The Russian Academy Of ArtsThe Russian Academy Of Arts| 02.12.2008 - 02.12.2008 |
On December 2, 2008 in Sretensky Boulevard there was an unveiling ceremony for the monument to the outstanding Russian engineer, inventor and architect Vladimir Shukhov designed by Salavat Sherbakov, Honored Artist of Russia, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts.
Vladimir Shukhov (1853-1939) is well known for his Shukhov Tower in Moscow (1922), structure of the roof of Upper Trading Rows (GUM, 1893), roof of Kievsky Railway Station (1918), as an inventor of the world’s first thermal cracking method, the first in Russia oil pipeline, oil tanker, engineer of over 400 railway bridges and many other industrial achievements.