Activity of the Administrative Bodies of the Livadia Estate in Development of the System of Supply of Fresh Water in 1861–1909
Journal: Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 4 Istorija Regionovedenie Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija
Year: 2025

Introduction. The Livadia estate, which by the end of the 19th century became the main of the Romanovs’ Crimean possessions, claimed to be on a par with Tsarskoye Selo and Peterhof. One of the main problems for gaining such a status was the issue of providing the palace complex with fresh water. Methods and materials. The historiography of the imperial residences of the Crimea is dominated by the works of art critics, architectural historians, and art historians, often leaving organizational, ad