Mandelʹshtam is the remains of a large crater on the Moon's far side named after Leonid Mandelstam. Nearly attached to the northeast outer rim is the crater Papaleksi. To the south lies the crater Vening Meinesz.
Oblique Lunar Orbiter 1 image, at the terminator
Lunar Orbiter 2 image. Mandelʹshtam A is in the center of Mandelʹshtam, and Mandelʹshtam R is similar in size to A and to the left, and it overlies the smaller Mandelʹshtam T.
Oblique Apollo 13 image
The floor of Mandelʹshtam, showing a typical highlands scarp at right. From Apollo 16.
Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam or Mandelshtam was a Soviet and Russian physicist.
Leonid Mandelstam