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11 Jun
A 1927 Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage in Moscow designed by the Constructivist architects Konstantin Melnikov and Vladimir Shukhov is to be transformed into a gallery for contemporary art and culture – “CCC Moscow”. The project is the brainchild of Daria Zhukova, whose partner is the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
14 Mar
On March 19 there will be 86 years since the TV and radio tower in Shabolovka, Moscow was put into operation. During the last year the organizations responsible for preservation of the memorial of architecture of not only Russian but also of a world heritage did nothing to restore the lattice hyperboloid tower-shell and to turn it into a full-value tourist object. At the same time the steel construction continues to destroy slowly an soon may be completely lost!
12 Mar
Information regarding the main events and actions that took place under the initiative of the "Shukhov tower Foundation" from the beginning of 2007 till March, 2008.
29 Oct
The Foundation’s statement about the examination and restoration of the Shukhov tower in Moscow. In the first half of October the mass media published advertisements and interviews that considered the repair of the Shukhov tower in Moscow without setting free the adjacent territory and with building of various structures, not foreseen by the V.G. Shukhov’s design, into the tower’s foundation. The building of foreign structures into the architectural memorial will turn it into a sham. The Foundation’s council and the European experts consider such renovation unacceptable and unworthy of the great masterpiece of the world’s architecture. Any actions to preserve the Shukhov tower in Shabolovka, Moscow are impossible without serious examination of the condition of the architectural memorial’s structures. The Foundation collects the funds of sponsors to make the examination of the tower.
19 Sep
The jubilee of the V.G.Shukhov technical university in Belgorod. On September 18 Vladimir Fyodorovich Shukhov, President of the “Shukhov tower” Foundation took part in the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Vladimir Grigorievich Shukhov Belgorod state technical university. Before the beginning of festivities V.F. Shukhov together with his daughter Sofia visited Graivoron, the town where the great V.G. Shukhov was born. The main purpose of the visit to Graivoron was to discuss the idea of creating the Shukhov museum which was put forward by the administration of the area.
17 Sep
The “Shukhov tower” Foundation continues its project for the salvation of Shukhov tower on Oka River and the world’s first overhead covers-shells of V.G. Shukhov’s design in Vyksa. The delegation of German and Austrian scientists head by Professor Reiner Graefe, Director of Institute for the history of construction and protection of the architectural memorials at the University of Innsbruck (Austria) arrived to Nizhniy Novgorod in order to prepare for the repair works at the 128–meter tower-bearing of the NiGRES electric main. At same time the European scientists will take part in the development of a program for the restoration of unique steel lattice overhead covers-shells of double curvature built by Vladimir Grigorievich Shukhov over the steel-rolling workshop of Vyksa metallurgical works.
03 Jul
In 2007 the Vyksa metallurgical works (OAO “VMZ” – former Batashev works) will be 250. The same year the world’s first lattice thin-shell-overhead cover of double curvature and the hyperboloid steel lattice tower built by V.G. Shukhov in Vyksa on the territory of Batashev works will be 110. The 3-d International scientific conference “Industrial heritage” held in Vyksa, Nizhniy Novgorod region from June 28 till July 1, 2007 was timed to the jubilee of OAO “VMZ”. The United metallurgical company (ZAO “OMK”), VMZ, the administrations of Vyksa area and the town of Vyksa, Historical and sociological institute of the N.P.Ogaryov Mordovsky state university and others became the organizers of the conference.
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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