Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Bestuzhev akatanga kubudisa nhetembo dzake nemashoko mapfupi muna 1819 uye nokukurumidza akawana ngwariro. Akasangana naAlexander Pushkin, Aleksander Griboyedov, Kondraty Ryleyev nevamwe vazhinji. Pamberi pe
Mushure mokumukira kwaDecembrist, Bestuzhev akanga ari munyori anobudirira, achinyora zvose prose (nyaya pfupi nenyaya mumagazini ezvinyorwa) uye nhetembo. Muna 1823 na 1824 pamwe chete naRyleyev vakagadzira almanac yakakurumbira yemabhuku "Polar Star" (), iyo yakaratidza vangangoita vese vadetembi veRussia venguva iyoyo uye yaive budiriro huru. Iye akarega kunyora mukati mekuedzwa uye kutapwa muSiberia, asi nokukurumidza akatangazve kubudisa pasi pezita rekunyepedzera Marlinsky. Nemhaka yezita rake rekunyepedzera Bestuzhev anowanzonzi Bestuzhev (Marlinsky) kuti amusiyanise nemumwe Decembrist Bestuzhev, uyo akaurayiwa.