| LERMONTOV | Mikhail ___, 19th-century Russian poet (9) |
| PUSHKIN | Early 19th-century Russian poet and dramatist (7) |
| TOLSTOY | Count Leo ___, 19th-century Russian writer (7) |
| BOTVINNIK | Mikhail ___, winner of the World Chess Championship from 1948-57 (9) |
| GORBACHEV | Soviet president awarded the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize, Mikhail ___ (9) |
| AKHMATOVA | Alias entered into by queen to see a Russian poet (9) |
| ALEXANDER | Russian poet, playwright and novelist of the Romantic era, _ Pushkin (9) |
| FORMALISM | Early 20th-century Russian literary movement (9) |
| BORODIN | Alexander ?, 19th-century Russian composer of unfinished opera Prince Igor (7) |
| DECEMBER | Month for which 19th century Russian revolutionaries were named? (8) |
| GOGOL | Nikolai ---, 19th Century Russian novelist and dramatist (5) |
| TSAR | 19th century Russian leader |
| TURGENEV | 19th-Century Russian novelist |
| TSARS | 19th century Russian rulers |
| TSARNICHOLASI | Mid-19th-century Russian ruler described as "autocracy personified" |
| IVAN | 19th-century Russian novelist who wrote Fathers and Sons (4,8) |
| STROGANOFF | Dish named after a 19th- century Russian diplomat (4,10) |
| BAKUNIN | Mikhail -, nineteenth century Russian anarchist |
| IVANTURGENEV | 19th Century Russian novelist and dramatist who wrote the play A Month In The Country (4,8) |
| MIKHAILGLINKA | 19th-century Russian composer whose works included the opera A Life For The Tsar (7,6) |
