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The book is devoted to the construction activities of the architects Aristotle Fioravanti and his followers Fryazins (Gilardi). The Fryazins carried out the military orders of Ivan III, Vasily III and Elena Glinskaya for the construction of defensive structures and the casting of cannons in Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Pskov, Dorogobuzh, Ivan-gorod, Kolomna, Tula, Zaraysk. The author gives a lot of historical information about artillery pieces, fortresses, civil structures and churches, which were designed and built under the guidance of Italian masters. Illustrated (g)