatist, and publicist.
Evgeny Nikolayevich Chirikov, born August 5, 1864 - died January 18, 1932, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, dramatist, and publicist.
Evgeny Shvarts
Evgeny Lvovich Shvarts (Евге́ний Льво́вич Шварц) (, Kazan, Russian Empire – January 15, 1958, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet writer and playwright whose works include twenty-five plays and ...
Evgeny Lvovich Shvarts (Евге́ний Льво́вич Шварц) (, Kazan, Russian Empire – January 15, 1958, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet writer and playwright whose works include twenty-five plays and ...
Fyodor Sologub
Fyodor Sologub (Фёдор Сологу́б, born Fyodor Kuzmich Teternikov, Фёдор Кузьми́ч Тете́рников; – December 5, 1927) was a Russian Symbolist poet, novelist, playwright and essayist.
Fyodor Sologub (Фёдор Сологу́б, born Fyodor Kuzmich Teternikov, Фёдор Кузьми́ч Тете́рников; – December 5, 1927) was a Russian Symbolist poet, novelist, playwright and essayist.
Galina Kopernak
Galina Kopernak was a Russian theater actress who appeared on Broadway in the 1920s.
Galina Kopernak was a Russian theater actress who appeared on Broadway in the 1920s.
Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia
Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia (Константи́н Константи́нович ) (22 August 1858 in Strelna – 15 June 1915 in Pavlovsk) was a grandson of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, and a poet ...
Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia (Константи́н Константи́нович ) (22 August 1858 in Strelna – 15 June 1915 in Pavlovsk) was a grandson of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, and a poet ...
Grigori Gorin
Grigori Israelevich Gorin was a Soviet/Russian dramatist and a prose writer.
Grigori Israelevich Gorin was a Soviet/Russian dramatist and a prose writer.
Grigoriy Demidovtsev
Grigoriy Demidovtsev (Russian: Григорий Демидовцев) is the pen name of Grigoriy Anatolyevich Petrov (Russian: Григорий Анатольевич Петров) (born 1960), a Russian fiction writer and a playwright.
Grigoriy Demidovtsev (Russian: Григорий Демидовцев) is the pen name of Grigoriy Anatolyevich Petrov (Russian: Григорий Анатольевич Петров) (born 1960), a Russian fiction writer and a playwright.
Ignaty Potapenko
Ignaty Nikolayevich Potapenko, born December 30, 1856 - died May 17, 1929, was a Russian writer and playwright.
Ignaty Nikolayevich Potapenko, born December 30, 1856 - died May 17, 1929, was a Russian writer and playwright.
Iosif Prut
Iosif Leonidovich Prut Прут, Иосиф Леонидович (1900–1996) was a Russian playwright and the first Soviet screenwriter.
Iosif Leonidovich Prut Прут, Иосиф Леонидович (1900–1996) was a Russian playwright and the first Soviet screenwriter.
Isaak Babel
Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel (Исаа́к Эммануи́лович Ба́бель, – January 27, 1940) was a Russian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer.
Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel (Исаа́к Эммануи́лович Ба́бель, – January 27, 1940) was a Russian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer.
Isabella Grinevskaya
Isabella Grinevskaya (1864–1944) was the pen name of Berta Friedberg, daughter of the author Abraham Shalom Friedberg and the first wife of Mordechai Spector.
Isabella Grinevskaya (1864–1944) was the pen name of Berta Friedberg, daughter of the author Abraham Shalom Friedberg and the first wife of Mordechai Spector.
Ivan Lazhechnikov
Ivan Ivanovich Lazhechnikov, September 25, 1792 - July 8, 1869, was a Russian writer.
Ivan Ivanovich Lazhechnikov, September 25, 1792 - July 8, 1869, was a Russian writer.
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (September 3, 1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright.
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (September 3, 1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright.
Ivan Yelagin
Ivan Perfilievich Yelagin was an amateur poet and translator who acted as unofficial secretary to Catherine the Great in the early years of her reign.
