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  • Since the war a Russian naval officer told me that he had under his command at Sebastopol, on the day of my chasing the 'Livadia' into that port, seven torpedo boats, with which he volunteered to go out and attack us.

    Sketches From My Life Pasha, Hobart 1887

  • As day broke we saw the crew of the 'Livadia' busily employed throwing overboard coal and water.

    Sketches From My Life Pasha, Hobart 1887

  • Since the war a Russian naval officer told me that he had under his command at Sebastopol, on the day of my chasing the 'Livadia' into that port, seven torpedo boats, with which he volunteered to go out and attack us.

    Sketches From My Life By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden 1854

  • As day broke we saw the crew of the 'Livadia' busily employed throwing overboard coal and water.

    Sketches From My Life By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden 1854

  • Donovan also phoned Grace Tully at the White House for the latest news from the Yalta conference at Livadia Palace.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • Donovan also phoned Grace Tully at the White House for the latest news from the Yalta conference at Livadia Palace.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • The NKVD, the Soviet secret police, bugged every nook and cranny at Livadia, and overheard everything that was said by the president and his aides.

    Eric Margolis: The Ghosts of Yalta Haunt Us Today 2010

  • Photos show the imperial family grouped together at Livadia much as they must have appeared when they were later murdered in 1918 by Communist gunmen in a dingy basement in the Urals.

    Eric Margolis: The Ghosts of Yalta Haunt Us Today 2010

  • Livadia overlooks one of the Crimea's amazingly lush sub-tropical forests and the shimmering Black Sea.

    Eric Margolis: The Ghosts of Yalta Haunt Us Today 2010

  • As Russian imperial residences go, Livadia is a rather small palace, even modest.

    Eric Margolis: The Ghosts of Yalta Haunt Us Today 2010

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