List of Russian composers A
Els Aarne (1917–1995), born in present-day Estonia
Evald Aav (1900–1939), born in present-day Estonia
Juhan Aavik (1884–1982), born in present-day Estonia
Arkady Abaza (1843–1915)
Lev Abeliovich (1912–1985), born in present-day Lithuania
Alexander Abramsky (1898–1985), born in present-day Ukraine
Joseph Achron (1886–1943), born in present-day Lithuania
Ella Adayevskaya (1846–1926)
Nikolay Afanasyev (1820/1–1898)
Vasily Agapkin (1884–1964)
Alexander Alexandrov (1883–1946)
Anatoly Alexandrov (1888–1982)
Boris Alexandrov (1905–1994), son of Alexander
Achilles Alferaki (1846–1919)
Alexander Alyabyev (1787–1851)
Anatoliy Andreyev (1941–2004)
Iosif Andriasov (1933–2000)
Boris Arapov (1905–1992)
Anton Arensky (1861–1906)
Sasha Argov (1914–1995)
Mykola Arkas (1853–1909), born in present-day Ukraine
Alexander Arkhangelsky (1846–1924)
Eduard Artemyev (1937–2023)
Nikolai Artsybushev (1858–1937)
Vyacheslav Artyomov (born 1940)
Boris Asafyev (1884–1949)
Mukhtar Ashrafi (1912–1975), born in present-day Uzbekistan
Sergei Aslamazyan (1897–1978), born in present-day Armenia
Lera Auerbach (born 1973)
Arseny Avraamov (1886–1944)
Artemi Ayvazyan (1902–1975), born in present-day Armenia
Mikhail Azanchevsky (1839–1881)
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Vytautas Bacevičius (1905–1970), born in present-day Lithuania
Afrasiyab Badalbeyli (1907–1976), born in present-day Azerbaijan
Vladimir Bakaleinikov (1885–1953)
Mily Balakirev (1837–1910)
Sergey Balasanian (1902–1982), born in present-day Turkmenistan
Sargis Barkhudaryan (1887–1973), born in present-day Georgia
Veniamin Basner (1925–1996)
Kārlis Baumanis (1835–1905), born in present-day Latvia
Sonya Belousova (born 1990)
Maxim Berezovsky (c. 1745 – 1777)
Anastasiya Bespalova
Timofiy Bilohradsky (c. 1710 – c. 1782)
Matvey Blanter (1903–1990)
Felix Blumenfeld (1863–1931)
Leonid Bobylev (born 1949)
Anatoly Bogatyrev (1913–2003), born in present-day Belarus
Nikita Bogoslovsky (1913–2004)
Alexander Borodin (1833–1887)
Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877–1952), born in present-day Ukraine
Dmitry Bortniansky (1751–1825), born in present-day Ukraine
Rostislav Grigor'yevich Boyko (1931–2002)
Yevgeny Brusilovsky (1905–1981)
Vitaly Bujanovsky (1928–1993)
Pavel Bulakhov (1824–1875), brother of Pyotr
Pyotr Bulakhov (1822–1885), brother of Pavel
Revol Bunin (1924–1976)
Mutal Burhonov (1916–2002), born in present-day Uzbekistan
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Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904–1987)
Murad Kajlayev (born 1931)
Vasily Kalafati (1869–1942)
Vasily Kalinnikov (1866–1901)
Sandor Kalloś (born 1935)
Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879–1951), born in present-day Latvia
Jānis Kalniņš (1904–2000), son of Alfrēds , born in present-day Latvia
Artur Kapp (1878–1952), born in present-day Estonia
Eugen Kapp (1908–1996), son of Artur , born in present-day Estonia
Villem Kapp (1913–1964), nephew of Artur , born in present-day Estonia
Nikolai Kapustin (1937–2020)
Nikolai Karetnikov (1930–1994)
Daniil Kashin (1769–1841)
Leokadiya Kashperova (1872–1940)
Yuri Kasparov (born 1955)
Alexander Kastalsky (1856–1926)
Yakov Kazyansky (born 1948)
Nikolay Kedrov Jr. (1905–1981), son of Nikolay Kedrov Sr.
