Russian Freemasonry in the 18th and first quarter of the 19th century. Research and materials on the era of Catherine II

Alexander Nikolaevich Pypin (1833 - 1904) - historian of Freemasonry, philologist, literary critic, ethnographer, academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1898), vice president of AN (1904), cousin N. G. Chernyshevsky. Active state adviser. The book of Pypin contains his many years of work on the history of Freemasonry in Russia, such as: general comments on Russian Freemasonry, Masonic Ritual, the first lodges in Russia, Rosicrust, Illumination and Moscow Martinists in the representation of Catherine II, etc. also includes a thorough pointer of Russian lodges from The first introduction of Freemasonry before its prohibition (1717-1829) and homunculus. Circulation 30 copies. Made using Print-on-Demand technology