Львiв. Вид-во Львiвського державного унiверситету. 1975. 152 pages. The print run is 4000 copies. Цiна 1 крб. 27 коп. The emergence of book printing in Russia and Ukraine in the 16th century is associated with the name of the first printer, educator, and progressive figure Ivan Fedorov. In 1572-1583 he lived in Ukraine. Almost three-quarters of his printed heritage was created during this time. Many works are devoted to the life and work of Ivan Fedorov. However, this topic is also of interest to researchers in your time. The book by senior researcher of the Institute of Social Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Candidate of Historical Sciences Ya. D. Isaevich provides a detailed review of the available literature. When writing the monograph, the author refers directly to the primary sources-to the publications of Ivan Fedorov, which are stored both in libraries of our country and abroad. It also uses new archived data. The content of a peer-reviewed book is broader than its title. In fact, it traces the entire life and work of Ivan Fedorov. The research structure is based on the chronological-thematic principle. This gave him the opportunity to consistently highlight the life of Ivan Fedorov. However, the paragraphs about Ivan Fyodorov's activities in Moscow and Belarus should be separated from the second chapter ("The First Cyrillic printing houses and their significance for Ukraine") in a separate chapter. Speaking about the prerequisites for the emergence of printing in Ukraine, the author describes the situation of the Ukrainian lands, which were first part of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and after the Union of Lublin in 1569-the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with its magnate-gentry orders, the restriction of the rights of the Ukrainian and Belarusian Orthodox population, and the strengthening of feudal-serf oppression. Y. D. Isaevich traces in detail the development of relations between Russia and Ukraine mainly in the field ... Читать далее