Suburbanization and housing construction in Moscow oblast

The article examines the specifics of the suburbanization process in Moscow region. It shows spatial distribution of dacha (summer cottage) settlements across the territory of Moscow oblast as a special form of the second housing in Russia that mainly developed in the period of planned economy. It considers the development of property market and the pace of housing construction after the transition to a market economy and identifies the basic factors of the territorial differentiation in the cost of housing. On the basis of the age structure of the biggest cities in Moscow oblast it identifies demographic specifics of the suburbanization process in recent years.