Russian literature

Russian literature refers to the literature of Russia or its émigrés, and to the Russian-language literature of several independent nations once a part of what was historically Russia or the Soviet Union. With the break up of the USSR different countries and cultures may lay claim to various ex-Soviet writers who wrote in Russian on the basis of birth or of ethnic or cultural associations.

Silver Age

Other genres came to the fore with the approach of the 20th century. Anton Chekhov excelled in writing short story, short stories and drama, and Anna Akhmatova represented innovative lyricists.

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Anton Chekhov - Anna Akhmatova

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The beginning of the 20th century ranks as the Silver Age of Russian poetry. Well-known writers of the period include: Anna Akhmatova, Innokenty Annensky,Andrei Bely,Alexander Blok, Valery Bryusov, Marina Tsvetaeva, Sergei Esenin, Nikolay Gumilyov, Daniil Kharms, Velimir Khlebnikov, Osip Mandelstam, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Boris Pasternak, Fedor Sologub and Maximilian Voloshin.

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Anna Akhmatova - Innokenty Annensky - Andrei Bely - Alexander Blok - Valery Bryusov - Marina Tsvetaeva - Sergei Esenin - Nikolay Gumilyov - Daniil Kharms - Velimir Khlebnikov - Osip Mandelstam - Vladimir Mayakovsky - Boris Pasternak - Fedor Sologub - Maximilian Voloshin

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