The article examines the philosophical work of Dmitry Vladimirovich Venevitinov as one of the extraordinary representatives of the initial stage of the development of the romantic movement in Russian philosophy. It is noted that, despite his extremely short life, Venevitinov's ideas turned out to be quite mature, demonstrating not only the assimilation of authoritative European pre-romantic trends, but also influencing the formation of the unique features of Russian romanticism, which sought to free itself from academic classicism. The following features of Russian romanticism are highlighted: the author's views on the world order; a pessimistic attitude towards the historical past; special attention to ancient Russian traditions and folklore; increased interest in the spiritual world; focus on absolute ideals; focus on the spiritual inner life of man. Attention is paid to the philosophical manifestations of pre-romanticism in Venevitinov's work, related to universal, eternal questions (life and death, nature, creativity, love), and a fruitful way to solve them is proposed. It is the interpenetration of philosophy and creativity (as types of self-knowledge), and the main means of its implementation should be art (primarily literature, and in it poetry). It is the poet who has a special mission in this world - he is its creator, since he is able to feel universal harmony and express it, giving it form.
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