Ivan Fyodorov (printer)

Ivan Fyodorov
The first monument to Fyodorov was unveiled in front of the Moscow Print Yard in 1909
Bornc. 1510–1525
Grand Duchy of Moscow (also possibly, not far from Minsk, Grand Duchy of Lithuania)
Died16 December 1583
Lviv, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Occupations
Known forfirst Russian printer

Ivan Fyodorov or Ivan Fеdorov[1] (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 also a skilled cannon maker and the inventor of a multibarreled mortar. Fyodorov was forced out of Moscow because of his attempts to employ the “blasphemous” new printing techniques, and found refuge in Poland–Lithuania, first in Zabłudów, then most notably in Ostroh, where he was instrumental in the publication of the Ostrog Bible.[2]

  1. ^ Jakobson & Jackson 1955, p. 8.
  2. ^ Subtelny, Orest (2009). Ukraine: A History. University of Toronto Press. p. 96.