Funny holidays - Summer Resident's Day in Russia

The dacha is an original Russian phenomenon that has become an integral part of our mentality And although the treasured 6 acres outside the city are associated with outdoor recreation, most owners work tirelessly on their plots It is possible that this is why in the middle of summer - July 23, during the harvest of the first harvest from the beds, Summer Resident Day is celebrated City dwellers have always been drawn to the land and outdoor recreation State advisers, staff captains and collegiate registrars who served at the court of Peter I went to their family estates for the summer In order to ensure that his subordinates were always at hand, the tsar began to grant them plots of land located near St Petersburg At the dacha (from the ancient form of the verb “dati”, ie to give), officials were obliged to build a house and improve the surrounding area within several years Peter I could personally come with an inspection and monitor the implementation of his decree The first dachas appeared in the suburbs of the capital - on lands along the road to Peterhof Later, plots were developed in Gatchina, Krasnoye Selo and Dudergof This is interesting: AP Chekhov can be called a chronicler of country life One of his literary heroes argued that “dacha life was invented by devils and women” Zaikin, a member of the district court, complained that outside the city it was stuffy, hot and boring, and in the apartment there was melancholy: there were no servants, no furniture, no dishes, because Everything was taken to the dacha At the beginning of the 19th century this type of recreation began to gain popularity Dachas began to be built for the townspeople to enjoy their time - feasts in nature, dances and concerts Those who could not afford to have their own house rented it for the summer Dachas appeared in the vicinity of Moscow - in Ostankino, Kuntsevo, Perovo, Sokolniki Most country houses were located near railway stations After the opening of new directions and the laying of railway tracks to them, dachas began to be built in places remote from the center of Moscow - in Khimki, Pushkino, Tomilino, Malakhovka The rise in rents at the beginning of the 20th century led to people moving en masse to the suburbs Villages appeared in which "Zimogors" lived - this is the name given to those who lived in the country all year round After the 1917 revolution, most houses, if you do not take into account the estates of the landowners, looked like temporary buildings But from their delivery, the peasants received, albeit small, additional income This is interesting Ilya Efimovich Repin had a dacha near St Petersburg The famous artist’s wife was a vegetarian, so guests of the house (Serov, Chaliapin, Korovin, Chukovsky and others) were treated to dishes made from vegetables, fruits and hay The owners of the house tried to make even their pets - cats and dogs - vegetarians One-story panel buildings outside the city were erected, as in Tsarist Russia, near railway stations The main difference between a dacha and a village house was the veranda - a place for intimate feasts, games of cards and lotto In the 20s of the twentieth century The first gardening cooperatives appeared Soviet citizens were engaged in growing plants on 6 acres leased from the state Dachas were still “given”, only now it was no longer the tsar, but the heads of organizations and enterprises Under N Khrushchev, the concept of collective gardening appeared This is interesting: Stalin was an avid summer resident The leader of the peoples owned 18 country houses located in the Moscow region, Abkhazia, Crimea, Sochi and Georgia The party nomenklatura and creative intelligentsia lived in mansions in closed communities - in Peredelkino, Kratovo, on Nikolina Gora The dachas of ordinary citizens, although located in picturesque places, were perceived as a place for growing fruits and vegetables for storing them for the winter Many families survived the harsh 90s thanks to suburban plots of land This is interesting: On Russian television in 1997-1998, the soap opera “Slave Isaura” was shown After watching the series, plots of 6 acres began to be jokingly called haciendas in honor of the plantations of wealthy farmers in Brazil Today, the dacha is a place where townspeople take a break from the bustle of the metropolis Some of them regard growing fruit and berry crops on the site as a hobby Others cannot imagine their life without the annual harvest of a rich harvest No matter how the townspeople feel about relaxing on a site with beds and greenhouses, they all happily celebrate July 23 as Summer Resident Day