He built Russia's first publishing house

One of the interesting facts about Ivan the Terrible is that he built Russia's first publishing house. The Moscow Print Yard (Russian:Мoсковский Печатный двор) was Russia's first publishing house. It was founded in Kitai-gorod in 1553 at the request of Ivan the Terrible. The ancient Print Yard headquarters currently houses the Russian State University for the Humanities.

Heinrich von Staden initially described the Moscow Print Yard in his book Aufzeichnungen über den Moskauer Staat. It is believed to have released Lenten Triodion, Triodion in Pictures, Gospel, Psalter, and more unpublished volumes (hence, another bookish name of the Print Yard - Anonymous Printing House). Ivan Fyodorov and Pyotr Timofeyev (Mstislavets) published the first dated book, Apostle (Апостол), on March 1, 1564, at the Moscow Print Yard. The printing house first published Chasovnik (Часовник, or Book of Hours) in 1565, followed by Psalter (1568).

The new technology sparked dissatisfaction among traditional scribes, resulting in an arson attack on the Print Yard. Ivan Fedorov and Pyotr Mstislavets, the first Russian printers, were compelled to evacuate Moscow to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Nonetheless, book printing restarted in 1568, with Andronik Timofeevich Nevezha and his son Ivan now in charge of the Print Yard. hours) and then Psalter (1568).