While it's true that Mendeleev in 1892 became
head of the Archive of Weights and Measures
in St Petersburg, and evolved it into a
government bureau the following year, that
institution was never involved in setting any
production quality standards, but was issued
with standardising Russian trade weights and
measuring instruments. Furthermore, the 40%
standard strength was introduced by the
Russian government already in 1843, when
Mendeleev was nine years old. [28]
The basis for the whole story is a popular
myth that Mendeleev's 1865 doctoral
dissertation "A Discourse on the combination
of alcohol and water" contained a statement
that 38% is the ideal strength of vodka, and
that this number was later rounded to 40% to
simplify the calculation of alcohol tax.
However, Mendeleev's dissertation was about
alcohol concentrations over 70% and he never
wrote anything about vodka.[28][29]
Commemoration
A number of places and objects are
associated with the name and achievements
of the scientist.
In Saint Petersburg his name was given to the
National Metrology Institute [30] dealing with
establishing and supporting national and
worldwide standards for precise
measurements. Next to it there is a monument
to him pictured above that consists of his
sitting statue and a depiction of his periodic
table on the wall of the establishment.
In the Twelve Collegia building, now being the
centre of Saint Petersburg State University
and in Mendeleev's time – Head Pedagogical
Institute – there is Dmitry Mendeleev's
Memorial Museum Apartment [31] with his
archives. The street in front of these is named
after him as Mendeleevskaya liniya
(Mendeleev Line ).
In Moscow, there is the D. Mendeleyev
University of Chemical Technology of Russia .
[32]
After him was also named mendelevium,
which is a synthetic chemical element with
the symbol Md (formerly Mv) and the atomic
number 101. It is a metallic radioactive
transuranic element in the actinide series,
usually synthesized by bombarding
einsteinium with alpha particles.
A large lunar impact crater Mendeleev that is
located on the far side of the Moon, as seen
from the Earth, also bears the name of the
scientist.
Russian Academy of Sciences yearly awards
since 1998 Mendeleev Golden
Medal. [ citation needed]
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