Georgi Mokeevich Markov (Russian: Георгий Мокеевич Марков; 19 April 1911 – 25 September 1991) was a Soviet novelist, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and public figure.
From June 28, 1986, to January 18, 1989, Markov Chairman of the Board of the Union of Writers of the USSR.
In 1973, he signed a Letter from a group of Soviet writers condemning Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Andrei Sakharov.
In 1978, he donated his Lenin Prize for the creation of a library in his native village of Novo-Kuskovo.
Being a critic of perestroika Markov resigned from the post of chairman of the board of the Union of Writers in January 1989.