Most Famous Russian Poets

Russia has produced 166 notable poets throughout history, led by Alexander Pushkin. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Category All
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AP
Alexander Pushkin Russian Poet 1799 – 1837
# 275
SY
Sergei Yesenin Russian Poet 1895 – 1925
# 2,338
YY
Yevgeny Yevtushenko Russian Poet 1932 – 2017
# 2,918
NN
Nikolay Nekrasov Russian Poet 1821 – 1878
# 4,464
VZ
Vasily Zhukovsky Russian Poet 1783 – 1852
# 6,637
GD
Gavrila Derzhavin Russian Poet 1743 – 1816
# 6,663
KB
Konstantin Balmont Russian Poet 1867 – 1942
# 7,973
VK
Velimir Khlebnikov Russian Poet 1885 – 1922
# 8,466
AF
Afanasy Fet Russian Poet 1820 – 1892
# 8,539
LU
Lesya Ukrainka Russian Poet 1871 – 1913
# 8,974
HN
Hayim Nahman Bialik Russian Poet 1873 – 1934
# 10,782
ZG
Zinaida Gippius Russian Poet 1869 – 1945
# 10,940
YB
Yevgeny Baratynsky Russian Poet 1800 – 1844
# 17,166
MC
Musa Cälil Russian Poet 1906 – 1944
# 17,476
KR
Kondraty Ryleyev Russian Poet 1795 – 1826
# 21,578
GS
Gregory Skovoroda Russian Poet 1722 – 1794
# 22,189
RG
Rasul Gamzatov Russian Poet 1923 – 2003
# 24,284
DB
Demyan Bedny Russian Poet 1883 – 1945
# 24,933
R
Rainis Russian Poet 1865 – 1929
# 26,654
GI
Georgy Ivanov Russian Poet 1894 – 1958
# 32,174