in 1703–1711, the moscow print yard published the first russian newspaper "vedomosti". in 1710, proofreader fyodor polikarpov-orlov (future director of the publishing house in 1726-1731) presented a copy of the "alphabet" (азбука) with the pictures of ancient and contemporary slavonic letters to peter the great. in 1564–1711, the moscow print yard published approximately 700 kinds of books (some of them, such as the "alphabet", reached 10,000 copies in 1657-1677). in 1721, the print yard was transferred under the authority of most holy synod, its publishing house being transformed into synodal. in the middle of the 18th century, they constructed the baroque-style side housing together with the printing and library premises, which would close the perimeter of the yard (architects ivan fyodorovich michurin and dmitry ukhtomsky). in late 18th – early 19th century, the print yard building on nikolskaya street were dismantled and replaced with a monumental edifice of the synodal publishing house (1811-1815, architect ivan mironovsky). in the 19th century, the buildings of the publishing house were perceived as a single architectural ensemble with the towers and walls of kitai-gorod, with the add-ons and alterations by future generation architects (mikhail chichagov, nikolai artleben, s.slutsky and others).