Any experience with Russia?

Dionysus58
Sun, 16 May 2010 02:38:22 +0000

I don’t know how the year aboard works in the US, but in the UK its common for students spending the whole year in Russia to split their stay to 18 weeks in a more provincial city like Petrozavodsk, Tver or Yaroslavl; and then another 18 weeks in St Petersburg or Moscow once their Russian has improved. A lot of people tell me that Moscow is a bad choice, both for its very expensive rent costs (so you’re much less likely to be in the city centre) and that you don’t get to use your Russian much because of its more international nature.