Stepan Shevyryov

Stepan Shevyryov
BornStepan Petrovich Shevyryov
(1806-10-30)30 October 1806
Saratov, Russia
Died20 May 1864(1864-05-20) (aged 57)
Paris, France
Occupationpoet, philologist, critic
NationalityRussian

Stepan Petrovich Shevyryov (Russian: Степан Петрович Шевырёв, 30 (18) October 1806 in Saratov, Russian Empire – 20 (8) May 1864 in Paris, France) was a conservative Russian literary historian and poet, a virulent critic of "the rotting West", and leading representative of the Official Nationality theory.