Dostoevsky and World Culture Dostoevsky and World Culture 2619-0311 2712-8512 IWL RAS https://doi.org/10.22455/2619-0311-2018-2-127-150 Articles «Ultimately Human» and «An Ultimate Human being»: from S. Shevyrev to F. Dostoevsky Tsvetkova Nina V. fedor@dostmirkult.ru 2021 1 2 127 150 Shevyrev «Ultimately Human» «An Ultimate Human being» «the Russian idea» Pushkin. Dostoevsky Copyright © 2026, IWL RAS 2026 The article discovers the «Russian idea» in late Shevyrev’s works, whose key concept is «Ultimately Human». This concept explains the Russian Literature and the Russian character in A. Pushkin. The conclusions made on the analysis of different scientific papers, lectures on the Russian literature, the monograph «The History of Russian Literature», etc. claim Shevyrev to be a direct predecessor of Dostoevsky in the «Writer’s Diary» and the «Speech on Pushkin» of the latter.