Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, as well as the founder of modern Russian liter
Portrait [ru] by Orest Kiprensky, 1827
Coat of arms of the Pushkin family
Pushkin in his youth, by Sergey Chirikov [ru]
Arina Rodionovna Yakovleva (1758 - August 12, 1828) at ages 70, the serf of Hannibal family and nanny of Alexander Pushkin.
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was a Russian philosopher, novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. He is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in both Russian and world literature, a
Fyodor Dostoevsky, by Vasily Perov, c. 1872
Maria Fyodorovna Dostoevskaya
Mikhail Andreyevich Dostoevsky