According to a recent poll, 1 in 4 Russians would love to get a block of land to grow their own fresh produce for family consumption.
What would Russians do with a piece of land?
In the USSR people were unable to own land, except a small plot in the countryside, for the purpose of growing vegetables, berries, and fruit. It could also have a small house on it, called “dacha”, or it could be simply a plot to grow potatoes with no buildings.
People didn’t live permanently at a dacha and the land formally was still in the state ownership. Many Soviet people had such dachas.
After the dissolution of the USSR in 1991 (nearly 30 years ago), land ownership became soon possible and now many Russians would love to own their piece of dirt. But what would they do with it? A recent poll asked locals about that.
23% of Russians don’t want to own land
One of surprising discoveries if that nearly 1 in 4 residents of Russia wouldn’t wish to own land. The share of such responses is relatively stable, having dropped just by 1% since 2010, which is within the margins of statistical error.
- The largest share of respondents (33%) stated they want a piece of land to build a family home.
- 27% of respondents want to grow fresh produce to feed the family.
- Another 14% wish for a dacha.
- 12% of respondent wish to sell fresh produce to supplement their income; further 13% would like to become farmers.
- 11% of survey participants said they simply love working on land.
Depending on the size of the settlement where respondents live, more or less of them want land to build a home. In cities with population 500-950 thousand 42% of respondents want land to build a house, while in Moscow and St. Petersburg only 35% of participants expressed such a wish.
Among the group aged 25-34 this drive is even stronger: 54% of respondents in this group want to build a family home on land, while only 13% of people aged 60% want to do it.
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