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Encyclopedic overview
Shukhov refers to: Boris Shukhov (*8 May 1947), a retired Soviet cyclist Vladimir Shukhov (1853–1939), a Russian engineer-polymath, scientist and architect.
Various structures in Russia and an industrial process bear his name: Structures: Shukhov Tower, Moscow Shukhov Rotunda Shukhov tower on the Oka River, Nizhny Novgorod Industrial process: Shukhov cracking process
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