Oreanda
Oreanda
Ореанда | |
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 The Khrestova peak of the Crimean Mountains located in Oreanda. | |
  Oreanda Location of Oreanda in Crimea | |
| Coordinates: 44°27′31″N 34°08′12″E / 44.45861°N 34.13667°E | |
| Republic | Crimea |
| Municipality | Yalta Municipality |
| Town status | 1971 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.36 km2 (0.53 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 197 m (646 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 835 |
| • Density | 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (MSK) |
| Postal code | 98658 |
| Area code | +380 654 |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
Oreanda (Ukrainian and Russian: Ореанда; Crimean Tatar: Oreanda) is an urban-type settlement in the Yalta Municipality of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and annexed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea.[3]
Oreanda is administratively subordinate to the Livadiya Settlement Council.[1][3] The urban-type settlement's population was 887 as of the 2001 Ukrainian census.[3] Current population: 835 (2014 Census).[4]
Geography[edit]
Oreanda is located on Crimea's southern shore at an elevation of 197 metres (646 ft).[2] The settlement is located 5 km (3.1 mi) from Yalta. The Khrestova peak of the Crimean Mountains is located in Oreanda.
History[edit]
Oreanda was first mentioned in Peter Simon Pallas's 1793 book Journey through various provinces of the Russian Empire as Urhenda (Cyrillic: Ургенда).[5]
In the first half of the 19th century, Oreanda belonged to the House of Potocki; it later became a part of the Russian tsar's territory. From 1842-1852, a Greek Revival palace was built in Oreanda by architect Andrei Stackenschneider. The American writer Mark Twain once stayed at the palace before it burned down in 1882. Leonid Brezhnev had a house in Oreanda which President Richard Nixon visited in 1974 following the Moscow Summit.
In the 1940s-1950s, two sanatoriums were built in Oreanda, one of which was designed by Soviet Constructivist architect Moisei Ginzburg.
In culture[edit]
Much of Anton Chekhov's short story The Lady with the Dog, published in 1899, takes place in Oreanda.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Urban-type settlement Livadiya". who-is-who.ua (in Russian). Ukrainian Confederation of Journalists. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Oreanda (Crimea region)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ a b c "Oreanda, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, City of Yalta". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Oreanda". Toponym Dictionary of Crimea (in Russian). Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ "The Lady with the Dog". SparkNotes. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
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