Kammala wannan jumlar: Shi ɗan Joseph Sherwood ne, injiniyan Anglo-Rasha wanda mahaifinsa William Sherwood ne, injiniyan injiniyan katolika wanda ya zo Rasha a gayyatar Tsar Paul I a ranar 11 ga Oktoba, 1800. Joseph ya mutu sa'ad da Vladimir yake ɗan shekara biyar. Kawunsa John Sherwood ya kasance mai tasiri a cikin hidimar Tsar Alexander I. A gaskiya John Sherwood (Ivan Sherwood Verny a Rasha) shi ne alhakin bayar da rahoton da
Dekabrist Conspiracy a 1825, sabis wanda aka ɗaukaka shi kuma aka ba shi lambar girmamawa Shervud Vernyi - Sherwood Mai Aminci. Vladimir Osipovich ya zama ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun gine-ginen Alexander III na Revival na Rasha, wanda aka kuma san shi da Plevna Chapel da kuma tunawa da Nikolay Pirogov a Moscow.