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On 18 November 2017, the 123rd anniversary of Tsar Alexander III's burial, Russian president Vladimir Putin dedicated a monument to Alexander III on the grounds of the Levadia Palace. Putin said in part, "Alexander III loved Russia and believed in it, and, opening this monument today, we pay tribute
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used to live (and died) in the smaller palace. His son Nicholas II decided to have the larger palace demolished and replaced with a larger structure. (The smaller palace was preserved, as the place of his father's death, but was later destroyed during World War II.)
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The palace, once used as a mental institution, became a historical museum. Most of the historical furnishings have been lost, but anything that has been recovered can be seen for a small fee. In August 2007 the palace was recognized as a
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windows, a "balcony-belvedere", and multiple bays with jasper vases. A gallery connects the palace with a neo-Byzantine church of the Exaltation of the Cross, built by Monighetti in 1866.
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to his deeds, achievements and merits, express our respect for the indissoluble history of our country, for people of all ranks and classes who honestly served the Fatherland."
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Numerous academic conferences have been held at the palace. Palace staff actively publish their research. Visitors are particularly interested in the events of 1945.
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family, the Livadia estate became a summer residence of the Russian imperial family in the 1860s, when architect
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some eight kilometers distant. The palace houses a museum, and is sometimes used for international summits.
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built a large palace, a small palace, and a church there. The residence was frequented by
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The palace contains 116 rooms, with interiors furnished in different styles. There are a
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and other members of the American delegation – the Soviet delegation was housed in the
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Museum and diplomatic residence; former summer retreat for Russia's Tsar Nicholas II
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The Grand Livadia Palace, east façade with a Florentine tower, October 2006
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study of maple wood, which elicited particular admiration of Nicholas II.
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was held there in 1945, when the palace housed the apartments of
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Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Crimea
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Livadia Palace is located in Crimea
Livadiya, Crimea
Political status of Crimea
Coordinates
44°28′04″N 34°08′36″E / 44.46778°N 34.14333°E / 44.46778; 34.14333
Official site of the Livadia Palace


Russian
Ukrainian
tsar
Nicholas II
Livadiya, Crimea
Yalta Conference
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Yusupov Palace
Vorontsov Palace

Alexander III

Lambros Katsonis
Potocki
Ippolito Monighetti
Alexander II of Russia
Alexander III
Nikolay Krasnov
Yalta
Koreiz
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna

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