Mendeleyevsk | city, district center

Russia / Tatarstan / Mendeleyevsk /
 city, district center
Mendeleyevsk (Russian: Менделе́евск; Tatar: Менделеевск) is a town and the administrative center of Mendeleyevsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the right bank of Nizhnekamskoye Reservoir, 238 kilometers (148 mi) from the republic's capital of Kazan. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 22,075.
It was founded as the selo of Bondyuga (Бондюга) in the 18th century. It was granted urban-type settlement status and renamed Bondyuzhsky (Бондюжский) in 1928. In 1967, it was granted town status and given its present name after Dmitry Mendeleyev, who visited the factory there.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendeleyevsk
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Coordinates:   55°53'51"N   52°18'51"E