Old Russian literature consists of several masterpieces written in the Old East Slavic (i.e. the language of Kievan Rus', not to be confused with the contemporaneous Church Slavonicnor with modern Ukrainian, Russian and

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After taking the throne at the end of the 17th century, Peter the Great'sinfluence on the Russian culture would extend far into the 18th century. Peter's reign during the beginning of the 18th century initiated a series of modernizing changes in Russian literature. The reforms he

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The 19th century is traditionally referred to as the "Golden Era" of Russian literature. Romanticism permitted a flowering of especially poetic talent: the names of Vasily Zhukovskyand

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Silver Age
The beginning of the 20th century ranks as the Silver Age of Russian poetry. Well-known poets of the period include: Alexander Blok

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British romantic poetry
Scottish poet Robert Burns became a ‘people's poet’ in Russia. In Imperial times the Russian

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Russian literature is not only written by Russians. In the Soviet times such popular writers as Belarusian Vasil Bykaŭ, Kyrgyz Chinghiz Aitmatov and Abkhaz Fazil Iskanderwrote

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The end of the 20th century proved a difficult period for Russian literature, with relatively few distinct voices. Although the censorship was lifted and

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