The livenka (Russian: ливенка) or Livenskaya garmoshka (Russian: Ливенская гармошка) is a specific variety of accordion used in Russian folk music, specifically in the region around the town of Livny (Oryol Oblast), from which the instrument takes its name.
The name of the inventor of the livenka was not preserved.
It is believed to have been developed in the second half of the 19th century as a modification of existing German or Russian button accordions.
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