The monument to Shukhov and the science benches (Moscow)

Russia / Moscow / Moscow
 monument, 2008_construction
Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov (Russian: Влади́мир Григо́рьевич Шу́хов; August 28 [O.S. August 16] 1853 – February 2, 1939) was a Russian 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 world's first hyperboloid structures, diagrid shell structures, tensile structures, gridshell structures, oil reservoirs, pipelines, boilers, ships and barges. He is also the inventor of the first cracking method.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Shukhov
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Coordinates:   55°45'58"N   37°38'8"E
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