The Forefathers
- Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765)
- Gavriil Derzhavin (1743-1816)

Golden Age of Russian Poetry
- Vasily Zhukovsky (1783-1852)
- Alexandr Pushkin (1799-1837)
- Fedor Tyutchev (1803-1873)
- Afanasii Fet (1812-1892)
- Mihail Lermontov (1814-1841)
- Nikolai Nekrasov (1821-1878)

Silver Age of Russian Poetry
- Alexandr Blok (1880-1921)
- Nikolai Gumilev (1886-1921)
- Sergei Esenin (1895-1925)
- Boris Pasternak (1890-1960)
- Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930)
- Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941)
- Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966)

Contemporary Poets
- Vladimir Vysotsky (1938-1980)

- Akhmatova, Anna (1889-1966)
- Blok, Alexandr (1880-1921)
- Derzhavin, Gavriil (1743-1816)
- Esenin, Sergei (1895-1925)
- Fet, Afanasii (1812-1892)
- Gumilev, Nikolai (1886-1921)
- Lermontov, Mihail (1814-1841)
- Lomonosov, Mikhail (1711-1765)
- Mayakovsky, Vladimir (1893-1930)
- Nekrasov, Nikolai (1821-1878)
- Pasternak, Boris (1890-1960)
- Pushkin, Alexandr (1799-1837)
- Tsvetaeva, Marina (1892-1941)
- Tyutchev, Fedor (1803-1873)
- Vysotsky, Vladimir (1938-1980)
- Zhukovsky, Vasily (1783-1852)