2011 La Masonería en el mundo – Rusia (3) Archivo C I E M - Madrid Documentación - países Adrian Mac Liman Centro Ibérico de Estudios Masónicos (CIEM) 03/04/2011 Noteworthy members Of the Grand Orient of France in Russia and the Supreme Council of the Grand Orient of Russia’s People Compiled by Mr. Andrei Priahin, Moscow, Russia The following list of names is derived from the writings of a number of Russian authors and is presented with no guarantee of accuracy. The authors' historical and political objectivity is not without question, nor are their citations and souces documented. Note that neither the Grand Orient of France in Russia nor the Grand Orient of Russia’s People are recognized as regular Freemasonry. Name Notes Lodges Vyrubov Grigoriy Nikolayevich Mason of 33° of French rite. "Rose of the perfect silence" (1843 - 1913) "Grand Orient of France". (Worshipful Master), From 1888 a French citizen. "Grand Lodge of France", Professor of philosophy; a friend of "Grand Orient of France", August Comte, one of founders of Chairman of Convent of the positive philosophy; edited journal "Grand Orient of France".. "La philosophie positive" (1867-1883) together with Charles Robin. The former Scottish rite mason. Initiated on Jan. 7, 1874 in Paris. Permanently demanded involvement of Scottish rite free masonry in real life affairs, had a conflict with "Grand Lodge of France" (Scottish rite) and joined much more politicized "Grand Orient of France" (French rite). Worshipful Master of the emigrants" lodge "Rose of the perfect silence", member of Council of lodges, Chairman of Convent of the "Grand Orient of France" since 1882. Luginin V.F. Initiated by recommendation of G.N. Initiated in Paris in the end of Vyrubov XIX century. Grand Orient of France. Yablochkov P. N. First recognized inventor of Worshipful Master of three incandescent-filament bulb in the Scottish rite lodges in Paris, world. Initiated in the first three creator and the first Worshipful stepsof Scottish rite mason in the master of Scottish lodge beginning of 1876. Worshipful Master "Cosmos", 1887-1888. After its of three lodges in Paris under closure it resumed activities ten jurisdiction of Supreme Council of the years later, in 1898. French lodges"(Scottish rite). Created lodge "Cosmos" on June 25 1887 in Paris under the jurisdiction of the "Supreme Council of French lodges" of Scottish rite. Was its first Worshipful Master. His idee fix was to attract young and rich (!) Russian intellectuals learning in Paris, be it natural science or humanities and art students, so the entrance and annual fees was extremely high. He dreamed of "quality" lodge. Among young adepts were M.M. Kovalevsky (had his own villa at the French Riviere where later used to arrive to his friend Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, great Russian dramatist), S.A. Kotlerovsky (Kotlyarevsky), de Roberti la Serda that was all initiated in the Parisian "Cosmos" lodge in 1888. By his recommendation was initiated N.N. Bazhenov. N.N. Bazhenov was initiated in three steps of Scottish Rite by recommendation of P.N. Yablochkov in 1884. Muromtsev S.A. Professor. The first Moscow Masonic circle Founder of the first Moscow Masonic "Beseda" ("The Conversation") circle "Beseda" ("The Conversation"). Deputy of I State Duma. Zhdan-Pushkin Andrei French rite free mason when studied "Les etudiants" ("Students"), in Paris. Lodge of the Quatier Latin Paris, Grand Orient of France. and Sorbonne. Staal Alexey F. French rite free mason when studied "Les etudiants" ("Students"), in Paris. Lodge of the Quatier Latin Paris, Grand Orient of France. and Sorbonne. Rapp Yevgeniy French rite free mason when studied "Les etudiants" ("Students"), in Paris. Lodge of the Quatier Latin Paris, Grand Orient of France. and Sorbonne. Arkadsky-Dobrenovich French rite free mason when studied "Les etudiants" ("Students"), Constantin in Paris. Lodge of the Quatier Latin Paris, Grand Orient of France. and Sorbonne. "Cosmos"(№288) Scottish rite Writer. Initiated as an apprentice in lodge (resumed from 1898) in the "Cosmos" (№288) Scottish rite Paris. Worshipful Master d-r lodge (resumed from 1898) in Paris. Nicole. Amfiteatrov Alexander V. Writer and journalist. "Cosmos"(№288) Scottish rite May 16, 1905 initiated in Scottish rite lodge (resumed from 1898) in lodge "Cosmos" (№288) in Paris. Paris. Worshipful Master d-r Later in Russia Worshipful Master of Nicole. various free masons" lodges. Khodorkowski Mechanic. Member of a lodge in Grand Orient of France France. Lebedinsky Dentist. Member of a lodge in Grand Orient of France France. Dubnikov Dmitry Actor. Member of a lodge in France. Grand Orient of France Ivanovsky Sculptor. Member of a lodge in Grand Orient of France France. Kerkov Industrialist. Member of a lodge in Grand Orient of France France. Krasnov-senior Commissioner. Member of a lodge in Grand Orient of France France. Krasnov-junior Engineer. Member of a lodge in