Russian Freemasonry. XVIII and I quarter of the XIX century. (book)

The book was edited and edited by G.V. Vernadsky , a specialist in Freemasonry at the beginning of the 20th century. It was published in 1916 at the Petrograd publishing house "Lights" ^{[2] [1]} .

Pypin’s book contains old articles, the author’s many years of work on the history of Russian Freemasonry : “General remarks on Russian Freemasonry”, “First Lodges in Russia”, “Masonic Ritual”, “ Rosicrucianism ”, “Illuminatism and Moscow Martinists in the presentation of Catherine II”, index of Russian lodges from the introduction of Freemasonry to its prohibition (1717-1829).

Pypin based his essays on the works of colleagues - M. N. Longinov , P. P. Pekarsky , S. V. Yeshevsky . Then Pypin's text was edited by G.V. Vernadsky, notes were added. In his book, Pypin talks about the history of mysticism, orders, various directions of occult teachings and magic ^{[2] [1]} .

• Pypin A.N. Russian Freemasonry: XVIII and First Quarter of the XIX Century / Ed., Foreword. and note. G.V. Vernadsky. - PG.: Lights, 1916. - 575 c .: tab.

• Pypin A.N. Russian Freemasonry. XVIII and I quarter of the XIX century. / Ed. and approx. G.V. Vernadsky . - Petrograd: ed. “Lights”, 1916. - 580 p. - Alpharet , 2008.

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