Abstract: The Russian city poetry is the product under the dual influences of the capitalist industrial civilization and the socialist revolution. It has the unique historical characteristics of the Russian city poetry. The generation of the Russian symbolist poets， who are gradually influenced by the pessimism， mystery， and the emotion and spirits of idealization convey their complex ideas about the world， human beings， history and the modern life. Whats more， they also convey the great power of the city discipline. They express the city images， which are both light and darkness， both hope and vanity. Sometimes their attitudes are unconcerned. But sometimes their attitudes toward the city images are praiseful. Sometimes they integrate passively， but sometimes they tend to introspect and criticize. The Russian poets of symbolism have completed the deep poetic construction between the Russian poetry of symbolism and the city prospect. Meanwhile， they also have brought the profound enlightenment for the development of the Russian city poetry.

Key words: Russian, symbolism poetry, city image