The first serious introduction of his poetry occurred in 1831, when Nikolai Stankevich, a poet and philosopher from Moscow, published several poems in "Literaturnaya gazeta" (Literary newspaper) with a short introduction.
Prvi ozbiljan proboj njegove poezije dogodio se 1831., kada je Nikolaj Stankevič, pjesnik i filozof iz Moskve, objavio nekoliko Kolcovih pjesama u "Literaturnaja Gazeta" (hrv.