CAUCASIAN ÉMIGRÉS IN THE RUSSIAN MASONIC LODGES IN FRANCE (1922-1939)
Babich Irina
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Babich Irina
Abstract
This article, which is based on materials found in three French archives, looks at several scientific questions relating to the activities of Caucasian emigres in France in the 1920-1930s. The author concludes that Russians preferred to invite emigres from the Caucasus to their Masonic lodges who had either served in the Russian army, been employed as civil servants, or been elected to legislative bodies, and also took into account their attitude to Russia, the Russian culture, and the future of the Caucasus as part of the Russian Empire.
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This article, which is based on materials found in three French archives, looks at several scientific questions relating to the activities of Caucasian emigres in France in the 1920-1930s. The author concludes that Russians preferred to invite emigres from the Caucasus to their Masonic lodges who had either served in the Russian army, been employed as civil servants, or been elected to legislative bodies, and also took into account their attitude to Russia, the Russian culture, and the future of the Caucasus as part of the Russian Empire.
Key concepts: Civil servants, Legislature, Empire, Political science, Economic history, Ancient history, Russian culture, History