“Observations on the design and building of the Roman Segovia Aqueduct”
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Vladimir Shukhov
Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov was a Russian and Soviet engineer-polymath, scientist and architect renowned for his pioneering works on new methods of analysis for structural engineering that led to breakthroughs in industrial design of the world's first hyperboloid structures, diagrid shell structures, tensile structures, gridshell structures, oil reservoirs, pipelines, boilers, ships and barges.…
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science · Russian polymath, engineer, scientist and architect (1853–1939) · inventor · architect · photographer · engineer · military engineer · physicist · scientist · civil engineer · also Vladimir Shukhov, Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov, Vladimir Grigorievich Shukhov, Vladimir G. Šuchov, V. G. Shukhov, Vladimir Grigoryevich Choukhov
Born 28 August 1853 · Died 2 February 1939 · Q313210
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1963· 1 entry
Soviet Union issued a postal stamp showing Shukhov and his tower (pictured)
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1939· 1 entry
Died 1939-02-02.
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1932· 1 entry
Awarded Hero of Labour (1932).
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1929· 1 entry
Awarded Lenin Prize (1929).
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1919· 1 entry
Framed his slogan: We should work independently from politics
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1894· 1 entry
A similar pipeline network was built in Grozny
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1877· 2 entries
Shukhov returned to Russia and joined the drafting office of the Warsaw–Vienna railroad
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Bari persuaded Shukhov to give up his medical education and to assume the office of Chief Engineer in a new company specializing in innovative engineering
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1864· 1 entry
Vladimir entered Saint Petersburg gymnasium from which he graduated with distinction in 1871
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1853· 1 entry
Born 1853-08-28.
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