Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akanga ari mwanakomana waJoseph Sherwood, injiniya weAnglo-Russian uyo baba vake vakanga vari William Sherwood, injiniya wechiKaturike wemichina yekotoni uyo akanga auya kuRussia pakukokwa naTsar Paul I pana October 11, 1800. Joseph akafa Vladimir ava nemakore mashanu. Babamunini vake John Sherwood vakanga vari mutevedzeri ane simba mubasa raTsar Alexander I. Chaizvoizvo John Sherwood (Ivan Sherwood Verny muchiRussia) akanga ane mutoro wokushuma
Chibvumirano cheDekabrist muna 1825, basa raakakwidziridzwa uye akapiwa 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.