Ivan Perfilievich Yelagin was an amateur poet and translator who acted as unofficial secretary to Catherine the Great in the early years of her reign.
Ksenya Stepanycheva
Ksenya Viktorovna Stepanycheva (Ксения Викторовна Степанычева, 1978) is a Russian playwright.
Ksenya Viktorovna Stepanycheva (Ксения Викторовна Степанычева, 1978) is a Russian playwright.
Kuzebay Gerd
Kuzma Pavlovich Chaynikov, better known as Kuzebay Gerd (; 14 January 1896, Bolshaya Dokya village - 1 November 1937, Sandarmokh) was an Udmurt poet, a prose writer, a playwright, a public...
Kuzma Pavlovich Chaynikov, better known as Kuzebay Gerd (; 14 January 1896, Bolshaya Dokya village - 1 November 1937, Sandarmokh) was an Udmurt poet, a prose writer, a playwright, a public...
Leo Tolstoy
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories.
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories.
Leonid Andreyev
Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (Леони́д Никола́евич Андре́ев, – September 12, 1919) was a Russian playwright, novelist and short story writer.
Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (Леони́д Никола́евич Андре́ев, – September 12, 1919) was a Russian playwright, novelist and short story writer.
Leonid Leonov
Leonid Maximovich Leonov (Леони́д Макси́мович Лео́нов; — 8 August 1994) was a Soviet novelist and playwright.
Leonid Maximovich Leonov (Леони́д Макси́мович Лео́нов; — 8 August 1994) was a Soviet novelist and playwright.
Lev Lunts
Lev Natanovich Lunts (Лев Ната́нович Лунц; May 2, 1901 – May 10, 1924) was a Russian/Jewish writer, playwright, critic, translator, and essayist.
Lev Natanovich Lunts (Лев Ната́нович Лунц; May 2, 1901 – May 10, 1924) was a Russian/Jewish writer, playwright, critic, translator, and essayist.
Lyudmila Petrushevskaya
Lyudmila Stefanovna Petrushevskaya (Людмила Стефановна Петрушевская) (born 26 May 1938) is a Russian writer, novelist and playwright.
Lyudmila Stefanovna Petrushevskaya (Людмила Стефановна Петрушевская) (born 26 May 1938) is a Russian writer, novelist and playwright.
Löb Nevakhovich
Löb Nevakhovich, or Lev Nikolayevich Nevakhovich, was Jewish Russian writer and one of the first maskilim in Russia.
Löb Nevakhovich, or Lev Nikolayevich Nevakhovich, was Jewish Russian writer and one of the first maskilim in Russia.
Maria Arbatova
Maria Ivanovna Arbatova born July 17, 1957, is a Russian novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, journalist, talkshow host, politician and one of Russia's most widely known feminists.
Maria Ivanovna Arbatova born July 17, 1957, is a Russian novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, journalist, talkshow host, politician and one of Russia's most widely known feminists.
Maxim Gorky
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, primarily known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, primarily known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.
Mikhail Artsybashev
Mikhail Petrovich Artsybashev (Михаи́л Петро́вич Арцыба́шев); (November 5, 1878 – March 3, 1927) was a Russian writer and playwright, and a major proponent of the literary style known as n...
Mikhail Petrovich Artsybashev (Михаи́л Петро́вич Арцыба́шев); (November 5, 1878 – March 3, 1927) was a Russian writer and playwright, and a major proponent of the literary style known as n...
Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhaíl Afanasyevich Bulgakov was a Soviet Russian writer and playwright active in the first half of the 20th century.
Mikhaíl Afanasyevich Bulgakov was a Soviet Russian writer and playwright active in the first half of the 20th century.
Mikhail Ivanovich Popov
Mikhail Ivanovich Popov was a Russian writer, poet, dramatist and opera librettist of the 18th century.
Mikhail Ivanovich Popov was a Russian writer, poet, dramatist and opera librettist of the 18th century.
