 living in russia for a year- a bad move?? |
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| living in russia for a year- is it really advisable? Any tips?? | |||||||||||||||||||||
shevvy siobhan cooley Post Count: 1 Msg: #1 317 days ago, December 3rd 2007 | hi, im about to change my course at uni from a jiont honours of french and english to english and russian because i already have lived in france and speak fluent french. I have always been intrested Russia, and if i changed the course it would mean i would live in St petersberg or moscow 4 a year. but whats it really like? Is it so cold that it is depressing or is the country great? Also a quick word about crime is the mafia prescence as bad as people make out or is that just hype- has any one encounterd that? i just want a realistic view- my questions may seem silly but if u never ask u never know!! |  Vinovat Sudarynya Jonathan Campion Post Count: 125 Msg: #2 316 days ago, December 4th 2007 | Hi Siobhan, | I wrote a diary while I studied in Russia for a year - you'll find it here under "Campo". I don't think the writing is that great but I wrote about everything I did and everything I felt. Feel free to write to me at the diary I'm writing now, I'll gladly answer any questions you may have. I had a fantastic time and I know you will, but it is a very, very dangerous place to be. Both Moscow and Piter have awful neighbourhoods as you get further from the centre. Read as much as you can before you go about how to keep your belongings safe and - much more importantly - find some Russian people at your university who will be able to tell you (in good English so you can take everything in) where not to go and who not to talk to. As for the mafia - they don't touch students. I work in Ukraine now and have come closer than I would have liked, but the people to worry about are, generally, young men and landladies. Удачи тебе, напиши, Jon Lounge Jennifer Post Count: 3 Msg: #3 311 days ago, December 9th 2007 | 2 shevvy: at the moment it's +3 in Moscow - not that depressing :)) Lots of foreigners move there, there are loads of local papers in English, I mean the country's changing and become more open and European! | Vinovat Sudarynya Jonathan Campion Post Count: 125 Msg: #4 310 days ago, December 10th 2007 | But that counts againt it - move to Moscow and you could live there for a year without knowing any Russian. There are plenty of towns without so much Western influence that will give you more experience of Russian culture and less chance to speak English; I have friends who have studied in Petrozavodsk, Rostov, Kazan.... in terms of petty crime they are also safter. | Number of Users: 3 | Number of Posts: 4 | ||||||||||||
