Dramatists
- Leonid Nicolaievich Andreyev (1871-1919)
- Birthplace: Orel
- Areas: Artist, Dramatist, Short-story writer
- Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904)
- Birthplace: Taganrog
- Areas: Dramatist, Short-story writer
- Nicolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1809-1852)
- Birthplace: Poltava
- Areas: Dramatist, Humourist, Novelist
- Valentin Petrovich Katayev (1897-????)
- Birthplace: Odessa, Ukraine
- Areas: Dramatist, Novelist
- 1926 - The Embezzlers
- 1928 - Squaring the Circle
- 1932 - Forward, Oh Time
- 1936 - Lone White Sail
- Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (1823-1886)
- Birthplace: Moscow
- 1850 - It's a Family Affair
- 1852 - The Poor Bride
- 1854 - Poverty Is No Crime
- 1856 - Easy Money
- 1859 - The Thunderstorm
- 1868 - The Diary of a Scoundrel
- 1871 - The Forest
- 1926 - Wolves and Sheep
- Aleksey Pisemsky (1820-1881)
- Birthplace: Kostroma
- Areas: Dramatist, Novelist
- 1858 - A Thousand Souls
- 1859 - A Bitter Fate
- Fyodor Sologub (1863-1927)
- Fyodor Kuz'mich Teternikov
- Birthplace: St. Petersburg
- Areas: Dramatist, Novelist, Poet
- 1907 - The Little Demon
- 1912 - The Created Legend
- Aleksandr Petrovich Sumarokov (1717-1777)
- Birthplace: St. Petersburg
- Areas: Dramatist, Poet
- Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1882-1945)
- Birthplace: Nikolayevsk
- Areas: Dramatist, Novelist, Poet
- 1922 - Nikita's Childhood
- 1925 - Azure Cities
- 1926 - The Death-Box
- 1937 - Bread
- 1945 - Peter the Great
- 1945 - The Road to Calvary