Boris Alekseyevich Chichibabin (Russian: Бори́с Алексе́евич Чичиба́бин, IPA: [bɐˈrʲis ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ tɕɪtɕɪˈbabʲɪn] ⓘ, Ukrainian: Бори́с Олексі́йович Чичиба́бін, romanized: Borys Oleksiyovych Chychybabin; 9 January 1923, Kremenchuk – 15 December 1994, Kharkiv; born Polushin, Russian: Полу́шин, IPA: [pɐˈluʂɨn] ⓘ) was a Ukrainian Soviet poet and a laureat of the USSR State Prize (1990), who is typically regarded as one of the Sixtiers.

His pseudonym was taken in honour of his uncle once removed on his mother's side, the academic Aleksei Chichibabin, an eminent chemist and one of the first Soviet 'nonreturnees'.

In 1945 he entered the philological department of the Kharkov State University, but by June 1946 had been arrested and sentenced to five in the camps for "anti-Soviet agitation".

In prison Chichibabin wrote "Красные помидоры" (Red tomatoes),[3] in the gulag "Махорку" (To cheap tobacco), and two spectacular pieces "тюремной лирики" (Lyrics from the Gaol).

"The new Radischev is angry and sad" reminds us of the "state boors" in his poem of 1959, "Клянусь на знамени весёлом" "I bow to the banner of jollity" ("Не умер Сталин", or "Stalin did not die").