How Russians spend summer in the countryside (PHOTOS)

1. A wooden house on a dacha plot, Moscow Region.

2. A girl picking vegetables in a garden plot, Leningrad Region.

3. Larisa Kasaeva from the remote high-mountain village of Dunta in the mountains of North Ossetia. Larisa Kasaeva makes homemade cheese from cow's and goat's milk using traditional recipes passed down by Ossetian cheesemakers of the Trusovskoye Gorge.

4. The village of Klinovka in Crimea. A woman in a field of blooming poppies.

5. Summer in the countryside is unimaginable without cats strolling along a fence!

6. A young dacha girl, Novosibirsk Region.

7. A house in Karelia.

8. A traditional folk festival in the village of Kukushka, Perm Krai.

9. A fishing trip on a river.

10. Sunrise on a lake shore.

11. Shashlik – grilled skewered meat – the ultimate summer dish at the dacha!