 Some of his poems were published in the "Drug Prosveshchenya" (Friend of Enlightenment) magazine in 1804-1806, more of the others circulated privately as hand-written manuscripts, best-known of which was "The Epistle to Prince S.N.Dolgorukov" which in many ways (notably by bringing to mind the famous Tchatsky's monologue) pre-empted "Woe from Wit", Aleksander Griboyedov's 1823 classic.Young Aleksander Pushkin was much impressed by Prince Gorchakov’s works.In his 1815 poem "Gorodok" (Small Town) he mentioned him and his satires ("I love your needle-sharp verse...").