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Book/Printed Material The First Russian Book Printer, 1583.

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Title

  • The First Russian Book Printer, 1583.

Summary

  • This book, published in Kiev in 1895, is a short biography of Ivan Fyodorov (circa 1510--83), intended for the general reader. Along with Schweipolt Fiol and Francysk Skaryna, Fyodorov was one of the fathers of printing in the East Slavic region. He graduated from Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, and later worked in Moscow, where he published liturgical works using movable type, the first books printed in Russia. He was driven from Moscow by scribes who feared competition from his innovation and fled to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, where he set up a press in Zabłudów (in present-day Poland). In 1572, he moved to L'viv (in present-day Ukraine, but at that time part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). In addition to being a printer, Fyodorov was an engraver, engineer, and cannon maker. The book describes the early development of printing in the East Slavic lands, Fyodorov's accomplishments, and his relationship to the society in which he lived.

Names

  • Andrievskii, A. Compiler.

Created / Published

  • Kiev : Kiev Commission of Popular Readings, 1895.

Headings

  • -  Lithuania
  • -  Poland
  • -  Russian Federation
  • -  Ukraine
  • -  1510 to 1583
  • -  Fedorov, Ivan, circa 1510-1583
  • -  Printing--Ukraine

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 24 pages.
  • -  Original resource at: Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine.
  • -  Content in Russian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666588

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Andrievskii, A. Compiler. The First Russian Book Printer. Kiev: Kiev Commission of Popular Readings, 1895. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666588/.

APA citation style:

Andrievskii, A. C. (1895) The First Russian Book Printer. Kiev: Kiev Commission of Popular Readings. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666588/.

MLA citation style:

Andrievskii, A. Compiler. The First Russian Book Printer. Kiev: Kiev Commission of Popular Readings, 1895. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666588/>.