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Stand-alone garages are popular place for older men to hang out in ex-USSR towns. These garages are often refitted until they turn into man-castles.

They were built alongside commit blocks but some distance away so they represent a place of escape and socialization. Also, "garage economy" of small businesses run there is a thing.

A lot of weird videos from YouTube such as "remotely controlled Lada" or "a car on floor mops instead of tyres" were filmed in this setting.