Aleksandr Abramovich Drakokhrust (Russian: Алекса́ндр Абра́мович Дракохру́ст, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ drəkɐˈxrust]; November 11, 1923 – November 14, 2008) was a Russian language poet, journalist and translator from the Soviet Union. Drakokhrust was born in Moscow, into the Jewish family of Rachel Karachunskaya and Abram Drakokhrust, a soldier. He published his first poem in 1939, in an Odessa newspaper . His first book of poems was published in 1951 in Vladivostok. During 1950-1990 he published 16 books of poems. He also translated a number of Belarusian poets into Russian language.