Dacha furniture in the Russian style, known as Russian modern, was created by the Yaroslavl brewer and merchant Ivan Durdin. It was made in 1910 in Savinov's carpentry workshop by master Sorokin and his apprentice Shunaev. The furniture is decorated with designs inspired by illustrations for A.S. Pushkin's fairy tales, predominantly the works of I. Bilibin. The set was produced as a single piece and includes more than 20 items. The dacha was located in the village of Kstovo.

In the last photograph, the owner is depicted on the far left. After the revolution, Ivan Durdin remained at his dacha in Kstovo. On September 2, 1918, he and three of his sons were shot in a trench by Latvian riflemen sent to Rybinsk. The location of their burial in the enclosure of the Ascension-Georgievsky Church is unknown. In 1923, the country house was turned into a rest house for workers, but by that time it had already been partially looted and destroyed.

Ivan Durdin was married to Anna Vasilievna Syitova, the daughter of a well-known metropolitan merchant. The Syitov family owned factories in Moscow and St. Petersburg that produced brocade, gold-embroidered, and silk products. Anna received a good home education, was passionate about art, and even created sketches for the furniture set of the house in Rybinsk. Some items from the Durdin house are now in the collection of the Rybinsk Local History Museum.