Find out about the life and work of Dmitri Mendeleev, and learn how he discovered what is now known as the Periodic Table of Elements.

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Moscow State University offers resource links about Dmitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist. Includes biographies, writings, pictures, periodic laws, and more.

A short biography of Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and learn more about this famous composer.

This biography on scientist Dmitri Mendeleev details his childhood, gives information on his scientific studies, and discusses his formal presentation made to the Russian Chemical Society in which he detailed his findings on elements.

A brief profile of Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, one of the G20 leaders at the 2010 Summit in Toronto.

This resource provides information on the periodic table constructed by Dmitri Mendeleev.

This overview of the life and accomplishments of chemist Dmitri Mendeleev discusses his upbringing and education. It also provides details on his creating the Periodic Table and his presentation to the Russian Chemical Society.

Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Dmitri Shostakovich, born on September 25, 1906.

Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Dmitri Kabalevsky, born on December 30, 1904. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Kabalevsky.

Overview of Mendeleyev's life and how his peers were at first skeptical when he formulated his periodic table.

This essay, written for Teachers' Domain, describes the foresight and pattern recognition that Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleyev used to develop the modern periodic table of elements.

Video explains why the periodic table devised by Dmitri Mendeleev has endured and how it has predicted the existence of elements. [4:25] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.

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An image of Dmitri Shostakovich.

An image of Dmitri Shostakovich.

An image of Dmitri Shostakovich.

A brief outline of Mendeleev's life from PBS. Not much information, but does hit upon the highlights of his life.

Explains how Dmitri Mendeleev created the periodic table of elements, how it was organized, the changes made by Henry Moseley in 1931, some characteristics of element groups, and what the atomic mass, number, and abbreviation each...

Moscow State University offers resource links about Dmitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist. Includes biographies, writings, pictures, periodic laws, and more.

This page from ScienceWorld provides a brief biography of Dmitri Mendeleev, the Russian chemist who helped to develop the periodic table of the elements.

An image of "Portrait of Dmitry V. Golitsyn", created by George Dawe, c. 1825 (Oil on canvas, 70 x 63 cm).

Dimitri Shostakovich's (1906-1975 CE) first job was playing piano at a movie house when he was still quite young. He lost the job because he would laugh so hard at the funny parts of the movie that he would quit playing. Read more about...

An image of "Portrait of Prokofiy Demidov", created by Dmitry Grigorevich Levitsky in 1773 (Oil on canvas, 223 x 166 cm).