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Greatest Russian Novels of All Time

Russia's output of great literature over two centuries is nothing short of miraculous. Having endured tyranny under their czarist regime, as well as great suffering during two world wars and under Joseph Stalin, it seems unlikely that they would have time for sure monumental, soul-searching novels.
But don't be fooled; the Russian literary tradition rivals most if not all countries, and its consistent ambition to define social conditions has kept even it's oldest works relevant in the public sphere. Here are hundred of the greatest novels in Mother Russia's storied history.
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Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
1
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
2
Mikhail Bulgakov
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
3
Leo Tolstoy
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
4
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
5
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Heart of a Dog (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Heart of a Dog
6
Mikhail Bulgakov
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
7
Nikolai Gogol
The Twelve Chairs (Ilya Ilf & Yevgeny Petrov)
The Twelve Chairs
8
Ilya Ilf & Yevgeny Petrov
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
9
Leo Tolstoy
Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
10
Aleksandr Pushkin
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
11
Ivan Turgenev
Demons (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Demons
12
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Ward No. 6 (Anton Chekhov)
Ward No. 6
13
Anton Chekhov
The Golden Calf (Ilf and Petrov)
The Golden Calf
14
Ilf and Petrov
Resurrection (Leo Tolstoy)
Resurrection
15
Leo Tolstoy
Woe From Wit (Alexander Griboyedov)
Woe From Wit
16
Alexander Griboyedov
The Captain's Daughter (Alexander Pushkin)
The Captain's Daughter
17
Alexander Pushkin
A Hero of Our Time (Mikhail Lermontov)
A Hero of Our Time
18
Mikhail Lermontov
The Government Inspector (Nikolai Gogol)
The Government Inspector
19
Nikolai Gogol
Oblomov (Ivan Goncharov)
Oblomov
20
Ivan Goncharov
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
21
Vladimir Nabokov
Hadji Murad (Leo Tolstoy)
Hadji Murad
22
Leo Tolstoy
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground
23
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
24
Boris Pasternak
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
25
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
26
Yevgeny Zamyatin
And Quiet Flows the Don (Mikhail Sholokhov)
And Quiet Flows the Don
27
Mikhail Sholokhov
The Gambler (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Gambler
28
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Life and Fate (Vassily Grossman)
Life and Fate
29
Vassily Grossman
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward
30
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Mother (Maxim Gorky)
Mother
31
Maxim Gorky
The First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
32
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Home of the Gentry (Ivan Turgenev)
Home of the Gentry
33
Ivan Turgenev
Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov)
Invitation to a Beheading
34
Vladimir Nabokov
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilych
35
Leo Tolstoy
The Gift (Vladimir Nabokov)
The Gift
36
Vladimir Nabokov
Roadside Picnic (Arkady & Boris Strugatsky)
Roadside Picnic
37
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
38
Vladimir Nabokov
Petersburg (Andrei Bely)
Petersburg
39
Andrei Bely
The House of the Dead (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The House of the Dead
40
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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