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 ) .
5-570: Livadiya may refer to: Livadiya, Crimea , an urban-type settlement in Crimea Livadiya, Primorsky Krai , a former urban settlement in Primorsky Krai, Russia, part of the city of Nakhodka [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-677: 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
15-560: 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. The estate later passed to the possession of the Potocki family and then, in 1861, it became
20-414: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Livadiya&oldid=836332982 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Livadiya, Crimea A minor Crimean Tatar settlement in
25-583: Was particularly loved by the empress Alexandra Fyodorovna . 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 . A minor planet 3006 Livadia discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979 is named after
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