20th-century Russian women writers

Russian journalist (1958–2006)

Russian revolutionary and politician (1869-1939)

German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author

French lawyer and writer

Russian writer

human rights activist in the former Soviet Union; wife of dissident Andrei Sakharov

Russian-French writer (1896–1970)

Russian revolutionary, editor (1849-1919)

Bashkir writer (born 1952)

Russian politician (1950-2014)

muse of Vladimir Mayakovsky

Russian Soviet writer and poet (1901–1981)

Russian author of Jewish ancestry

Soviet writer, playwright, journalist, screenwriter (1905–1973)

Russian writer

Russian writer of detective stories

Soviet poet, translator, and journalist (1915–1992)

Russian diarist (1930–1944)

Russian political activist (1852-1942)

Russian poet, translator, and civil rights activist (1936–2013)

Russian writer (1872–1952)

Russian writer

Soviet writer (1908-2004)

American Mayanist scholar (1909-1985)

Russian writer and journalist

Russian writer, editor (1895–1926)

Soviet and Russian writer and screenwriter

Russian and Soviet writer, politician and feminist

Soviet-Russian-born American classical composer and pianist

Soviet poet (1924–1991)

Russified Polish surgeon, writer and princess (1870-1932)

Russian / Soviet author and diplomat (1907-1992)

Russian-born Latvian journalist (1962-)

Russian writer and memoirist (1869–1926)

Russian political journalist, political scientist, social activist and writer

Russian ballet dancer and actress

Daughter of Grigori Rasputin; memoirist, circus performer (1898–1977)

Russian poet (1932–2008)

Soviet literary historian (1902–1990)

Russian writer (born 1937)

Russian poet and singer (1934–2016)

Soviet and Russian actress, film director and screenwriter

Soviet translator, literary critic, and translation theorist (1912–1991)

Russian writer (1908–1979)

Soviet and Russian Kildin Sámi teacher, linguist, and politician (*1939)

screenwriter (1888-1960)

Kildin Sámi teacher, writer, poet, translator from the Soviet Union and Russia (1932– 2014)

Russian historian, politician and diplomat

Novellist

Russian children's writer (1840–1915)

Russian novelist, playwright, screenplay writer, publisher and feminist (1861–1928)

Russian prima ballerina (1848–1937)

Russian revolutionary and women's rights activist (1893-1944)

Russian writer (1914–1996)

Yakut folklorist, literary critic, and philologist

Russian opera singer (1886–1959)

Russian journalist

Soviet and Russian teacher, historian, writer, radio personality, blogger

Russian writer and feminist, editor (1844–1917)

Russian writer (1911-1963)