Boris Bashilov’s “History of Russian Freemasonry” highlights the key issues of Russian history and the activities of “free masons” as a criminal, anti-national force seeking to destroy and dismember Russia. “...Historical cliques from among the professional destroyers of Russia have piled up a bunch of nonsense about the Decembrists. Heaps of books have been written in which the Decembrists are described as unprecedented heroes... The Decembrist uprising caused incalculable harm to Russia! It has created a divide between the government and sections of society. The monarchy, having no support in society, was forced to rely on the bureaucracy... This was the beginning of many troubles...”