For a long time, Fyodor Tyutchev did not sign his literary works with his own name. The poems were published under the pseudonym “Mr. F.T.” “Strange things happen in our literature, ” wrote a young critic Valerian Maikov in this regard, noting that the poems of the author, who signed himself as F.T., had been practically forgotten over time. Only in 1854, the “Sovremennik” journal initiated the publication of the first collection of Tyutchev’s poems, and the period of development began in the poet’s career.

Turgenev’s article ‘A Few Words About the Poems of F.I. Tyutchev’ appeared at the same time. He wrote, ‘We could not help but rejoice at the collection of poems, which used to be scattered, written by one of our most remarkable poets, who was bequeathed to us by Pushkin’s welcome and approval.’

The publication of Tyutchev’s collection of poems in 1854 was a major event in the literary life of that time. The poet Afanasy Fet recalled,

Nikolai Sushkov, the poet’s son-in-law, was the first person to prepare the poet’s poems for publishing. He sincerely admired the verses and was eager to take care of the publishing process. The plan failed, but it would have been impossible to publish Tyutchev’s first book later without the input of Sushkov who had collected and prepared the poems. In 1868, when Ivan Aksakov planned to publish the second collection of the poems, Tyutchev handed over the manuscript without even reading it. It remained a mystery whether he lost interest for his poems or was always indifferent to them. As a result, the second collection practically repeated the first one.