- Livny
Livny ( _ru. Ливны) is a town in
Oryol Oblast ,Russia . Its population as of the 2002 Census was 52,841.The town apparently originated in 1556 as Ust-Livny, a wooden fort on the bank of the Livenka River, although some believe that a town had existed on the spot previous to the
Mongol invasion of Rus . The fortress was important in guarding the southern border ofMuscovy in the case of aCrimean Tatar raid along theMuravsky Trail .Thirty years later,
Ivan the Terrible sent princeMasalsk y to build a town of Livny under the umbrella of a garrison stationed in the fort. It was pillaged and burnt by the Tatars on many occasions. In 1606, the citizens of Livny raised a rebellion againstBoris Godunov , killing his governor and proclaiming their allegiance toFalse Dmitry I . Two years later,Ivan Bolotnikov chose it as a base of his military operations againstVasily IV .In 1618, the wooden town was burnt by the Cossacks of
Petro Konashevych . The Crimeans again attacked the town in 1661, burning it to the ground. As soon as the Tatar attacks ceased, the period of prosperity was ushered. In the 19th century, Livny rivalledYelets as the main trade centre of the area.Sergei Bulgakov , a philosopher, was a native of Livny.Near Livny, there is a 350 metres tall guyed TV tower, which was presumeably built in 1979,
External links
* [http://www.livny.ru Livny online]
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