Russian literature
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| '''Russian literature''' refers to the literature of [[Russia]] or its [[émigré]]s, and to the [[Russian language|Russian-language]] literature of several independent nations once a part of what was historically Russia or the [[Soviet Union]]. Prior to the nineteenth century Russia produced very little, if any, internationally read literature, but in the nineteenth century Russian literature underwent an astounding golden age, beginning with the poet [[Pushkin]] and culminating in two of the greatest novelists in world literature, [[Leo Tolstoy]] and [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]. In the twentieth century leading figures of Russian literature included internationally recognised poets such as [[Vladimir Mayakovsky]], [[Boris Pasternak]] or [[Mikhail Bulgakov]]. 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. | '''Russian literature''' refers to the literature of [[Russia]] or its [[émigré]]s, and to the [[Russian language|Russian-language]] literature of several independent nations once a part of what was historically Russia or the [[Soviet Union]]. Prior to the nineteenth century Russia produced very little, if any, internationally read literature, but in the nineteenth century Russian literature underwent an astounding golden age, beginning with the poet [[Pushkin]] and culminating in two of the greatest novelists in world literature, [[Leo Tolstoy]] and [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]. In the twentieth century leading figures of Russian literature included internationally recognised poets such as [[Vladimir Mayakovsky]], [[Boris Pasternak]] or [[Mikhail Bulgakov]]. 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. | ||
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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. Prior to the nineteenth century Russia produced very little, if any, internationally read literature, but in the nineteenth century Russian literature underwent an astounding golden age, beginning with the poet Pushkin and culminating in two of the greatest novelists in world literature, Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky. In the twentieth century leading figures of Russian literature included internationally recognised poets such as Vladimir Mayakovsky, Boris Pasternak or Mikhail Bulgakov. 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.
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