Dacha: The Soviet Country Cottage

Fyodor Savintsev
книга Dacha: The Soviet Country Cottage, автор: Fyodor Savintsev

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Dacha: The Soviet Country Cottage

Fyodor Savintsev
Ціна: 1700 грн
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ID: 17480
Видавництво: Fuel
Палітурка: Hardcover, 20 x 16 cm
Кількість сторінок: 240
Рік видання: 2024
Мова: English
ISBN-13: 9781916218499

A ‘dacha’ is a country cottage, made of wood, used by Soviet citizens to escape the rigors of the city for rural idyll. Widespread in the countries of the former USSR, this important cultural and architectural form has been largely ignored academically. In Dacha, Fyodor Savintsev documents this particularly Russian phenomenon, his photographs constitute a unique record of a rapidly vanishing fairytale wooden world.

The word ‘dacha’ has been used to describe constructions ranging from grand imperial villas to small sheds. Originally bestowed by the Tsar to reward courtiers, this custom continued following the revolution, with Soviet cooperatives building dachas for their members. Supposedly for the benefit of labourers, in reality they were destined for those favoured by the State, including famous writers, architects and artists – from Pasternak to Prokofiev. The fall of the Soviet Union accelerated their use, as economic uncertainty forced city dwellers towards self-sufficiency. The dacha tradition has survived Revolution, war and the collapse of Communism, becoming an integral part of life in the process.

With an introductory essay, illustrated with archive images by Anna Benn.