S01:E01 - Vladimir Mayakovsky
Vladimir Mayakovsky, one of Russia's most gifted writers, was the leading poet of the Russian Revolution and the early Soviet Period.
S01:E02 - Maxim Gorky
Gorky, novelist and playwright was the founder of Socialist Realism, he was also a prominent figure in the Russian Revolution.
S01:E03 - Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy, novelist and moral thinker, was one of the great writers of realistic fiction.
S01:E04 - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky, one of the greatest novelists of all time. His fiction has had a profound influence on the modern intellectual climate.
S01:E05 - Boris Pasternak
Boris Pasternak, Soviet poet and Nobel Prize winning author was one of the foremost literary figures in the USSR.
S01:E06 - Anton Chekhov
Critics consider Chekhov the master of short story, using themes relating to the everyday, Chekhov portrayed life in Russia before the Revolution.
S01:E07 - Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin, poet and author, founded the literature of the Russian language with epic and lyric poems, plays, novels, and short stories.
S01:E08 - Alexander Blok
Alexander Blok, poet and dramatist, was the greatest of the Russian Symbolists, he began writing poetry at the age of five.