Livadiya, Crimea

Livadiya (Ukrainian: Лівадія, romanized: Livadiia; Russian: Ливадия; Crimean Tatar: Livadiya, Ливадия; Greek: Λιβαδιά) is an urban-type settlement in Crimea. It is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Yalta. Population: 1,074 (2014 Census).^[1]

Livadiia Ливадия
Livadiia Location of Livadiia within Crimea
Coordinates: 44°28′15″N 34°8′38″E
Country	Ukraine (occupied by Russia)
Autonomous republic	Crimea (de jure)
Raion	Yalta Raion (de jure)
Federal subject	Crimea (de facto)
Municipality	Yalta Municipality (de facto)
Elevation	30 m (100 ft)
Population  (2014)
• Total	1,074
Time zone	UTC+4 (MSK)
Postal code	98655, 98656
Area code	+380-654
Climate	Cfb

Livadia Palace used to rival the Vorontsov Palace in Alupka as the most luxurious residence in Crimea.

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.^[2]

Summer residence of the Romanov (1861 - 1917)

See also: Livadia Palace and White Flower Day

The estate later passed to the possession of the Potocki family and then, in 1861, it became a summer residence of the Russian tsars. Emperor Alexander III of Russia died there in 1894.

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 tubercolosis. 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.^[3]

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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

References

1. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2014). "Таблица 1.3. Численность населения Крымского федерального округа, городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений" [Table 1.3. Population of Crimean Federal District, Its Urban Okrugs, Municipal Districts, Urban and Rural Settlements]. Федеральное статистическое наблюдение «Перепись населения в Крымском федеральном округе». ("Population Census in Crimean Federal District" Federal Statistical Examination) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
2. "Official website of Livadiya" (in Russian). Panos Stamou. "Εκδηλώσεις - Δραστηριότητες" [Events - Activities] (in Greek). Official web page of the Lambros Katsonis Society of the Livadians (Σύλλογος Λεβαδέων "Ο Λάμπρος Κατσώνης"). Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Panos Stamou (c. 2007). Προσέγγιση ιστορικής προσωπικότητας μέσα από Αρχειακές πηγές: Περίπτωση Λάμπρου Κατσώνη [Approaching the historic person through archival sources: The case of Lampros Katsonis] (DOC) (in Greek). Hellenic Cultural Center (Moscow). See also the Lambros Katsonis articles in the Russian and Ukrainian language Wikipedia, respectively.
3. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names - p.247

External links

• Media related to Category:Livadiya at Wikimedia Commons