The Origins of Russian Freemasonry

by Dr. Paul Kindlon () The author is Professor of Humanities – Moscow University Touro. By all accounts, Freemasonry in Russia dates back to 1731, when Captain John Phillips was appointed as the provincial grand master of Russia. Under the guidance of the “Royal Arch” in England, all Masonic activity in Russia was really organized by a “liaison” communicating instructions from this very elite lodge: his name was Anderson. https://russia-insider.com/en/history/origins-russian-freemasonry/ri15705