A Glimpse into Merchant Life: Proskuryakov's Dacha

🔻Built in the late 19th century for the wealthy merchant Ivan Proskuryakov, this captivating country retreat offers a glimpse into the opulent lifestyle of Russia's merchant class.

🔻The dacha's facades are captivating: a pseudo-Russian style structure with graceful turrets, window trims, and balustrades richly adorned with delicate carved details.

🔻After the revolution, the dacha was nationalized.  Revolutionary I. Zhukov recuperated here, often visited by his friend, Lenin.  Amazingly, in the 1930s, the dacha was returned to the Proskuryakov family, who, in turn, sold it to the TEP (Heat and Power Engineering Project) Trust a few years later.

🔻The dacha survived the Great Patriotic War unscathed. 

Photos by: juliaruspirit

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