19Th-Century Russian Literature

The 19th-century as the “Golden Age” of Russian literature

The 19th-century was the “Golden Age” of Russian literature with Gogol, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Turgenev, Goncharov, Pushkin, Tolstoy, Lermontov, and Gorky creating some of Russia’s greatest literary works.

These writers wrote about the human condition, Russian society and offered insights into the human soul.