Mikhail Kheraskov
Mikhail Matveyevich Kheraskov was regarded as the most important Russian poet by Catherine the Great and her contemporaries.
Mikhail Matveyevich Kheraskov was regarded as the most important Russian poet by Catherine the Great and her contemporaries.
Mikhail Matinsky
Mikhail Alexeyevich Matinsky (Михаил Алексеевич Матинский, 1750 – c. 1820) was a Russian scientist, dramatist, librettist and opera composer.
Mikhail Alexeyevich Matinsky (Михаил Алексеевич Матинский, 1750 – c. 1820) was a Russian scientist, dramatist, librettist and opera composer.
Mikhail Roshchin
Mikhail Mikhailovich Roshchin was a Russian playwright, screenwriter and short story writer.
Mikhail Mikhailovich Roshchin was a Russian playwright, screenwriter and short story writer.
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin, better known by his pseudonym Shchedrin, was a major Russian satirist of the 19th century.
Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin, better known by his pseudonym Shchedrin, was a major Russian satirist of the 19th century.
Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian dramatist, opera librettist and translator.
Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian dramatist, opera librettist and translator.
Natalya Sats
Natalya Sats was a Russian music teacher and director of the Moscow Musical Theater for Children, now named after her.
Natalya Sats was a Russian music teacher and director of the Moscow Musical Theater for Children, now named after her.
Nestor Kukolnik
Nestor Vasilievich Kukolnik (Нестор Васильевич Кукольник) (1809–1868) was a Russian playwright and prose writer of Carpatho-Rusyn origin.
Nestor Vasilievich Kukolnik (Нестор Васильевич Кукольник) (1809–1868) was a Russian playwright and prose writer of Carpatho-Rusyn origin.
Nikolai Erdman
Nikolay Robertovich Erdman was a Soviet dramatist and screenwriter primarily remembered for his work with Vsevolod Meyerhold in the 1920s.
Nikolay Robertovich Erdman was a Soviet dramatist and screenwriter primarily remembered for his work with Vsevolod Meyerhold in the 1920s.
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was a Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist, novelist and short story writer.
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was a Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist, novelist and short story writer.
Nikolai Leykin
Nikolai Alexandrovich Leykin was a Russian writer, playwright, journalist and publisher.
Nikolai Alexandrovich Leykin was a Russian writer, playwright, journalist and publisher.
Nikolai Pogodin
Nikolai Fyodorovich Pogodin was a Soviet playwright.
Nikolai Fyodorovich Pogodin was a Soviet playwright.
Nikolay Leykin
Nikolay Alexandrovich Leykin (Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Ле́йкин; December 19, 1841 - January 19, 1906) was a Russian writer, playwright, journalist and publisher.
Nikolay Alexandrovich Leykin (Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Ле́йкин; December 19, 1841 - January 19, 1906) was a Russian writer, playwright, journalist and publisher.
Oleg Bogayev
Oleg Bogayev, born 1970, is a Russian playwright based in Yekaterinburg.
Oleg Bogayev, born 1970, is a Russian playwright based in Yekaterinburg.
Olga Forsh
Olga Dmitryevna Forsh (О́льга Дми́триевна Форш; née Komarova; July 17, 1961) was a Russian/Soviet novelist, dramatist, memoirist, and scenarist.
Olga Dmitryevna Forsh (О́льга Дми́триевна Форш; née Komarova; July 17, 1961) was a Russian/Soviet novelist, dramatist, memoirist, and scenarist.
Olga Shapir
Olga Andreyevna Shapir (Ольга Андреевна Шапир; October 9, 1850 – July 13, 1916) was a Russian writer and feminist.
Olga Andreyevna Shapir (Ольга Андреевна Шапир; October 9, 1850 – July 13, 1916) was a Russian writer and feminist.
Osip Notovich
Osip Notovich was born into a Jewish family in the city of Taganrog, studied at the Taganrog Boys' Gymnasium, graduated from the law faculty of the Saint Petersburg University.
