gun ov ▁joined ▁the ▁Foreign ▁Ministry ▁office ▁where ▁he ▁worked ▁mostly ▁in ▁arch ives ▁and ▁libraries ▁until ▁ 1 8 3 4 . ▁In ▁mid - 1 8 2 0 s ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁circle ▁of ▁the ▁Ly ub om ud rys . ▁With ▁fellow ▁members ▁Ste pan ▁She vy ry ov ▁and ▁Vladimir ▁Tit ov ▁he ▁translated ▁the ▁ 1 7 9 6 ▁book ▁Herz enser gie ß ungen ▁eines ▁kunst lie b enden ▁Kloster br ud ers ▁( as ▁On ▁Art ists ▁and ▁Art , ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 6 ) ▁by ▁Ludwig ▁T ieck ▁and ▁Wilhelm ▁Heinrich ▁W ack en ro der , ▁which ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁highly ▁influ ential ▁for ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁Rom antic ▁literature ▁in ▁Russia . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 8 3 0 s , ▁writing ▁mostly ▁for ▁Mol va , ▁T eles kop ▁and ▁Mos kov sky ▁N ably ud atel ▁( the ▁magazine ▁designed ▁with ▁the ▁express ▁purpose ▁of ▁resist ing ▁the ▁first ▁wave ▁of ▁commercial ism ▁in ▁Russian ▁literature , ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁co - found er ▁of ), ▁Mel gun ov ▁became ▁a ▁popular ▁music ▁critic ▁and ▁ess ay ist . ▁His ▁work ▁" Mus ical ▁Let op is " ▁has ▁won ▁him ▁high ▁pra ise ▁from ▁V iss ar ion ▁Bel in sky . ▁A ▁gift ed ▁piano ▁player , ▁he ▁author ed ▁numerous ▁roman ces , ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁poetry ▁by ▁P ush kin , ▁Del v ig ▁and ▁Alex ey ▁K hom y akov