The objective of this chapter is to reflect visually and socio-historically on the process of transformation and eventual revitalization of dacha community in a large Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Dacha is a Russian term for a relatively small plot of land, often with a seasonal allotment house (cabin), mostly used for growing vegetables, fruit, and berries. A dacha (as a group of buildings and a single building) is a unique type of built environment, ubiquitous across post-Soviet Russia and former Soviet Union states (Pungas, 2019), the dacha-houses that have over a 100-year history become an important part of Russian culture (Caldwell, 2011; Lovell, 2016). Often dachas are associated with the Russian art and literary circles as well as the privileged and elite echelons of society (Lovell, 2016).

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