Tuchkov's notes contain short essays on the history of Finland, Poland, Ukraine, the troops of the Don and the Caucasus. In them, he speaks somewhat sharply of Emperor Alexander I, who, apparently, in turn disliked the obstinate general. But, according to K.A. Voensky, this is the only "reproach that an impartial reader can make to the author of the Notes. In all other respects, "Notes of S.A. Tuchkov" represent a precious document for a historian and life writer and a literary work full of exciting interest for a lover of Russian antiquity."