ively ▁for ▁H ert zen ' s ▁publications , ▁coordinate ▁efforts , ▁collect ▁the ▁material ▁and ▁attract ▁new ▁authors . ▁Ivan ▁T urg ene v , ▁whom ▁he ▁met ▁here ▁on ▁several ▁occasions , ▁while ▁making ▁fun ▁of ▁what ▁he ▁referred ▁to ▁Mel gun ov ' s ▁' e cc ent ric ities ', ▁still ▁spoke ▁affection ately ▁of ▁his ▁' gent le , ▁pure ▁character '. ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 5 0 s ▁O tech est ven ny e ▁Z apis ki ▁published ▁Mel gun ov ' s ▁acc laimed ▁series ▁of ▁the ▁ess ays ▁on ▁the ▁European ▁politics , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁place ▁of ▁a ▁Russian ▁in ▁Europe ▁(" T our ists ▁as ▁Such ▁and ▁the ▁Russian ▁On es , ▁in ▁Part icular ", ▁" Russ ian ▁Vo ice ▁in ▁the ▁European ▁D issent ", ▁" The ▁Pe op les ▁in ▁History ", ▁" Not es ▁of ▁a ▁Russian ▁in ▁Paris "). ▁He ▁gre et ed ▁the ▁E man cip ation ▁reform ▁of ▁ 1 8 6 1 ▁and ▁wrote ▁several ▁articles ▁on ▁it , ▁mostly ▁in ▁Nas he ▁V re my a '' ▁newspaper , ▁which ▁soon ▁led ▁to ▁his ▁r ift ▁with ▁H ert zen . ▁ ▁In ▁summer ▁ 1 8 6 5 ▁Mel gun ov ' s ▁health ▁d eter ior ated , ▁and ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁Russia . ▁He ▁died ▁in ▁Moscow ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁February ▁ 1 8 6 7 . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : Russ ian ▁writers ▁Category