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Shukhov Tower in Polibino
Water tower in Polibino, Lipetsk Oblast, Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Shukhov Tower (disambiguation).
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The Shukhov Tower in Polibino, designed in 1896 by Russian engineer and architect Vladimir Shukhov, is the world's first diagrid hyperboloid structure.[1][2][3][4] The tower is today located in the former estate of Yury Nechaev-Maltsov in the selo of Polibino in Lipetsk Oblast in Russia.