You can often see him in the cemetery of
Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois near Paris. The history of
Russia lies there. He himself is the part of this history,
though he was born in France. Only in the elderly age
Konstantin Melnik was able to visit the homeland of
their ancestors. For years, he was the very sense of the
word "foreign native". French made him classified for
the world, and the Russian considered him as an
enemy. From the homeland he got only a collection of
Russian art and a few family heirlooms that were taken
from Russia by his parents.