Nikolay Kedrov Sr. (1871–1940)
Ivan Kerzelli (fl. 18th century)
Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978), born in Georgia to an Armenian family
Karen Khachaturian (1920–2011), nephew of Aram
Ivan Khandoshkin (1747–1804)
Yuri Khanon (born 1965)
Tikhon Khrennikov (1913–2007)
Igor Khudolei (1940–2001)
Victor Kissine (born 1953)
Dmitri Klebanov (1907–1987), born in present-day Ukraine
Nikolai Klenovsky (1856–1915), born in present-day Ukraine
Alexander Knaifel (1943–2024)
Lev Knipper (1898–1974), born in present-day Georgia
Vladimir Kobekin (born 1947)
Mikhail Kollontay (born 1952)
Lev Konov (born 1952)
Yelena Konshina (born 1950)
Alexander Kopylov (1854–1911)
Grigoriy Korchmar (born 1947)
Arseny Koreshchenko (1870–1921)
Nikolai Korndorf (1947–2001)
Viktor Kosenko (1896–1938)
Alexander Koshetz (1875–1944), born in present-day Ukraine
Nikita Koshkin (born 1956)
Serge Koussevitzky (1874–1951)
Osip Kozlovsky (1757–1831)
Pylyp Kozytskiy (1893–1960), born in present-day Ukraine
Cyrillus Kreek (1889–1962), born in present-day Estonia
Alexander Krein (1883–1951)
Vyacheslav Kruglik
Yevgeny Krylatov (1934–2019)
Andrei Krylov (born 1961)
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Muslim Magomayev (1885–1937), born in present-day Azerbaijan
Heorhiy Maiboroda (1913–1992), born in present-day Ukraine
Katerina Maier (fl. c. 1800)
Nina Makarova (1908–1976)
Leonid Malashkin (1842–1902)
Dmitry Malikov (born 1970)
Witold Maliszewski (1873–1939), born in present-day Ukraine
Igor Markevitch (1912–1983), born in present-day Ukraine
Mykola Markevych (1804–1860), born in present-day Ukraine
Vladimir Martynov (born 1946)
Vladimir Matetsky (born 1952)
Mikhail Matinsky (1750 – c. 1820)
Igor Matvienko (b.1960)
Mikhail Matyushin (1861–1934)
Samuel Maykapar (1867–1938)
Jānis Mediņš (1890–1966), born in present-day Latvia
Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951)
Yuliy Meitus (1903–1997), born in present-day Ukraine
Romanos Melikian (1883–1935), born in present-day Armenia
Emilis Melngailis (1874–1954), born in present-day Latvia
Ion Melnik (1935–2018)
Zhanneta Metallidi (1934–2019)
Moses Milner (1886–1953)
Emil Młynarski (1870–1835), born in present-day Lithuania
Boris Mokrousov (1909–1968)
Kirill Molchanov (1922–1982)
Fred Momotenko (born 1970)
Alexander Mordukhovich (born 1946)
Alexander Mosolov (1900–1973)
Veli Mukhatov (1916–2005), born in present-day Turkmenistan
Vano Muradeli (1908–1970), born in present-day Georgia
Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
Mansur Muzafarov (1902–1966)
Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950)
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Mart Saar (1882–1963), born in present-day Estonia
Leonid Sabaneyev (1881–1968)
Martha von Sabinin (1831–1892)
Tolibjon Sadikov (1907–1957), born in present-day Uzbekistan
Vasily Safonov (1852–1918)
Niescier Sakałoŭski (1902–1950), born in present-day Belarus
Vadim Salmanov (1912–1978)
Lazare Saminsky (1882–1959)
Huseyngulu Sarabski (1879–1945), born in present-day Azerbaijan
Joseph Schillinger (1895–1943)
Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
Eduard Schütt (1856–1933)
Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)
Julian Scriabin (1908–1919), son of Alexander
Tatyana Sergeyeva (born 1951)
Alexander Serov (1820–1871)
Valentina Serova (1846–1924)
Vladimir Shainsky (1925–2017)
Masguda Shamsutdinova (born 1955)
Yuri Shaporin (1887–1966), born in present-day Ukraine
Adrian Shaposhnikov (1888–1967)
Rodion Shchedrin (1932–2025)
Nikolai Shcherbachov (1853–1922)
Vladimir Shcherbachov (1889–1952)
Vissarion Shebalin (1902–1963)
Boris Sheremetev (1822–1906)
Baluan Sholak (1864–1919), born in present-day Kazakhstan
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Andriy Shtoharenko (1902–1992), born in present-day Ukraine .
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), born in present-day Finland .
Nikolaï Sidelnikov (1930–1992)
Alexander Siloti (1863–1945)
Juhan Simm (1885–1959), born in present-day Estonia
Yekaterina Sinyavina (died 1784)
Gregory Skovoroda (1722–1794)
Ādolfs Skulte (1909–2000), born in present-day Latvia
Nicolas Slonimsky (1894–1995)
Sergei Slonimsky (1932–2020), nephew of Nicolas
Dmitri Smirnov (1948–2020)
Vladimir Sokalsky (1863–1919)
Ivan Sokolov (born 1960)
Nikolay Sokolov (1859–1922)
Mikhail Sokolovsky (1756 – after 1795)
Nicolai Soloviev (1846–1916)
Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (1907–1979)
Antonio Spadavecchia (1907–1977)
Alexander Spendiaryan (1871–1928)
Alexei Stanchinsky (1888–1914)
Maximilian Steinberg (1883–1946), born in present-day Lithuania
Yakiv Stepovy (1883–1921), born in present-day Ukraine
Kyrylo Stetsenko (1882–1922), born in present-day Ukraine
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Peeter Süda (1883–1920), born in present-day Estonia
Grikor Suni (1876–1939), born in present-day Armenia
Viktor Suslin (1942–2012)
Yevgeny Svetlanov (1928–2002)
Georgy Sviridov (1915–1998)
Alfred Swan (1890–1970)
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