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.

[2] In 1967, it was granted town status and given its present name[2] after Dmitry Mendeleyev, who visited the factory there.

[4] As of 1997, industrial enterprises in the town included a chemical plant, a bakery, and a fertilizer factory.

[2] Begishevo, the nearest airport, is located 50 kilometers (31 mi) south of Mendeleyevsk.

The nearest railway station is Tikhonovo on the Agryz–Akbash line, 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) to the south.