Grand Orient of France France. Levidov Member of a lodge in France. Grand Orient of France Raisky Industrialist. Member of a lodge in Grand Orient of France France. Rozanov N.S. Member of a lodge in France. Grand Orient of France Stoikov Physician (then a student). Member Grand Orient of France of a lodge in France. Trigorov Engineer Iwho worked in Algier). Grand Orient of France Member of a lodge in France. Wilbuszewicz Member of a lodge in France. Grand Orient of France Zelinsky Physician. Member of a lodge in Grand Orient of France France. Sergeyev-Tsensky Writer, popular in the Soviet time. Grand Orient of France Member of a lodge in France. d-r Nicole (Finkelstein A Polish Jew from Romania "Cosmos"(№288) Scottish rite Nathan) (Bucharest), French citizen (from 8 lodge (resumed from 1898) in April 1890), Worshipful Master of the Paris. Worshipful Master d-r awakened from the sleep the Nicole. "Cosmos" (№288) Scottish rite lodge Other Russian members: in Paris. M.M. Kovalevsky, Roberti la Serda (both since April 29 1904), Amfiteatrov, Gambarov, Tamamshev, Ye. Anichkin (all since 16 May 1905), Kedrin, Maklakov and Vasiliy Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko, K. Arkadsky-Dobrenovich, I.Z. Loris-Melikov, A. Trachevsky. After Kedrin’s interview in The New Time, the reactionary newspaper Rech wrote: "Kedrin admitted with his Jesuitical frankness that he’s a participant of one of the freemasonic lodges, but foreign ones." This "but foreign ones" changes much, because Kedrin was dismissed from top rank freemasons because of admittance of belonging to Russian masons.It’s clear that it was just a pretext to make him go. De Roberti de Castro la Serda Initiated in the Scottish rite "Cosmos" Initiated in the Scottish rite Ye. V. lodge in 1887-1888 by Yablochkov "Cosmos" lodge in 1887-1888. P.N. among other Russian students First "Cosmo" (№ 288). The studying in France. resumed Scottish rite lodge April 29, 1905 initiated in the "Cosmo" (№288). Both in Paris. resumed Scottish rite lodge "Cosmos" (№288) in Paris. Blanc R.M. Participant of the first lodges in Participant of the first lodges in Russia. Russia. Prugavin A.S. Participant of the first lodges in Participant of the first lodges in Russia. Russia. Starkova V. Journalist. Lady- mason. Initiated in Paris in the end of XIX century. French rite free masonry. Galperin-Kaminsky I.D. Translator. Initiated in Paris in the end of XIX century. Berberov R.I. Banker. Initiated in Paris in the end of XIX century. Arszawski A.M. Physician. Initiated in Paris in the end of XIX century. Lunacharsky Anatoliy Bolshevik Govt minister of education "Grand Orient of France Vasilyevich (October 1917 - 1929). Trotsky (Bronstein) Lev Organizer of the Red Army. Lenin"s Davidovich right hand. Ideologist of the permanent revolution and of the world dominance of communism. According to Nina Berberova, he had been a free mason for several months when he was 17 years old. Lenin (Ulyanov) Vladimir Iyich Founder of the Communist Party, of Allegedly "L"Union de Belleville" (1970 - 1924) the largest totalitarian state and of (Paris). the extremist antinational form of the communist and socialist ideology. The first of the greatest dictators of the 20th century. Russian of German, Swedish, Jewish and Kalmyk roots. His grandgrandfather, who was burgemeister of one of the Hansa cities acquired a reputation of extremely cruel ruler. Lenin considered German language to be his second native one. Considered Jews, Letts and Hungarians to be more clever and appropriate for making socialist revolution than "those lazy Russians". By this reason stimulated proliferation, including marriages, of Jews and Letts into the ruling elite of the new Soviet state, now known as "nomenclature". (In the 30s Letts and their families were repressed. In the 50s when there came the turn of Jews Stalin died and failed to resurrect pure Russian ruling class). Lenin co-operated secretly with many forces that enabled him to usurp State power in Russia, including German General Staff through, for example, Alexander Lazarevich Parvus (Gelfand), shadow tutor of Lenin and Trotsky, big businessman, etc., this "Louis Cypher" of the Russian revolution whose connections with Geman military circles were revealed and published by a free mason P.N. Pereverzev. Allegedly French rite mason of the "L"Union de Belleville" (Paris) in 1902. Lenin was a fan and a close friend of the revolutionary pop-singer G.M. Montegus who occurred to have been a French police informer. Besides he was a member of the Masonic lodge "L"Union de Belleville" (Paris). Nemirovich -Danchenko Son of the Russian merchant. "Cosmos"(№288) Scottish rite Vladimir Semyonovich He was a friend and assistant of of lodge (resumed from 1898) in the world famous theatre reformer Paris. (Worshipful Master d-r K.S. Stanislavsky (in U.S.A. his Nicole). Scottish rite lodge "Mont modern follower was Leigh Strasberg Sinai" (№6) 1905 in Paris.