Nostalgia Dachas (Swiss Stories 2013, by Jean-Jacques Kissling) - Swiss Press Award
Jean-Jacques Kissling
Dacha and the Black River
Echo magazine
Photo / Swiss Stories
2013
Jean-Jacques Kissling
With the social changes Russia is undergoing, the symbol of the dacha is disappearing: the wealthiest are buying dachas to demolish them and build luxury pavilions on the land, while another group of Russians can no longer afford to live in the city and live in these venerable little houses year-round, even though they were traditionally only inhabited in the summer. Photo winter 2012 suburbs of St. Petersburg
