dacha
Countryside vacation cottage
A dacha is a Russian country house or cottage, typically used as a summer retreat.
The tradition dates to land grants from the tsars, and dachas remain central to Russian life—places where city dwellers escape to garden, relax, and gather with family: They spent August at the dacha outside Moscow.
Water-heating tea vessel
- borschtBeetroot-based Slavic soup
- bliniSlavic buckwheat cakes
- vodkaClear distilled spirit
- babushkaTriangular cloth head covering
troika · matryoshka · balalaika · soviet · perestroika · ruble · tsar · veranda
Rural area beyond towns
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- villageSmall rural community
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- rusticRural and unrefined
bucolic · orchard · vegetable garden · potato patch · well water · forest · birch · meadow
Roofed open-air porch
- porchCovered entryway structure
- woodenMade from timber
- cottageSmall rural home
- gingerbread trimOrnamental architectural woodwork
cupola · attic · cellar · greenhouse · outbuilding · shed · fence · gate
Tending plants recreationally
- barbecueSlow-cook over coals
- picnicOutdoor casual meal
- swimmingLocomotion through water
- sunbathingDeliberate exposure to rays
hammock · veranda · lakeside · mushroom hunting · berry picking · preserving · canning · harvest
samovar
Water-heating tea vessel
babushka · troika · matryoshka · balalaika · soviet · perestroika · ruble · tsar · veranda · pelmeni
countryside
Rural area beyond towns
rustic · bucolic · orchard · vegetable garden · potato patch · well water · forest · birch · meadow · dirt road
veranda
Roofed open-air porch
gingerbread trim · cupola · attic · cellar · greenhouse · outbuilding · shed · fence · gate · well
gardening
Tending plants recreationally
sunbathing · hammock · veranda · lakeside · mushroom hunting · berry picking · preserving · canning · harvest · bonfire
sanctuary
Protected sacred space
solitude · tranquility · respite · hideaway · refuge · oasis · peace · serenity · quietude · repose
- dwellingshouse, home, apartment, cabin, cottage
- RussiaRussia, Moscow, Kremlin, Red Square, Siberia
- historic dwellingsmanor house, longhouse, log cabin, farmhouse, cottage
- rural homesfarmhouse, log cabin, country cottage, cottage, cabin
- rural lodgingsfarmhouse, cottage, cabin, country cottage, country inn
- small dwellingstiny house, tiny home, tiny homes, tiny houses, micro apartment
dachahigh-rise apartment
Home in tall building
tenement · condominium · penthouse · studio apartment · brownstone