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16 Apr
On April 13, 2010 a meeting regarding the present condition of the architectural monument of the world significance, the radio-broadcasting tower in Shabolovka Street, Moscow – the Shukhov Tower — took place in the Committee for the cultural heritage of Moscow.
19 Mar
Famous British architect Sir Norman Foster has become the latest voice to join calls to save the iconic Shukhov radio tower.
14 Mar
Vladimir Grigorievich Shukhov was one of the greatest structural engineers of the early Twentieth Century and unquestionably the leading engineer of his era in Russia. He pioneered the use of entirely new structural systems, creating hyperboloid structures of double curvature whose lightness and geometric complexify defy the imagination, even in the computer age.
10 Mar
The radio tower in Shabolovka Street is the world known and one of the most significant masterpieces of architecture of the beginning of the XX century. The creator of the tower, Vladimir Grigorievich Shukhov, was a leading inventor of the contemporary building structures. Shukhov’s achievements may be compared only with the achievements of Gustave Eiffel, Robert Maillart or Eugene Freyssinet.
23 Oct
Yesterday the “Shukhov Tower” Foundation for the development of science, culture and art together with the Moscow department of the Union of artists of Russia and the Moscow Nobility Assembly held a press-conference devoted to the 175th anniversary of the Great Russian Maecenas Yuriy Stepanovich Nechaev-Maltsov (1834-1913), preservation of his heritage, renaming and restoring of the Museum of Fine Arts (now GMII after A.S. Pushkin) granted by him to Russia.
29 Jul
It is necessary to rescue the world’s first hyperboloid tower! The Shukhov tower in Polibino, Dankovskiy area in Lipetsk region is the only one preserved of the world’s first steel lattice shells invented and constructed according to the projects of V.G. Shukhov for the 1896 All Russian industrial and art exhibition in Nizhniy Novgorod. The “Shukhov Tower” Foundation urges you to make a donation for the anti-breakdown repair of the world’s first hyperboloid lattice tower!
17 Feb
On April 12, 1961 Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin made the world’s first flight of a man to space and became the first cosmonaut of the planet of Earth. Two years prior to the 50th anniversary of this great event it makes sense to carry out preparation of a PR-campaign reminding the world community about the flight of Yu. A. Gagarin. First of all, there must be made an advanced Internet portal about the preparation and the execution of the first space flight. It is necessary to prepare the publication of the multilingual photo albums and to make a high-class documentary.
The Shukhov Tower Foundation supports, promotes and realizes the scientific, technical and social ideas corresponding with the foundation's program, its aims and tasks. Not all of them can immediately be made out as the concrete detailed projects. That's why the Foundation publishes the ideas of new projects in order to discuss them, promote and choose the optimum forms and methods of realization. Some of the projects listed below the Foundation plans to realize as the concrete projects. The other projects the Foundation considers socially significant and favors their detailed discussion and promotion.
The Foundation considers the intellectual potential of Russia no less powerful than its reserves of raw materials. Russia was the first to send a man to space, it created and creates the unsurpassed systems of arms. Russian literature, ballet and musical culture won the recognition all over the world. This list can be continued. But the main thing is that it should be continued in the future. That's why the Foundation has advanced the idea to realize the project "Young talents of Russia". The project envisages the creation of an interactive system to reveal and develop the gifted children of a school age, to prepare them for entering the foremost profile institutes in order to work in the best companies in the future. It is planned to create special interactive resources on the Internet, the teaching and testing programs for personal computers, video programs, to organize the TV program-contest: "Young talents of Russia" and the educational TV channel. Maecenases and companies interested in the creation of a qualified staff reserve are invited to take part in the financing of the project.
During perestroika Russia lost the status of one of the key technological leaders of the world, which affects export volumes of the Russian scientifically capacious products, the international prestige of the Russian technologies and science. We suggest a non-standard way to increase the international technological prestige of Russia in order to promote the Russian machinery and technology in the world markets. The Foundation suggests creating of the Russian intellectual park on the basis of some technical institutes of Moscow and the existing infrastructure of the scientific cities in the Moscow region.
The success of new economic reforms in Russia depends to a large extent on the creation in the country of a large-scale market of the long-term financial obligations ("long and cheap" money). It is also necessary to create the system of life insurance and of additional pension maintenance on the basis of the state's debt regarding the deposits depreciated in 1992, and to make monthly payments to pensioners under policies. It will result in the creation of a powerful instrument of refinancing the mortgage programs and of the long-term investments into economy.
The Foundation invites to discuss the ideas and to consider possibilities of their realization. You can forward your letters to the following E-mail address: info@shukhov.ru The most interesting proposals will be advertised on our web site.
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