Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko ia te tama a Joseph Sherwood, he kaipūkaha Anglo-Russian, ko tana papa ko William Sherwood, he kaipūkaha miihini miihini Katorika i haere mai ki Russia i te tono a Tsar Paul I i te Oketopa 11, 1800. I mate a Hohepa i te wā e rima tau a Vladimir. Ko tana matua keke a John Sherwood he rangatira whai mana i te ratonga a Tsar Alexander I. I roto i te meka John Sherwood (Ivan Sherwood Verny i roto i te Russian) i te kawenga mō te pūrongo i te
Dekabrist Conspiracy i te tau 1825, he ratonga i whakahonoretia ai ia, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te honore Shervud Vernyi - Sherwood te Pono. Ko Vladimir Osipovich tetahi o nga kaihoahoa rongonui o te putanga Alexander III o te Russian Revival, i mohiotia hoki mo tana Plevna Chapel me te whakamaharatanga a Nikolay Pirogov i Moscow.