Maxim Gorky Literature Institute alumni

Soviet and Kyrgyz author (1928–2008)

Albanian writer (1936–2024)

Soviet and Russian poet (1933–2017)

Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (1937–2010)

Ukrainian writer

Russian author (born 1962)

President of Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2019

Soviet writer, poet, playwright and wartime correspondent (1915-1979)

Avar poet (1923-2003)

Mongolian politician, Leader of Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party

Soviet and Russian writer (1929-2016)

President of Chechnya (1952-2004)

Chuvash poet, writer, and translator (1934-2006)

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

Russian-Soviet writer (1924-2001)

Latvian writer (1931-2005)

Soviet and Russian writer, screenwriter (1924–2020)

Russian poet (1932–2016)

Russian poet (1932–1994)

Soviet musician and writer (1918–1977)

Armenian poet (1915–1984)

Ukrainian playwright and screenwriter

writer (1925—1981) from Soviet Union

writer (1932-2012)

Russian writer and journalist

Balkar Soviet writer (1917–1985)

Russian and Soviet writer, politician and feminist

Soviet poet (1924–1991)

Russian political activist and musician

Russian poet (1936–1971)

Russian writer (1927-1982)

Russian poet and essayist

Russian playwright (1913–2004)

Soviet writer (1923–1984)

Kazakh writer, poet, diplomat

Russian writer

Russian poet (1919–1986)

Latvian writer (1936-2022)

Russian writer (1970–2018)

Russian children's writer (born 1947)

Soviet writer

Soviet and Russian writer, poet, translator, screenwriter (1918–2000)

Estonian poet and author (1936–2022)

Tajikistani politician (1954-2000)

Soviet Russian novelist and short story writer (1923–2009)

Soviet writer (1929-1979)

Russian writer (born 1937)

Russian television personality

Russian writer (1924-1997)

Soviet editor (1913-1994)

Russian feminist

Russian poet and writer of Armenian origin (1923-2004)

Russian korean translator

Russian writer (1931-2008)

Russian author

Ukrainian journalist, poet and writer

Russian writer (1928-2018)

Novellist

Russian writer (1922–2006)

Soviet writer (1932-1977)