Working the rough stone
freemasonry and society in eighteenth-century Russia
by Smith, Douglas
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Using a wealth of archival sources previously unavailable, this first study of eighteenth-century Russian Freemasonry to appear in English examines the Masonic lodges and their meaning for the men who were drawn to them. As some of the earliest organizations in Russia to open membership beyond social class, the lodges offered the opportunity for social interaction, personal discipline, and a free exchange of ideas.
Teaching new standards of civility and politeness, they helped to prepare the way for the birth of a civil society in Russia.
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Freemasonry, Intellectual life, Social conditions, Enlightenment, History, Freemasons, history, Soviet union, history, 1689-1800Places
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Working the rough stone: freemasonry and society in eighteenth-century Russia
1999, Northern Illinois University Press
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087580246X 9780875802466
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-247) and index.
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