In the old days, Crimean Tatars spent a lot of time on rooftops. In the southern coast and mountainous regions, houses were built with flat roofs, where they would relax in good weather, do household chores, and in the evenings, men would converse and smoke their pipes. Based on materials from the article «Crimean Tatar Dwelling House» by I. Ibragimov, published in the collection «Traditional Culture of the Crimean Tatars,» and the article «The East in Miniature: Polish Travelers in Crimea» by S. Gromenko.