A Brief Overview of the History of Dacha Construction of the XVIII–XX Centuries

A distinctive feature of Russian culture is that more than sixty per cent of the urban population have dachas. The dachas, which emerged under Peter the Great and by the mid-20th century covered the whole territory of the country, are an integral component of everyday life and everyday life of Russians. However, despite the scale of the dacha as a phenomenon, the history of dacha construction has not been sufficiently studied. The present article uses such research methods as description, analysis and synthesis of scientific, reference and fiction literature, and as a result a brief historical overview of dacha construction in the XVIII-XX centuries was compiled.