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Иван Фёдоров

Ivan Fëdorov

ca. 1510 - L'viv 1583
first Ukrainian/Russian/Belorussian bookprinter
(Wikipedia)

Sergey Volnukhin
1909

Description

Bronze statue of Fëdorov, showing the first book printer with in his right hand a printed impression, and in his left, he supports a print board. Despite the fact that the printer was ordained to the office of a deacon in the St. Nicholas Gostunsky church in the Moscow Kremlin, the monument's author depicted him in a gown traditionally worn by city people.

Inscription(s)

николы яюдотворца гостунъского діѧконъ ИВАНЪ ФЁДОРОВЪ 1563 19 апр	первѣе нача печатати на москвѣ стыѧ книги в лѣто 7070 первое априлѧ, въ 19 ради братіи монхъ и ближнихъ монхъ
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Annotation

Fëdorov's printer's shop on Nikolskaya Street was close to the location of this statue.

Old Postcard(s)

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Sculptor

Sergey Mikhaylovich Volnukhin - Сергей Михайлович Волнухин (Moscow 1859 - Gelendzhik 1921), Russian sculptor

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Памятник первопечатнику Ивану Фёдорову (Москва).
Moscow International Portal, Monuments and Statues.
Clow.ru, Монументальная летопись, file 17.

Locatie (N 55°45'32" - E 37°37'24") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ru067; Photograph: 9 July 2011
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