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From the City to the Dacha : Socio-cultural Factors Behind the Creation of St. Petersburg’s Dacha Belt (Russia, Nineteenth/Early Twentieth Century)

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This article explores how and why the St. Petersburg city limits did not witness the same suburbanization that was typical of other European cities. Instead, a thick belt of single-family… Click to show full abstract

This article explores how and why the St. Petersburg city limits did not witness the same suburbanization that was typical of other European cities. Instead, a thick belt of single-family summer residences, or dachas, appeared: city-dwellers abandoned the city in the summer months, only to return to their apartments in the autumn.

Keywords: city; dacha; city dacha; dacha socio; socio cultural; belt

Journal Title: Environmental History
Year Published: 2017

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