Ivan Vladimirovich Lopukhin
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Ivan 'Jean' Vladimirovich Lopukhin (Russian: Лопухин Иван Владимирович) (1756–1816) was a Russian philosopher, mystic, writer and humanitarian.
Born to a wealthy family in 1756 in Voskreskenskoye, Lopukhin joined the Preobrazhensky Lifeguard regiment in 1775. He retired a colonel 7 years later due to health concerns. After serving as a counselor and later court president on the Moscow
Criminal court between 1782 and 1785, he was introduced to rosicrucianism, martinism
and freemasonry
through his friend Nikolay Novikov
and began a career as a writer and printer, while entering civil service. He became Senator in 1798.
In 1801, Tsar Alexander I
asked Lopukhin to investigate complaints by the Doukhobors, his reports in 1802 leading to their resettlement on the Molochnaya River, along with other religious minorities.
Born to a wealthy family in 1756 in Voskreskenskoye, Lopukhin joined the Preobrazhensky Lifeguard regiment in 1775. He retired a colonel 7 years later due to health concerns. After serving as a counselor and later court president on the Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
Criminal court between 1782 and 1785, he was introduced to rosicrucianism, martinism
Martinism
Martinism is a form of mystical and esoteric Christianity concerned with the fall of the first man, his state of material privation from his divine source, and the process of his return, called 'Reintegration' or illumination....
and freemasonry
Freemasonry
Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation that arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century. Freemasonry now exists in various forms all over the world, with a membership estimated at around six million, including approximately 150,000 under the jurisdictions of the Grand Lodge...
through his friend Nikolay Novikov
Nikolay Novikov
Nikolay Ivanovich Novikov was a Russian writer and philanthropist most representative of his country's Enlightenment. Frequently considered to be the first Russian journalist, he aimed at advancing the cultural and educational level of the Russian public....
and began a career as a writer and printer, while entering civil service. He became Senator in 1798.
In 1801, Tsar Alexander I
Alexander I of Russia
Alexander I of Russia , served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania....
asked Lopukhin to investigate complaints by the Doukhobors, his reports in 1802 leading to their resettlement on the Molochnaya River, along with other religious minorities.
Selective bibliography
- 1790 'Nravouchitelnyi Katezhizis Istinnykh Franmasonov'
- 1791 'Catechism of the True Freemason' Нравоучительный катехизис истинных франкмасонов
- 1791 'The Spiritual Knight or searching for wisdom”. Духовный рыцарь или ищущий премудрости
- 1794 'The effusion of the heart of the man of Desire”
- 1795 'The description of several pictures and tableaus based on some fragments, which are located in the archives of Internal Affairs explaining the motives, actions and downright blindness of the corrupt Frenchmen'
- 1795 'Improvisations to songs by Davydov'
- 1796 'The image of the dream of equality, and the violent freedom being the fruits thereof'
- 1798 'Some Characteristics of the Interior Church'