Russian Masons. 1721-2019. Biographical dictionary. Century XVIII. Volume III

The attention of readers is offered the next book from the series" Freemasonry. Martinism. Hermeticism "produced by the national sovereign of the Charter of Memphis Mitzraim in Russia with the aim of educating readers in the field of history and the present of spiritual movements, their philosophy and symbolism.
Three volumes of the biographical dictionary of Russian masons of the XVIII century are compiled by the most authoritative and most widely known historian of Russian Freemasonry Andrei Ivanovich Serkov and contain about 4,000 biographies of Russian free masons. The work is a substantially supplemented and expanded version of the famous dictionary "Russian Freemasonry" (2001) of this author.
Freemasonry played a significant role in the formation of Russian secular culture, the formation of Russian society, the promotion of European values ​​and cultural phenomena in the country. Many most prominent representatives of the Russian aristocracy, army, politics, culture and art were involved in the work of Masonic workshops from their first appearance in the country in the reign of Peter I up to the first ban under Catherine II and then - at Paul I.
The publication is intended as intended For specialists studying the history and culture of Russia, and for a wide range of readers interested in these issues.
According to the reviews of domestic researchers" the most important milestone on the path of studying the problem of Freemasonry in Russia was the publication of the Encyclopedic Dictionary "Russian Freemasonry", prepared by A.I. Serkov. The appearance of this publication was an event not only for researchers of the phenomenon of Russian history and specialists in Russian biographics, but, without exaggeration, and for all domestic culture. And given the international nature of Freemasonry, its involvement in international scientific, cultural, literary relations, we can say that this vocabulary acquires exceptional importance not only for Russia and the spaces that have once been part of the Russian Empire, but also for many people living in Western Europe "(I. Strekalovskaya, Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences - guidelines. Issue 7. M., 2011. P.88)