Аннотация:Modern geography of the country-house market in the Moscow oblast has been analyzed for cottages, land plots for construction of country-houses and summer-house and garden associations. Specific features of the spatial distribution of new types of country-houses, i.e. cottages, town-houses, manors, are discussed, as well as their use for permanent and/or temporary dwelling. Evolution of factors limiting the country way of life was analyzed; the prospects for particular segments of country-house market and their geography were evaluated.