Day of the day: Vladimir Shukhov
On August 28, 1853, an engineer and architect Vladimir Shukhov was born. Personal business Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov (1853–1939) was born in the city of Grailooron of the Kursk province, in the family of a poor official. Due to the official movements of his father, the family often moved. In childhood, Vladimir Shukhov spent a lot of time in Pozdaevka - the Kursk estate of his mother. In 1863, he entered the fifth St. Petersburg classical gymnasium.