Notable authors who have written dramatic works in the Russian language include:
Alphabetical list
A Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationAlexander Ablesimov(1742–1783)The MillerAlexander Afinogenov(1904–1941)FearCrankA Far PlaceLeonid Andreyev(1871–1919)AnathemaThe Life of ManHe Who Gets SlappedMaria Arbatova(born 1957)On the Road to OurselvesAleksei Arbuzov(1908–1986)TanyaA Long RoadMikhail Artsybashev(1878–1927)WarArkady Averchenko(1881–1925)
B Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationIsaac Babel(1894–1940)MariaSunsetAndrei Bely(1880–1934)Petersburg MoscowPyotr Boborykin(1836–1921)The ScaleOleg Bogayev(born 1970)Mikhail Bulgakov(1891–1940)FlightZoyka's ApartmentAdam and EveThe Days of the Turbins
C Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationCatherine the Great(1729–1796)FeveyNikolai Chayev(1824—1914)Svat FaddeyichAnton Chekhov(1860–1904)The SeagullUncle VanyaThree SistersThe Cherry OrchardEvgeny Chirikov(1864–1932)The PeasantAda Chumachenko(1887 – 1954)The Snow QueenA Man from the MoonGrand Duke Constantine(1858–1915)King of Judea
D Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationGrigoriy Demidovtsev(born 1960)Victor Denisov(born 1944)Six Specters of Lenin on a Piano
E Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationNikolai Erdman(1900–1970)The MandateThe SuicideNikolai Evreinov(1879–1953)A Merry DeathThe Chief ThingThe Presentation of LoveThe Storming of the Winter Palace
F Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationDenis Fonvizin(1744/45–1792)The MinorOlga Forsh(1873–1961)The Substitute Lecturer
G Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationAlexander Galich(1918–1977)Zinaida Gippius(1869–1945)The Green RingNikolai Gogol(1809–1852)MarriageThe Government InspectorThe Gamblers Dmitry Gorchakov(1758–1824)King for a Day Grigori Gorin(1940–2000)Maxim Gorky(1868–1936)The PhilistinesThe Lower DepthsSummerfolkChildren of the SunAleksandr Griboyedov(1795–1829)Woe from WitIsabella Grinevskaya(1864–1944)Elena Guro(1887–1913)The Hurdy-Gurdy
I Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationVsevolod Ivanov(1895–1963)Armoured Train 14-69
K Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationVasily Kapnist(1758–1823)ChicaneValentin Kataev(1897–1986)Quadrature of the CirclePavel Katenin(1792–1853)Andromache Yevgeny Kharitonov(1941–1981)Under House ArrestDaniil Kharms(1905–1942)Elizaveta Bam Mikhail Kheraskov(1733–1807)Vladimir Kirshon(1902–1938)BreadThe Miraculous AlloyFyodor Kokoshkin(1775–1838)Little Demon on VacationNikolay Kolyada(born 1957)A Tale About the Dead TsarinaOginski PolonaisePersian LilacPlaying ForfeitsSlingshotYakov Knyazhnin(1740/42–1791)OlgaThe CranksThe BraggartVadim the BoldEugene Kozlovsky(born 1946)Valentin Krasnogorov(born 1934)Let's Have Sex!Pelicans of the WildernessThe Delights of AdulteryThe DogThe Fall of Don JuanIvan Krylov(1769–1844)PhilomelaThe Cat and the СookThe Fox and the CraneThe QuartetThe Wolf and the LambNestor Kukolnik(1809–1868)A Life for the Tsar
L Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationIvan Lazhechnikov(1792–1869)OprichnikLeonid Leonov(1899–1994)Untilovsk Dmitri Lipskerov(born 1964)Lev Lunts(1901–1924)Native Land
M Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationAnatoly Marienhof(1897–1962)Samuil Marshak(1887–1964)Smart ThingsThe Twelve MonthsMikhail Matinsky(1760–c. 1820)RegenerationSaint-Petersburg's Trade StallsVladimir Mayakovsky(1893–1930)The BedbugThe Bathhouse Mystery-BouffeSergey Mikhalkov(1913–2009)Three Plus Two
N Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationVladimir Nabokov(1899–1977)The Waltz InventionLöb Nevakhovich(1776/78–1831)Alexander Neverov(1886–1923)BabaHunger Nikolai Nikolev(1758–1815)Osip Notovich(1849–1914)Shady Business
O Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationAlexander Ostrovsky(1823–1886)The StormThe Poor BridePoverty is No ViceEnough Stupidity in Every Wise ManThe Snow MaidenValentin Ovechkin(1904–1968)A Time to Reap Vladislav Ozerov(1769–1816)Dmitry Donskoy
P Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationVera Panova(1905–1973)Ivan KosogorIn Old Moscow Lyudmila Petrushevskaya(born 1938)Aleksey Pisemsky(1821–1881)A Bitter FateThe HypochondriacLieutenant GladkovThe Financial GeniusAndrei Platonov(1899–1951)The Hurdy GurdyFourteen Little Red HutsPyotr Polevoy(1839–1902)Princess SophiaNikolai Pogodin(1900–1962)AristocratsMikhail Popov(1742–1790)AnyutaAlexander Preys(1905–1942)Iosif Prut(1900–1996)Alexander Pushkin(1799–1837)Boris GodunovThe Stone GuestMozart and SalieriThe Covetous Knight
R Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationEdvard Radzinsky(born 1936)Vyacheslav Rybakov(born 1954)
S Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationMikhail Saltykov-Schedrin(1826–1889)The Death of Pazukhin Natalya Sats(1903–1993)Alexander Shakhovskoy(1777–1846)Ladies' JokeThe New Stern Shchepkina-Kupernik(1874–1952)Summer Picture Evgeny Shvarts(1896–1958)The DragonVassily Sigarev (born 1977)PlasticineBlack MilkFyodor Sologub(1863–1927)The Triumph of DeathKsenya Stepanycheva(born 1978)Pink BowAleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin(1817–1903)Pictures of the Past Alexander Sumarokov(1717–1777)Khorev
T Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationYelizaveta Tarakhovskaya(1891–1968)By the Pike's WishModest Tchaikovsky(1850–1916)Nadezhda Teffi(1872–1952)The Woman QuestionViktoriya Tokareva(born 1937)Aleksey K. Tolstoy(1817–1875)The Death of Ivan the TerribleTsar Fyodor IoannovichTsar BorisDon Juan Aleksey N. Tolstoy(1883–1945)Leo Tolstoy(1828–1910)The Power of DarknessThe Fruits of EnlightenmentThe Living CorpseSergei Tretyakov(1892–1937)I Want a BabyIvan Turgenev(1818–1883)A Provincial LadyA Month in the Country
U Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationEduard Uspensky(1937–2018)
V Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationAlexander Vampilov(1937–1972)Elder Son Alexander Vvedensky(1904–1941)Christmas at the Ivanovs Anastasiya Verbitskaya(1861–1928)Mirages Vsevolod Vishnevsky(1900–1951)Optimistic Tragedy
Z Portrait Person Notable works Illustration IllustrationMark Zakharov(1933–2019)Boris Zaytsev(1881–1972)Yevgeny Zamyatin(1884–1937)Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov(1821–1908)Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal(1866–1907) Rafail Zotov(1795–1871)Jealous Wife
See also List of Russian-language writers List of Russian-language novelists List of Russian-language poets List of Russian artists List of Russian architects List of Russian inventors List of Russian explorers Russian culture Russian literature Russian language Russian culture