The estate later passed to the possession of the Potocki family and then, in 1861, it became a summer residence of the Russiantsars. 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. 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.
^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.
^"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.
^Dictionary of Minor Planet Names - p.247
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