Freemasonry in Ukraine
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Freemasonry in Ukraine (Ukrainian: Вільне мулярство, Вільне каменярство) has appeared sometime in the mid 18th century when the first lodges were created on its territory at that time within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Development of the freemasonry movement
On a record the first lodge of Three Brothers was created in the village of Vyshnivka in
The first lodge in Malorossiya (
In the Sloboda Ukraine existed a lodge "Palitsynska Akademia". The "Malorusian Secret Brotherhood" that was created by V.Lukashevych and sought the independence of Ukraine also was connected with freemasonry movement that continued to spread rapidly. In Kharkiv the most famous was the lodge "Umirayushchiy Sfinks" (Dying Sphinx) that was created sometime after 1764 when Kharkiv was visited by a Moscow University professor Viganda.
In 1822 Aleksandr I issued an order prohibiting freemasonry and it seemed that it will stop, however, the movement since then simply went underground.
See also
References
External links
- List of Freemasonry Lodges in Ukraine (in Ukrainian)
- Masonic Museum in Ukraine (in English)
- Freemasons for Dummies (in English)
- History of freemasonry in the Russian Empire (in Russian and Ukrainian)
- Freemasonry across the globe (in English)