Ivan Fyodorov (printer)

Image:Fedorovstamp.jpgIvan Fedorov (Fyodorov) (Ива́н Фёдоров) was the founder of book printing in Russia and Ukraine. He was also known as master of cannon making and inventor of multi-barrel mortar.

Together with Pyotr Mstislavets, he printed in Moscow the first Russian dated printed book Apostol on March 1, 1564. Later he worked in Belarus and Ukraine. In 1580-81 he printed the first complete Slavic Bible. It is known as Ostrozhskaya Bibliya, because it was printed on the premises of the estate of kniaz Konstantin Ostrozhsky at Ostroh, Ukraine. He died in Lviv on December 14, 1583 and is buried there.