title: Mendeleyevskaya
text: # Mendeleyevskaya
  
  Mendeleyevskaya (Russian: Менделе́евская, pronunciation (help·info)) is a Moscow Metro station on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line. It is located in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow.
  
  It was opened on 31 December 1988. The station was designed by Nina Aleshina and Natalya Samoilova on the theme of Dmitri Mendeleev and his works.
  
  Its depth is 48.5 meters (159 ft). The transfer to the Novoslobodskaya station of the Koltsevaya Line is available.
  
  A stray dog named Malchik lived at the station, and after he was killed a monument Compassion (Russian: Сочувствие) was erected in the station.
  
  