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# The eight-petalled dome of GUM, incidentally, was created by our greatest engineer, Vladimir Shukhov
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/vosmilepestkovyi-kupol-guma-kstati-sozdan-nashim-velichaishim-inzhenerom-vladimirom-shukhovym/
- Published: 2019-09-04T12:05:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:43:37.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Architecture, Moscow, Science

The eight-petalled dome of GUM, incidentally, was created by our greatest engineer, Vladimir Shukhov. So GUM is a relative of Shukhov's television tower, of the Pushkin Museum with its glass roof, and of the Kiyevsky Railway Station with its arched covered train shed