Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Aiva mwanakomana waJoseph Sherwood, injiniya weAnglo-Russian uyo baba vake vakanga vari William Sherwood, injiniya weKaturike wemichina yekotoni uyo akanga auya kuRussia pakukokwa naTsar Paul I musi waOctober 11, 1800. Joseph akafa Vladimir ava nemakore mashanu. Babamunini vake John Sherwood vakanga vari mutevedzeri ane simba mubasa raTsar Alexander I. Kutaura zvazviri John Sherwood (Ivan Sherwood Verny muchiRussia) akanga ane mutoro wokushuma Decabrist Conspiracy
muna 1825, basa raakakudzwa naro ndokupiwa zita rokuremekedza rokuti Shervud Vernyi - Sherwood Akatendeka. Vladimir Osipovich akava mumwe wevakagadziri vanoonekwa zvikuru veAlexander III shanduro yeRussian Revival, anozivikanwawo nokuda kwePlevna Chapel yake uye Nikolay Pirogov chiyeuchidzo muMoscow.