Livadiya

Infobox Settlement

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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = UKR
subdivision_type1 =Territory
subdivision_name1 =Crimea
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
official_name = Livadiya
native_name = Лівадія
Ливадия
Livadiya
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subdivision_type2=Region
subdivision_name2 = Yalta municipality
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pushpin_map_caption =Location of Livadiya within the Crimea, Ukraine
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pushpin_map_caption1 =Location of Livadiya
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latd=44 |latm=28 |lats=15 |latNS=N
longd=34 |longm=8 |longs=38 |longEW=E
elevation_m = 30
population_total = 889
population_as_of = 2001
|postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code = 98655, 98656
|area_code=+380-654
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Livadiya ( _uk. Лівадія, _ru. Ливадия, _cr. Livadiya) is small town in Crimea, Ukraine convert|3|km west of Yalta. A minor Crimean Tatar settlement in Middle Ages, Livadiya was named after the ancient Greek entrance into paradise in 1835, when a notable landscape park was laid out here. Livadiya became a summer residence of the Russian tsars in 1861. Emperor Alexander III of Russia died there in 1894. The Livadia Palace, built in 1910-11, is now a museum. It was formerly a summer palace of the last Russian Imperial family. In 1945, it served as the meeting place of the Yalta Conference and residence of Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Conference. Nowadays, Livadiya 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 the suburb. [ [http://books.google.com/books?hl=ru&q=3006+Livadia+1979 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names - p.247] ]

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