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This article analyzes and compares the anti-utopian/dystopian works of Valery Bryusov (a Russian historian, critic, translator, poet, prose writer and dramatist) with similar works of English writer George Orwell and Russian writer/satirist Yevgeny Zamyatin. Stories discussed include "На Венеру" ("On Venus"), a science fiction story by Bryusov, "Помпеянка," ("Pompeyanka"), "Градущие гунны" ("Coming Huns"), and the tragedy, "диктатор" ("The Dictator"), which the author also analyzes for the communist themes posited by Russian religious and political philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev.

The article discusses dystopian themes in Russian fiction since 2005, driven by cultural pessimism about the state of society in post-Soviet Russia. Novels and authors discussed include "The Evacuator" ("Evakuator") and "ZhD" by Dmitrii Bykov, "2008" by Sergei Dorenko, "2017" by Ol’ga Slavnikova, and "Day of the Oprichnik" ("Den’ oprichnika") by Vladimir Sorokin. Topics discussed include political satire and other stylistic elements in the Russian literature mentioned, and popular attitudes about the government of Vladimir Putin.

The article discusses the dystopian issue that emerged in Russian literature during the mid-2000s. It examines several novels written by journalists Dmitrii Bykov and Sergei Dorenko, Russian Booker Prize laureate Olga Slavnikova, Aleksei Ivanov, and avant-garde author Vladimir Sorokin. It explores the political, ideological, and moral conceptions documented from the works of the mentioned authors. It presents views on the aesthetic process of the indicated conceptions. It also cites the presentation of the authors on the imminent collapse of society and state as well as the history of Russia.