To understand the political impact of Freemasonry on revolutions around the world, one must first grasp that there are two branches of Freemasonry that are distinctly seperate.
The first branch of Freemasonry is that originating from the Grand Lodge in London. It's members are theists and strongly libertarian. Many Freemasons affiliated with the London Lodge organised the American Revolution.
The second branch of Freemasonry is that originating from the Grand Oriental Lodge in Paris. It's membership is atheist, secretive, anti-religious, pro-equality. The revolutionary work of the membership have contributed to the French Revolution, the Portuguese Civil War and the Risorgimento.
The legally established Lodges in Russia were affiliated with the Grand Lodge in London. I do not know the affiliation of the clandestine lodges.
I would speculate that if any of the Russian Freemasons (connected to the Grand Lodge in London) were affiliated with a revolution it would be the Decemberist Revolution of 1825 rather than those of 1917. If there was Masonic involvement in the 1917 revolutions, I would strongly suspect the Oriental Lodge Freemasons.
I should add that here in America, Oriental Lodge Freemasons are not permitted to enter the Masonic Lodges. This may be the case with all Masonic bodies associated with the Grand Lodge in London.
DAP
(a non-Mason)
