In the center of the square of the same name is a monument to the world-famous Russian scientist, a native of the city of Tobolsk, D. I. Mendeleev. The authors of the project are the sculptor V. N. Nikiforov and the architect V. I. Nesterov. The monument was opened on February 8, 1984, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of D. I. Mendeleev.