Osip Notovich was born into a Jewish family in the city of Taganrog, studied at the Taganrog Boys' Gymnasium, graduated from the law faculty of the Saint Petersburg University.
Paul Muratov
Paul Muratov (1881-1950) was a Russian essayist, novelist, art historian, critic and playwright.
Paul Muratov (1881-1950) was a Russian essayist, novelist, art historian, critic and playwright.
Pavel Katenin
Pavel Aleksandrovich Katenin (Павел Александрович Катенин), (22 December 1792 — 4 June 1853), was a belated Russian classicist poet, dramatist, and literary critic who also contributed to the ev...
Pavel Aleksandrovich Katenin (Павел Александрович Катенин), (22 December 1792 — 4 June 1853), was a belated Russian classicist poet, dramatist, and literary critic who also contributed to the ev...
Peretz Hirschbein
Peretz Hirshbein (7 November 1880, Melnik, Grodno – 16 August 1948, Los Angeles) was a Yiddish-language playwright, instrumental in the revival of Yiddish theater in Russia shortly after t...
Peretz Hirshbein (7 November 1880, Melnik, Grodno – 16 August 1948, Los Angeles) was a Yiddish-language playwright, instrumental in the revival of Yiddish theater in Russia shortly after t...
Presnyakov brothers
The Presnyakov Brothers are writers, playwrights, screenwriters, directors, producers and actors.
The Presnyakov Brothers are writers, playwrights, screenwriters, directors, producers and actors.
Pyotr Gnedich
Pyotr Petrovich Gnedich, also known as Gnedich-Smolensky, was a Russian writer, poet, dramatist, translator, theater entrepreneur and art history scholar.
Pyotr Petrovich Gnedich, also known as Gnedich-Smolensky, was a Russian writer, poet, dramatist, translator, theater entrepreneur and art history scholar.
Semyon Yushkevich
Semyon Solomonovich Yushkevich Семён Соломонович Юшкевич,, was a Russian language writer, and playwright and a member of the Moscow literary group Sreda.
Semyon Solomonovich Yushkevich Семён Соломонович Юшкевич,, was a Russian language writer, and playwright and a member of the Moscow literary group Sreda.
Sergei Tretyakov
Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov was a Russian constructivist writer, playwright and special correspondent for Pravda.
Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov was a Russian constructivist writer, playwright and special correspondent for Pravda.
Sergey Mikhalkov
Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (Серге́й Влади́мирович Михалко́в) ( − 27 August 2009) was a Soviet and Russian author of children's books and satirical fables who had the opportunity to write the...
Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (Серге́й Влади́мирович Михалко́в) ( − 27 August 2009) was a Soviet and Russian author of children's books and satirical fables who had the opportunity to write the...
Tsarevna Natalya Alexeevna of Russia
Natalya Alexeevna of Russia was a Russian playwright, Tsarevna, daughter of Tsar Alexis of Russia and Tsarina Natalia Naryshkina and the sister of Peter the Great.
Natalya Alexeevna of Russia was a Russian playwright, Tsarevna, daughter of Tsar Alexis of Russia and Tsarina Natalia Naryshkina and the sister of Peter the Great.
Valentin Kataev
Valentin Petrovich Kataev was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright who managed to create penetrating works discussing post-revolutionary social conditions without running afoul of the de...
Valentin Petrovich Kataev was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright who managed to create penetrating works discussing post-revolutionary social conditions without running afoul of the de...
Vasily Kapnist
Count Vasily Vasilievich Kapnist,, was a Russian poet and playwright who wrote in somewhat rough Russian language.
Count Vasily Vasilievich Kapnist,, was a Russian poet and playwright who wrote in somewhat rough Russian language.
Viktor Muizhel
Viktor Vasilyevich Muizhel (Виктор Васильевич Муйжель; July 30, 1880 - February 3, 1924) was a Russian writer and painter.
Viktor Vasilyevich Muizhel (Виктор Васильевич Муйжель; July 30, 1880 - February 3, 1924) was a Russian writer and painter.
