Summerfolk
The dacha is a sometimes beloved, sometimes scorned Russian dwelling. Alexander Pushkin summered in one; Joseph Stalin lived in one for the last twenty years of his life; and contemporary Russian families still escape the city to spend time in them. Stephen Lovell''s generously illustrated book is the first social and cultural history of the dacha. Lovell traces the dwelling''s origins as a villa ...
The dacha is a sometimes beloved, sometimes scorned Russian dwelling. Alexander Pushkin summered in one; Joseph Stalin lived in one for the last twenty years of his life; and contemporary Russian families still escape the city to spend time in them. Stephen Lovell''s generously illustrated book is the first social and cultural history of the dacha. Lovell traces the dwelling''s origins as a villa ...
