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to start work there as a teacher of history and statistics. In 1838 he was transferred to Nizhny where he spent the major part of his life. From his teens, Melnikov's major interests were the economics and history of Russia.
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Later, having studied the history of Raskol, he changed his attitude. In his special "Report on the
Current Situation in Raskol" (1854) Melnikov argued that the low level of morality among the
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in 1840, proved to be a failure; critics dismissed it as a poor imitation of Gogol. Dismayed, Melnikov stopped writing fiction for the next 12 years.
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he was one of the first to demand the maintenance of religious tolerance in Russia ("The Note on
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was published; seen as weaker than previous ones, it contained nevertheless interesting Old
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to create pictures like "In the Woods", "On the Hills", "Nightingale Sings" and "Beyond the Volga".
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From Tambov Governorate to Siberia: The Traveller's Notes
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