Ivan Fyodorov (printer)
Ivan Fyodorov or Ivan Fеdorov (Russian: Ива́н Фёдоров; Ukrainian: Іван Федоров; born c. 1510 or c. 1525 – died December 16, 1583) sometimes transliterated as Fiodorov, was one of the fathers of Eastern Slavonic printing (along with Schweipolt Fiol and Francysk Skaryna), he was the first known Russian printer in Moscow and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, he was also a skilled cannon maker and the inventor of a multibarreled mortar.
Ivan Fyodorov | |
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The first monument to Fyodorov was unveiled in front of the Moscow Print Yard in 1909 | |
| Born | c. 1510–1525 Grand Duchy of Moscow (also possibly, not far from Minsk, Grand Duchy of Lithuania) |
| Died | 16 December 1583 Lviv, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Known for | first Russian printer |
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