Ivan Fyodorov (printer)

Ivan Fyodorov
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
Occupations	Inventor craftsman
Known for	first 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 the first known printer in Moscow and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, he was also a skilled cannon maker and the inventor of a multibarreled mortar.