Mendeleyevskaya

For other uses, see Mendeleyevsky.

Mendeleyevskaya (Russian: Менделе́евская, pronunciation^ⓘ) is a Moscow Metro station on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line. It is located in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow.

Mendeleyevskaya Менделеевская
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Tverskoy District Central Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.7810°N 37.6011°E / 55.7810; 37.6011
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	deep level column station, triple-vault
Depth	48.5 metres (159 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	137
History
Opened	31 December 1988; 36 years ago (1988-12-31)
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station Savyolovskaya towards Altufyevo Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line Tsvetnoy Bulvar towards Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo Belorusskaya anticlockwise / outer Koltsevaya line transfer at Novoslobodskaya Suvorovskaya clockwise / inner
Route map Legend Altufyevo Bibirevo Otradnoye Vladykino yard Vladykino Petrovsko-Razumovskaya Timiryazevskaya Dmitrovskaya Savyolovskaya Mendeleyevskaya Tsvetnoy Bulvar Chekhovskaya Borovitskaya ()() Moskva River Polyanka Serpukhovskaya Tulskaya () Nagatinskaya Nagornaya Nakhimovsky Prospekt Sevastopolskaya Chertanovskaya Varshavskoye yard Yuzhnaya Prazhskaya Ulitsa Akademika Yangelya Annino MKAD Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo This diagram: view talk edit
Location Mendeleyevskaya Location within Central Moscow

It was opened on 31 December 1988. The station was designed by Nina Aleshina and Natalya Samoilova keeping to the theme of Dmitri Mendeleev and his works.^[1]

Its depth is 48.5 meters (159 ft). The transfer to the Novoslobodskaya station of the Koltsevaya Line is available.

History

The station was opened on 31 December 1988 as part of the Chekhovskaya — Savelovskaya section, after which it became the 138th operational station in the Moscow Metro. The initial proposal was to name the station Novoslobodskaya, as well as the current station on the Ring Line. Upon opening, it was named after the namesake of the nearby D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia.^[2]

Description

Monument Compassion on 2019 stamp of Russia

The station hall is coated with white marble, and the floor is lined with gray and black granite. The track walls are decorated with inserts featuring stylized images of the deformation electron density of various binary molecules. The idea of inserts was proposed by the staff of D. I. Mendeleev Russian University of Chemical Technology, who took an active part in the development of the station's design. Moreover, the station lamps are designed in way to resemble the structure of crystal lattice. From the center of the hall, stairways lead to the koltsevaya line station "Novoslobodskaya". The arches of the station halls are supported by columns through shaped wedge-shaped lintels.^[3]

A stray dog named Malchik lived at the station, and after he was killed in 2001 as a result of a conflict with a local resident walking a purebred dog, a monument Compassion (Russian: Сочувствие) was erected in the station.^[4]

See also

• Malchik