Probably, many are interested in knowing when and how the first cottages appeared. It turns out the name of these suburban houses with an obligatory attic, comes from the English word «cottar», which means «farm». In the Middle Ages, such buildings were intended for farmers’ families. On the territory adjacent to them was a subsidiary farm: a garden, a garden, corns for cattle and birds. Sometimes a cottage was also called a plot of plowed land, fenced by a fence. Later, farm houses began to be combined into small villages. And already in the XVIII century, the first city workers settled in the cottages: weavers and miners.