Sang Hanafin: St Petersburg has something which gets under the skin and if you intend to discover what it's then, you should have a search with hotelbye . Nevsky Prospect is St Petersburg's major avenue and among the best-known roads in Russia. Cutting through the traditional middle of the town, it operates from the Admiralty, mark of Russian power, to the Alexander Nevsky Monastery and it will undoubtedly be very beautiful to go along that road later in the day when all illuminations on. Here, you will see every thing: probably the most beautiful structure, the magnificent palaces, the world-famous museums and the shining five-star hotels. Among the places should see from St. Petersburg is State Hermitage Museum. The key architectural collection of the Hermitage is located in the heart of St Petersburg and consists in: Winter Palace, when the former state home of the Russian emperors, buildings of the Small, Old (Great) and New Hermitages, the Hermitage Theatre and the ! Auxiliary House....Show more
Cassidy Pangrazio: The sanitary conditions aren't the same, people in Russian are generally more rude, you won't hear "I'm sorry", and "excuse me" like here, if someone accidentally bumped into you:) But overall, it's not that bad, good luck!
Lanita Reichman: Your goal of studying in Russia would be really awesome and if you are doing linguistics and Russian there is no better place to go. When I wanted to go to Russia, I had looked into doing study abroad through colleges and they told me that if I waned to do it, I would have to study 2 years of college Russian and then after it, I could go to Russia and receive college credit for it. If I were just to go there, I would have to pay anywhere from $20k to $30k and for me, that was too much money. I decided to check Russian university websites which actually encourage foreign students to study there. If you are interested in spending a year there, you could go ahead and do a universi! ty preparation course which will prepare you for entering into! a Russian university. Since you would want to Russian philology, they would get you started in some classes and then provide more literature and grammar courses to make sure you are learning the "clean" Russian. When I was there, I did Russian philology and so I did my regular weekly courses and then after a certain amount time, I began taking extra grammar courses and courses on literature so that I could have entered into a Russian university in the philology department. This for me was a really great experience because it allowed me to learn Russian, plus allowed me to experience Russian culture and I was able to learn so much about living in Russia.If you go through the universities, you can live in the student dormitory (общежитие) which is really not comprable to American dormitories so it would be better for you to either live with a host family which will afford you a lot of practice, or you can live on your own. I, at first, lived with a family which was ! really nice and then evetually I lived on my own which allowed me a lot of freedom to do whatever I wanted. I have lived in the student dormitory but for me, it really wasn't the best situation and so I encourage you not to do it.The university preparation programs are really great because usually the minimum amount of hours you will do is like 24 hours (6 academic hours a day) and that can be for 5 days a week, though some programs go 6 days a week. You are in a setting where you can meet other foreign students, you are studying together so you have a support group, and the university should engage in cultural activities to help the students learn about Russia. Whe I studied the first time, the teachers took us to local museums and art galleries, puppet shows, concerts and also there was an international club that was set-up to help the foreign students make friends so it was a good situation. I can recommend that yo don't go to St. Petersburg or Moscow. I love both cities! but for me, I realized that when I was there, I needed to be away from! English and not have people speaking to me. A big problem is that Russian wants to practice their English and if you aren't careful, you will just speak English a great deal. I had a friend who pretended that he didn't speak English so that when peoeple started talking with him, he would speak in Russia and tell them that he was German or French or something really different where people wouldn't know the language so they just spoke Russian with him. If you are interested in going, go to some university websites (you can check like Wikipedia under "list of Russian universities") and in there, switch the page to English and find, usually called, The Center for International Education. Some good university sites are:Moscow State University http://www.cie.ru/eng/index.phpPetrozavodsk State University http://schools.karelia.ru/Novosibirsk State Universityhttp://ciep.fija.nsu.ru/There is one company I know of who does set-up tours but they are more expensive than just contac! ting the school directly. The cons are that the price is more expensive, but the pros are that with the company, they guarantee everything so that if you have a problem, they can resolve it more easily. http://www.sras.org/But for me, I contacted the universities directly and felt that it better for me to go directly to the schools. The SRAS company might be able to help you if you want to do a Russian student exchange program. As for similarities, as long as you are prepared to change, everything will be fine. A lot of people assume that Russia is a 3rd world country, and maybe in the small villages it is but if you are in a city, even a smaller city, you will have many of te same things as you have in North America. I would say that personal space is not respected there but in my experiences, if people bump into me, if it was in Moscow, I hardly received an apology but if it is a smaller city, people are more willing to apologize. I prefered the smaller cities because ! have the real Russian charm and you have a chance to meet loads of peop! le, more friendships and just enjoy the life.Good luck!...Show more
Coleen Carignan: Studying Abroad In Russia
Phillip Modafferi: Hope this helps!
Karey Dunken: Oh its great. I get to shoot the geese every night.
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