Fyodor Dmitriev

Fyodor Dmitriev ( _ru. Фёдор Дмитриев) (? - after 1683) was a Russian bellmaker and student of Alexander Grigoriev, who worked at the Moscow Cannon Yard for more than 30 years.

By 1659, Fyodor Dmitriev had already become a professional bellmaker (колокольного дела мастер, or master bellmaker) and had four apprentices. He lived in Pushkarskaya sloboda in a parish of the Church of Sergius the Miracle Worker in Pushkari. Fyodor Dmitriev had a small workshop in his own yard, where he cast bells for sale and, occasionally, for the Cannon Yard. In 1666, he cast a 29-pood bell of the Church of Peter and Catherine on Pokrovka and nine signal bells. In 1667, Fyodor Dmitriev cast a 154-pood (2,5 tons) bell for Saint Basil's Cathedral at the order of tsar Alexis I of Russia. In 1680, he cast a bell for the Nabatnaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin, which would remain there for over 30 years and then shatter in 1714. This very bell would be later recast by Ivan Motorin.

Fyodor Dmitriev's name was last mentioned in the Cannon Yard expenses book under the year 1683. None of his bells were found or identified to this day.