Livadia Palace and park will be restored for 7.3 billion rubles

In 1998, due to intensified landslides, cracks appeared on the buildings of the palace complex, and several buildings on the territory of Livadia Park were destroyed. No major work was carried out.

Measures were taken to inspect the technical condition, carry out survey work and assess the estimated cost of repair and restoration work to preserve the federal cultural heritage site “Complex of Palace Structures” of 1910-1911, as well as to reconstruct the “Livadia” park-monument of landscape art . <…> The cost of performing the above work is 7.3 billion rublessays the response to the request, signed by the region’s Deputy Minister of Culture Olga Vorobyeva.

Financing is planned within the framework of the state program “Socio-economic development of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.”

In total, according to the ministry, 2,339 objects are included in the unified state register of cultural heritage objects, of which 1,070 objects require conservation work in the next five years.

In the Republic of Crimea, about 5.9 billion rubles have been allocated for the repair and restoration of cultural objects since the reunification of the peninsula with Russia in 2014.

About Livadia Palace and Park

The Livadia estate was acquired by the wife of Alexander II, Empress Maria, in 1860. Since then it has become the summer residence of the royal family. Alexander III loved to be here. This is where he died. In the palace church, the last Russian monarch, Nicholas II, took the oath of allegiance to the Russian throne. In 1911, under the leadership of architect Nikolai Krasnov, the White Palace was erected here. In February 1945, the palace hosted a conference of the heads of government of the three allied powers of the anti-Hitler coalition — the USSR, the USA and Great Britain. Here the decision was made to create the United Nations.

Livadia Park was founded in 1834 by Russian diplomat Lev Pototsky. The park was created following the example of Italian terraced gardens: plants were planted taking into account the features of the landscape, without disturbing the harmony of nature, and architectural elements did not overload the landscape. The park area is 40.1 hectares.