A sprawling labyrinth of Soviet-era garages stretches endlessly beneath the towering concrete monoliths of post-Soviet high-rises. The morning light, a cold, pale blue, barely touches the rusted metal roofs blanketed in thick snow. Some garages stand proud, their brick walls and heavy iron doors resisting time, while others sag, their hinges frozen, their exteriors riddled with decay. Long icicles hang like teeth from broken gutters, and the frozen breath of an old VAZ-2106 car, still running inside an open garage, dissipates into the crisp morning air. A small transistor radio crackles faintly from within one of the garages, the distorted voice of a forgotten era barely audible over the hush of winter’s grip. The distant glow of city lights reflects on the ice-covered soviet panel houses, creating an eerie contrast between civilization and this quiet, mechanical graveyard of the past.