During the 19th century, Krasnoye Selo developed as a recreational suburb of the capital with numerous summer dachas and villas, including the summer residences of the royals.

Nikita Khrushchev, although entitled to a ZIL, was known to prefer Chaikas, and kept an M13 at his summer dacha.

Maria spent her childhood at the village of Snegiri, outside Moscow, where Bolshoi Theatre soloists and many famous musicians had their summer dachas.

She was born at a rented summer dacha at Perovo, on the outskirts of Moscow.

At the family's summer dacha, she could get by in her mother's castoffs or cheap plastic sandals.

North of the city, Silver Lake was still frozen, and all the summer dachas on the lake were deserted, except Iamskoy's.

Side roads, muddy tributaries, led to summer dachas.

Her family had a summer dacha in Sestroretsk and Bonner had fond memories there.

Why not by the Black Sea, where the commissars have their summer dachas and the sun shines once in a while?

Paul's trusted barber Count Ivan Kutaisov, another Pavlovsk landlord, became Brenna's first private customer; he commissioned a summer dacha in "medieval style".