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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Dacha (Russian: да́ча, IPA: [ˈdatɕə] , from the verb "дать" [dat'] - "to give") is a Russian word for seasonal or year-round second homes often located in the exurbs of Russian and post-Soviet cities. Cottages or shacks serving as a family's main or only home (or districts of such buildings) are not considered dachas, although many purpose-built dachas are recently being converted for year-round residence.[citation needed] In some cases, dachas are occupied for part of the year by their owners and rented out to urban residents as summer retreats.[citation needed]Most dacha areas have existed since the Soviet era and consist of numerous[citation needed] small (typicallly 600 square meter [0.15 acre]) land plots. They were initially designated only for recreation getaways of city dwellers and for the purpose of growing little gardens. They were extremely popular because the soviet people did not have an opportunity to buy land and build a house where they wanted, and also because they lacked other opportunities to spend their time and money.[citation needed]There were legal size restrictions for dacha houses. They had to have not more than 25 m² (269 square feet) of living area and be only one storey tall. That's why they usually had a mansard roof with a roof storey in it, which was considered by authorities as just a big garret or attic, not a second storey.[citation needed]Dacha houses built in late 1980s and later are significantly larger than older ones because legal size restrictions were liberalized, and new dacha areas became fields of relatively big houses on tiny land plots.[citation needed] Tracks between lines of dacha land plots are usually unimproved (somewhere improved with crushed stone) and narrow (often about 6 m (20 ft) between fences), so two cars can hardly pass each other by.[citation needed]Now dacha areas located in good places tend to modernize and develop, others — degrade since the end of soviet era, but can be renovated and modernized later by new generation of owners.[citation needed]Dachas are very common in Russia, and are also widespread in most parts of the former Soviet Union. It is estimated that about 50% of Russian families living in large cities have dachas. Dachas have also started appearing in regions of North America known for their high concentrations of immigrants from Russia and Ukraine. Russians and Ukrainians from New York City, Long Island, and New Jersey have been retreating to their Russian-style dacha homes in the forests of Upstate New York in order to recreate the dacha experiences they had during the Soviet era. As the size and type of dacha buildings was severely restricted during the Soviet time, some permitted features, such as attics and glazed verandas, became extremely widespread and often oversized. During the 1963–1985 period, these limitations were especially strict: only single-story summer houses without permanent heating and with living areas less than 25 m2 (269 sq ft) were allowed as second housing (though older dachas that did not meet these requirements continued to exist).[citation needed] Since 1990, all such limitations have been eliminated.People on dachas are colloquially called dachniks (дачники); the term usually refers not only[citation needed] to presence on dacha, but to a whole distinctive lifestyle.. }

• Dacha abstract "Dacha (Russian: да́ча, IPA: [ˈdatɕə] , from the verb "дать" [dat'] - "to give") is a Russian word for seasonal or year-round second homes often located in the exurbs of Russian and post-Soviet cities. Cottages or shacks serving as a family's main or only home (or districts of such buildings) are not considered dachas, although many purpose-built dachas are recently being converted for year-round residence.[citation needed] In some cases, dachas are occupied for part of the year by their owners and rented out to urban residents as summer retreats.[citation needed]Most dacha areas have existed since the Soviet era and consist of numerous[citation needed] small (typicallly 600 square meter [0.15 acre]) land plots. They were initially designated only for recreation getaways of city dwellers and for the purpose of growing little gardens. They were extremely popular because the soviet people did not have an opportunity to buy land and build a house where they wanted, and also because they lacked other opportunities to spend their time and money.[citation needed]There were legal size restrictions for dacha houses. They had to have not more than 25 m² (269 square feet) of living area and be only one storey tall. That's why they usually had a mansard roof with a roof storey in it, which was considered by authorities as just a big garret or attic, not a second storey.[citation needed]Dacha houses built in late 1980s and later are significantly larger than older ones because legal size restrictions were liberalized, and new dacha areas became fields of relatively big houses on tiny land plots.[citation needed] Tracks between lines of dacha land plots are usually unimproved (somewhere improved with crushed stone) and narrow (often about 6 m (20 ft) between fences), so two cars can hardly pass each other by.[citation needed]Now dacha areas located in good places tend to modernize and develop, others — degrade since the end of soviet era, but can be renovated and modernized later by new generation of owners.[citation needed]Dachas are very common in Russia, and are also widespread in most parts of the former Soviet Union. It is estimated that about 50% of Russian families living in large cities have dachas. Dachas have also started appearing in regions of North America known for their high concentrations of immigrants from Russia and Ukraine. Russians and Ukrainians from New York City, Long Island, and New Jersey have been retreating to their Russian-style dacha homes in the forests of Upstate New York in order to recreate the dacha experiences they had during the Soviet era. As the size and type of dacha buildings was severely restricted during the Soviet time, some permitted features, such as attics and glazed verandas, became extremely widespread and often oversized. During the 1963–1985 period, these limitations were especially strict: only single-story summer houses without permanent heating and with living areas less than 25 m2 (269 sq ft) were allowed as second housing (though older dachas that did not meet these requirements continued to exist).[citation needed] Since 1990, all such limitations have been eliminated.People on dachas are colloquially called dachniks (дачники); the term usually refers not only[citation needed] to presence on dacha, but to a whole distinctive lifestyle.".