Contemporaries
Ivan Fyodorov
Printer · educator
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- 1563–1583
A pioneer of East Slavic printing. With Pyotr Mstislavets he produced the Moscow Apostol of 1564, the first precisely dated Russian printed book. He later worked in Zabludov, Lviv and Ostroh, publishing educational and liturgical texts and developing book design and typesetting. His career extended beyond Muscovy and forms part of the shared book culture of Eastern Europe.
- Life
- Birth date unknown — 1583
- On the timeline
- 1563–1583: documented printing and metalcasting activity
- Publications
- Apostol — 1564; Lviv primer — 1574; Ostroh Bible — 1580–1581