But it circulated in innumerable manuscript copies, and every one was in raptures over it.
Even the glory of Pushkin's "Evgeny Onyegin," which appeared at about the same time, did not overshadow Griboyedoff's glory.

Strange to say, Pushkin, who had magnified Delvig, Baratynsky, and Yazykoff far above their merits, and in general, was accustomed to overrate all talent, whether it belonged to his own friends or to strangers, was extremely severe on Griboyedoff's comedy, and detected many grave defects in it.
Griboyedoff was greatly irritated by his failure to obtain proper public recognition of his comedy.

He expressed his feelings freely, became more embittered than ever against mankind in general, and went back to Georgia, in 1825, where he added to his previous poems, and took part in the campaign against Persia, in which he rendered great services to the commander-in-chief.

As a reward, he was sent to St.Petersburg (1828), to present the treaty of peace to the Emperor.

He was promptly appointed minister plenipotentiary to Persia, and on his way thither, in Tiflis, married a Georgian princess.