Research Catalog

Title

Dacha : the Soviet country cottage / photographs, Fyodor Savintsev ; essay, Anna Benn ; [edited by Damon Murray and Stephen Sorrell].

Author

Savint︠s︡ev, Fedor

Publication

London : FUEL, 2023.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Benn, Anna
• Murray, Damon
• Sorrell, Stephen

Description

240 pages : illustrations (color); 17 x 21 cm

Summary

"A dacha is a country house, made of wood, used by Soviet citizens to escape the rigors of the city for a 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 fairy-tale 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 laborers, in reality they were destined for those favored 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 toward self-sufficiency. The dacha tradition has survived revolution, war and the collapse of Communism, becoming an integral part of life in the process. Using contemporary photographs to showcase these uniquely individual buildings for the first time, alongside an introduction explaining their historical and cultural context, Dacha is the only publication of its kind"--

Uniform Title

Works. Selections

Alternative Title

Works.

Subject

• Savintsev, Fyodor
• Country homes > Russia (Federation) > Pictorial works
• Architectural photography > Russia (Federation)
• Architectural photography
• Country homes
• Russia (Federation)

Genre/Form

• Pictorial works
• Pictorial works.

Call Number

JQD 24-193

ISBN

• 9781916218499
• 1916218490

OCLC

1390611258

Author

Savint︠s︡ev, Fedor, photographer.

Title

Dacha : the Soviet country cottage / photographs, Fyodor Savintsev ; essay, Anna Benn ; [edited by Damon Murray and Stephen Sorrell].

Publisher

London : FUEL, 2023.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Benn, Anna, author.

Murray, Damon, editor.

Sorrell, Stephen, editor.

Research Call Number

JQD 24-193