Livadiya, Crimea
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Livadiya (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Crh; Template:Langx) is an urban-type settlement in Crimea. It is located Template:Convert west of Yalta. Population: Template:Crimea-census2014
History
A minor Crimean Tatar settlement in the Middle Ages, Livadiya was named thus by Lambros Katsonis, a Greek revolutionary and Imperial Russian Army officer, after Livadeia, Greece, the town he was born in, then part of the Ottoman Empire. Katsonis had been granted an estate there by Empress Catherine II, which he named thus.[1]
Summer residence of the Romanov (1861–1917)
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The Livadia Palace, built in 1910–11, architect Nikolai Krasnov, is now a museum. It was formerly a summer palace of the last Russian Imperial family.
One of the most important events held in this town by the Romanov dynasty was the White Flower Day charity event that took place mainly in this little town from 1911 to 1917, that aimed at gathering donations to support people having tuberculosis. The event was particularly loved by the empress Alexandra Fyodorovna.
Later use
In 1945, it served as the meeting place of the Yalta Conference and residence of Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Conference. Nowadays, Livadiia is known primarily for producing wine and is also a noted health resort.
Namesakes
A minor planet 3006 Livadia discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979 is named after the suburb.[2]
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Tsar Alexander III with family in Livadia, circa 1890
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Photo of Tsar Nicholas II's children at the Livadia Palace, ca. 1909
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White Flower Day 1912 (May 3, 1912). The grand duchesses Anastasia and her sister Maria are selling white flowers to people.
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Architect Nikolai Krasnov, commemorative coin
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First Yalta summit, February 1945
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The main facade of the royal palace
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Italian courtyard
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Vineyards in Livadia
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References
External links
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- ↑ Dictionary of Minor Planet Names - p.247