this is the name of peter mstislavets, who was born in our city, he went to moscow, met ivan fedorovse was founded, and they began to print liturgical books. 1563 to 1564 such liturgical books as the book of hours, the apostle, and the gospel were printed, but the church declared them heretics, they were forced to flee the grand duchy of lithuania, where they continued their activities. to the big unfortunately, we don’t know when pyotr mstislavets was born or when he died, but his work will survive centuries. according to some reports. fedorov, like mstislavets, is from these glorious places. if the information is confirmed, then we can safely say that book printing throughout russia arose largely thanks to the natives of the mstislav region. the petrumstislav people monument was erected on the main square in 2001, to celebrate the day of slavic literature. he is not the only one in the city. there is another one installed about a twenty minute walk 15 years earlier than that. we are heading towards him. the second monument stands near the oldest building in mstislavl, the church of

pyotr mstislavets, not a politician, but a pioneer printer, a follower of francis skarina and an associate of ivan fedorov. one name is enough to glorify us for all ages and all times. this is peter'samous man who was born in our city, he went to moscow, met ivan fedorov there, a printing house was founded, and they began to print liturgical books, from 1563 to 1564 years such liturgical books as the book of hours, the apostle, and the gospel were published, but the church declares them heretics. they were forced to flee to the grand duchy of lithuania, where they continued their activities. unfortunately, we do not know when pyotr mstislavets was born or when he died, but his work will survive centuries. according to some information, fedorov, like mstislavets, is from these glorious places. if the information is confirmed, then we can safely say that book printing throughout russia arose largely thanks to the natives mestislavshchina. the petrumstislav people monument was erected on the main square in 2001 to celebrate the day of slavic literature. it is not the only one in the city; there is one within a twenty-minute walk. another one, installed 15 years earlier, we are heading