Mendeleev Museum Archive

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MENDELEEV MUSEUM ARCHIVE of St. Petersburg State University (2 Mendeleevskaya Line), founded in 1911 upon the initiative of D. I. Mendeleev's students and colleagues occupies three rooms on the ground floor of the Twelve Colleges building, where the scholar lived in 1866-90. The apartment was visited, among others, by I. N. Kramskoy, А. I. Kuindzhi, I. E. Repin, V. V. Stasov, and I. I. Shishkin. The memorial study, which became the centre of studying and promoting his legacy, was enlarged and in 1953 reorganised into a science archive and museum (the formation of the science exposition was completed by 1956). The exposition shows Mendeleev’s main scientific activities, presents a collection of unique equipment with many pieces constructed by Mendeleev himself; the library contains about 20,000 books. The museum also has a collection of painting copies collected by Mendeleev. The scholar's personal archive with manuscripts, letters, and diaries counts over 16,000 items. The museum annually serves as a research venue for some 500 researchers from different countries.

References: Музей Д. И. Менделеева: Путеводитель. Л., 1975; Добротин Р. Б. Музей Д. И. Менделеева при Ленинградском университете // Природа. 1984. № 2. С. 33-39.

N. L. Korsakova. Kramskoy Ivan Nikolaevich
Kuindzhi Arkhip Ivanovich
Mendeleev Dmitry Ivanovich
Repin Ilya Efimovich
Shishkin Ivan Ivanovich
Stasov Vladimir Vasilievich
Mendeleevskaya Line/Saint Petersburg, city, house 2
Музей-архив Д. И. Менделеева: Путеводитель. 2-е изд. Л., 1969
Добротин Р. Б. Музей Д. И. Менделеева при Ленинградском университете // Природа, 1984 Twelve Collegiums Building