Short-story writer
- Leonid Nicolaievich Andreyev (1871-1919)
- Birthplace: Orel
- Areas: Artist, Dramatist, Short-story Writer
- 1904 - The Red Laugh
- 1907 - Life of Man
- 1908 - The Seven That Were Hanged
- 1915 - He Who Gets Slapped
- 1919 - S. O. S.
- ???? - Anathema
Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel (1894-1939)
- Birthplace: Odessa, Ukraine
- 1924 - Stories from Odessa
- 1926 - Red Cavalry
- Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891-1940)
- Birthplace: Kiev, Ukraine
- Areas: Novelist, Playwright, Short-story Writer
- 1920 - Zoyka's Apartment
- 1923 - Deviltry
- 1924 - The Fatal Eggs
- 1925 - The White Guards
- 1926 - The Days of the Turbins
- 1927 - The Crimson Island
- 1938 - The Master and Marguerita
- Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904)
- Birthplace: Taganrog
- Areas: Dramatist, Short-story Writer
- 1886 - Particoloured Stories
- 1887 - Ivanov
- 1895 - My Life
- 1896 - The Seagull
- 1898 - The Lady with the Dog
- 1900 - In the Ravine
- 1900 - Uncle Vanya
- 1901 - The Three Sisters
- 1904 - The Cherry Orchard
Vsevolod Mikhaylovich Garshin (1855-1888)
- Birthplace: Bahkmutsky District
- 1877 - Four Days
- 1883 - The Red Flour
- Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin (1870-1938)
- Birthplace: Narovchat
- Areas: Novelist, Short-story Writer
- 1909 - Olessia
- 1916 - The Duel
- 1916 - The River of Life, and Other Stories
- 1916 - A Slav Soul, and Other Stories
- 1917 - A Bracelet of Garnets, and Other Stories
- 1920 - Sasha
- 1922 - Yama: The Pit
- 1923 - Sulamith
- 1925 - Gambrinus, and Other Stories
- Andrei Platonov (1899-1951)
- Birthplace: ??
- Areas: Novelist, Short-story Writer
- 1926 Chevengur
- 1929 Makar the Doubtful
- 1930 The Foundation Pit
- 1937 The River Potudan
- Birthplace: Orel
