The book is dedicated to the life and work of the first Russian naturalist and engineer, the famous book printer Anisim Mikhailov Radishevsky, author of the famous “Charter of Military, Cannon and Other Affairs.” Information about the source study and historiography of the issue is provided, and an idea of the material culture of Russia at the end of the 16th - beginning of the 17th centuries is given. It is told about the Moscow Printing Yard, where Radishevsky worked for some time, about the Pushkarsky order. The main work of the hero of the book is analyzed - “The Charter of Military, Cannon and Other Affairs” and the role that the “Charter” played in the development of natural science and technical knowledge in Russia. For readers interested in the history of domestic science and technology.