Andrey Chokhov

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Andrey Chokhov, also spelled Chekhov (Андрей Чохов (Чехов) in Russian) (c. 1545 – 1629, allegedly 8 December, Moscow) was a highly prominent Russian cannon and bell caster. He worked in Moscow at the Cannon Yard for more than 40 years, where he was responsible for casting many heavy weapons. Over 20 were documented, from 1568 to 1629, including the Tsar Cannon cast in 1586. His traditions were continued by the Motorin family.

Biography

Andrey Chokhov was born in about 1545, and entered the teaching of the well-known master cannon caster Kashpir Ganusov at a very young age, and stood out from the mass of Ganusov's students who performed regular work.

Chokhov took the lead in casting cannons in Moscow in 1590.^[1]

Chokhov as cannon maker

Andrey Chokhov began his career at the

Andrey Chokhov is also known as a bell founder.

In 1594 and 1603, he cast two huge bells (called благовестники, or blagovestniki) weighing 625

His biggest bell weighing 40 tons (cast in 1600) didn't survive to this day, as well as the so-called Godunov Bell (also known as Old Assumption Bell, or Resurrection Bell), which would be destroyed by fire in 1701.[2]

See also

• List of Russian inventors

References