On the Mendeleyevskaya metro station, there is a monument called, Compassion that was created by sculptor Alexander Zigal, animal painter Sergey Zigal, and Andrey and Petr Nalich. The monument is about a stray dog whose name was Malchik that lived and died in the underground passage. Its cruel death caused a huge public uproar. The caption on the monument says, “Compassion. Dedicated to a humane attitude toward homeless animals.”