ENGLISH TRACE IN RUSSIAN FREEMASONRY
The development of the ideals of freemasons in Russia in XVIII-XIX centuries is a recognized fact. Freemasonry as entirely new knowledge of the world and man caused great interest in rising intelligentsia at the end of XVIII century and called the change in the system of values of the most progressive layers of the society. Freemasonry ideas entered Russia through numerous cultural citations including the elements of the English esthetic traditions as well as world outlook. Apprehension, adoption and further development of masonry ideas are reflected in various manifestations of political, social, economic and cultural life of Russia at the time.