“Freemasonry in its past and present” is a series of collections of articles and materials devoted to the history of Freemasonry , its condition at the beginning of the 20th century, Masonic rituals and their attributes, philosophical and ideological content of Freemasonry.
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| Genre | history of freemasonry |
| Author | Melgunov S.P. |
| Original language | Russian |
| Date of first publication | 1914-1918 |
Content
Edition
The first two volumes were published in 1914 - 1915 . in Moscow in the publishing house "Zadruga" (with the participation of the publisher K. F. Nekrasov) under the editorship of a prominent historian Sergei Melgunov and N. P. Sidorov (a reprint of both volumes was published in 2006 in St. Petersburg by the Alpharet publishing house). The third volume was planned for publication in 1918 and was not published, but the lengthy article by A. A. Borovoy, “Modern Freemasonry in the West,” which was part of it, was published in 1923 as a separate publication [1] .
The collections fully and readily describe the history of the emergence and development of Western European and Russian Freemasonry, give literary portraits of the most prominent representatives of Freemasonry, special attention is paid to the study of Masonic rituals. Among the authors of the articles are Tira Sokolovskaya , historians Mitrofan Dovnar-Zapolsky , Vladimir Tukalevsky , Alexander Semeka, Evgeny Shumigorsky , literary scholars Ivan Rozanov and Nikolai Piksanov (with articles on Ivan Lopukhin and Mikhail Kheraskov, respectively) and others.
The publication is equipped with numerous illustrations - all kinds of attributes of the Masonic ritual, symbolic paintings, portraits of significant figures of Freemasonry, etc.
The materials of the series served as a source for scientists and writers. In particular, in his “Bulgakov Encyclopedia” B.V. Sokolov suggests Mikhail Bulgakov’s acquaintance with T.O. Sokolovskaya’s articles included in the collection “Masonic Systems” and “Ritualism of Freemasons” [2] .
Under the same title, “Freemasonry in its past and present,” in 1911 a book was published in Poltava by the publicist Vladimir Terletsky (reprinted in 1913 ).
Reprint
In the 1990s and 2000s, two-volume materials were repeatedly reproduced by various publishers in whole or in part, sometimes under a different name.
- Freemasonry in its past and present. In 2 volumes / Reprint reproduction of the 1914-1915 edition. - M .: SP "IKPA", 1991. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN not specified. (in per.)
- Secret Orders: Masons / Comp. A. N. Gopachenko; Artist-designer B.F.Bublik. - Kharkov: Folio; Kiev: Astarta; Rostov n / Don: Phoenix, 1997 .-- 480 p. - (Secret Archive). - 25,000 copies. - ISBN 966-523-120-0 . (in per.)
- History of Freemasonry / Otv. ed. V. A. Sukhanova. - Smolensk: Rusich, 2002 .-- 494 p. - (Popular Historical Library). - ISBN 5-8138-0326-2 . (in per.)
- Russian Freemasonry (Anthology) / Otv. ed. V. Krasnoshchekova. - M .: Eksmo , 2006 .-- 688 p. - (Secrets of ancient civilizations). - 4,000 copies. - ISBN 5-699-18614-X .
- Big Encyclopedia: Masons. In 2 volumes / According to the publication of 1914 - M .: Geleos, 2007. - 336 p .; 344 p. - 3,000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-8189-0949-3 (General), ISBN 978-5-8189-0950-9 (1 volume), ISBN 978-5-8189-0951-6 (2 volume). (in per.)
- Big Encyclopedia: Masons / According to the publication of 1914 / Ch. ed. Maria Grigoryan; Design by P. Ivashchuk. - M .: Geleos, Capital Trade Company, 2010 .-- 672 p. - 4,000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-412-00130-2 . (in per.)
See also
- Sakharov, Vsevolod Ivanovich
- Serkov, Andrei Ivanovich
- Karpachev, Sergey Pavlovich
- Brachev, Victor Stepanovich
Notes
- ↑ Borovoy A. A. Modern Freemasonry in the West. - M .: Zadruga, 1923 .-- 56 p. - (Freemasonry in its past and present). (region)
- ↑ Freemasonry // Bulgakov Encyclopedia.