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Apostol (1564)

1564 · 16th century

The Apostol of 1564 is the first precisely dated book printed in Moscow, produced by Ivan Fyodorov and Pyotr Mstislavets at the Moscow Print Yard and completed on 1 March 1564. A liturgical book containing the Acts and Epistles of the apostles in Church Slavonic, it was printed with the support of Ivan IV and Metropolitan Macarius and marks the beginning of Russian book printing.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Apostol (1564). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/apostol-1564
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