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# Critic Belinsky's assessment of Koltsov's poetry
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/on-vladeet-talantom-ne-bolshim-no-istinnym-darom-tvorchestva-ne-glubokim-i-ne-silnym-no-nepoddelnym-i-nenatianutym/
- Published: 2023-03-28T13:16:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:56:12.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Books, Observations, Humour

He possesses a talent not great, but genuine; a gift of creation neither deep nor strong, but real and unforced.

Belinsky on the poetry of Koltsov. Praise of a sort, yet somehow rather insulting