Working the Rough Stone: Freemasonry and Society in Eighteenth-Century Russia (NIU Series in Slavic East European and Eurasian Studies)

Examines the forces that attracted many social and intellectual leaders of 18th-century Russia to Freemasonry as an instrument for change and progress. The author reveals how Freemasonry became a part of a larger social transformation that saw the development of literary circles and social clubs.