Viktor Muyzhel
Viktor Vasilyevich Muyzhel (Виктор Васильевич Муйжель; July 30, 1880 - February 3, 1924) was a Russian writer and painter.
Viktor Vasilyevich Muyzhel (Виктор Васильевич Муйжель; July 30, 1880 - February 3, 1924) was a Russian writer and painter.
Viktoriya Tokareva
Viktoriya Samoilovna Tokareva (Виктория Самойловна Токарева) (born 20 November 1937) is a Soviet and Russian screenwriter and short story writer.
Viktoriya Samoilovna Tokareva (Виктория Самойловна Токарева) (born 20 November 1937) is a Soviet and Russian screenwriter and short story writer.
Vladimir Kirshon
Vladimir Mikhailovich Kirshon (Влади́мир Миха́йлович Киршо́н) ( - July 28, 1938) was a Soviet playwright.
Vladimir Mikhailovich Kirshon (Влади́мир Миха́йлович Киршо́н) ( - July 28, 1938) was a Soviet playwright.
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a multilingual Russian novelist, poet and short story writer.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a multilingual Russian novelist, poet and short story writer.
Vladislav Ozerov
Vladislav Aleksandrovich Ozerov (Владисла́в Алекса́ндрович О́зеров) (11 October 1769 – 17 September 1816) was the most popular Russian dramatist in the first decades of the 19th century.
Vladislav Aleksandrovich Ozerov (Владисла́в Алекса́ндрович О́зеров) (11 October 1769 – 17 September 1816) was the most popular Russian dramatist in the first decades of the 19th century.
Vsevolod Krestovsky
Vsevolod Vladimirovich Krestovsky, February 23, 1840 - January 30, 1895, was a Russian writer.
Vsevolod Vladimirovich Krestovsky, February 23, 1840 - January 30, 1895, was a Russian writer.
Vsevolod Vishnevsky
Vsevolod Vitalievich Vishnevsky was a Soviet dramatist and prose writer.
Vsevolod Vitalievich Vishnevsky was a Soviet dramatist and prose writer.
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov was a Russian poet and playwright associated with the Russian Symbolist movement.
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov was a Russian poet and playwright associated with the Russian Symbolist movement.
Vyacheslav Rybakov
Vyacheslav Rybakov is a well known Soviet and Russian science fiction author and an orientalist, interested in the medieval bureaucracy of China.
Vyacheslav Rybakov is a well known Soviet and Russian science fiction author and an orientalist, interested in the medieval bureaucracy of China.
Yakov Knyazhnin
Yakov Borisovich Knyazhnin was Russia's foremost tragic author during the reign of Catherine the Great.
Yakov Borisovich Knyazhnin was Russia's foremost tragic author during the reign of Catherine the Great.
Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya
Yelizaveta Yakovlevna Tarakhovskaya (Тараховская, Елизавета Яковлевна) (1891 — 1968) was a Russian poet, playwright, translator, and author of children's books.
Yelizaveta Yakovlevna Tarakhovskaya (Тараховская, Елизавета Яковлевна) (1891 — 1968) was a Russian poet, playwright, translator, and author of children's books.
Yevgeny Kharitonov (poet)
Yevgeny Vladimirovich Kharitonov (Евге́ний Влади́мирович Харито́нов; 11 July 1941 - 29 July 1981) was a Russian writer, poet, playwright, and theater director.
Yevgeny Vladimirovich Kharitonov (Евге́ний Влади́мирович Харито́нов; 11 July 1941 - 29 July 1981) was a Russian writer, poet, playwright, and theater director.
Zinaida Gippius
Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius, was a Russian poet, playwright, editor, short story writer and religious thinker, regarded as a co-founder of Russian symbolism and seen as "one of the most enigmati...
Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius, was a Russian poet, playwright, editor, short story writer and religious thinker, regarded as a co-founder of Russian symbolism and seen as "one of the most enigmati...