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    Youth Hostels in Russia

    Hello. how to best translate "Youth Hostel" in russian?

    I'm specifically looking for cheap accomodation in Volgograd and Samara on my way to Завьяхила. I would like to visit these two cities.

    And if you could help me. Thx!

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    Re: Youth Hostels in Russia

    Quote Originally Posted by Mordan
    Hello. how to best translate "Youth Hostel" in russian?

    I'm specifically looking for cheap accomodation in Volgograd and Samara on my way to Завьяхила. I would like to visit these two cities.

    And if you could help me. Thx!
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    Re: Youth Hostels in Russia

    Quote Originally Posted by Mordan
    Hello. how to best translate "Youth Hostel" in russian?

    I'm specifically looking for cheap accomodation in Volgograd and Samara on my way to Завьяхила. I would like to visit these two cities.

    And if you could help me. Thx!
    When you're in Russia, don't forget about the informal word for 'общежитие' - общага.
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    Re: Youth Hostels in Russia

    thx you both! я сейчас ищу общагу!

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    That's right. Just be sure to use the word 'общага' only in informal situations. Don't use this word when calling a Russian tourist agency for example to enquire about vacant rooms in certain hostels.
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    Копирую ответ на запрос, помещённый на forum.privet.com

    "Youth hostels, aka obshaga, in Volgograd don’t advertise their vacancies on the Internet. Most of them belong to different educational institutions but to spend a couple of nights there you should know “right people”.
    Unfortunately I don’t know anyone who can help. You can try contacting British Council Center, Volgograd branch http://www.britishcouncil.org/russia-volgograd.htm
    The center is based in Teacher Training University, which has a couple of relatively good hostels. You can send them an email - it never hurts to ask. I am sure they have a lot of experience with students’ accomodations.

    My personal advice is to book a hotel because it’s safe especially for a short period of time. Keep in mind that Volgograd is stretched along for 84 km so if you live far away, you will spend a lot of time commuting. The best hotels will be “Intourist” or “Volgograd”. They both are both downtown and very close to the railway station and other places of interest. The standard room rate is about $70 http://www.visitrussia.com/citiesguide/ ... hotels.htm

    One more idea is to reserve an apartment, it can be cheaper than a hotel.

    How long are you planning to stay in the city?

    There are quite a few online reservations websites. Here is one of them: http://www.visitrussia.com/tickets/train-tickets.htm# "
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lampada
    Копирую ответ на запрос, помещённый на forum.privet.com

    "Youth hostels, aka obshaga, in Volgograd don’t advertise their vacancies on the Internet. Most of them belong to different educational institutions but to spend a couple of nights there you should know “right people”.
    Unfortunately I don’t know anyone who can help. You can try contacting British Council Center, Volgograd branch http://www.britishcouncil.org/russia-volgograd.htm
    The center is based in Teacher Training University, which has a couple of relatively good hostels. You can send them an email - it never hurts to ask. I am sure they have a lot of experience with students’ accomodations.

    My personal advice is to book a hotel because it’s safe especially for a short period of time. Keep in mind that Volgograd is stretched along for 84 km so if you live far away, you will spend a lot of time commuting. The best hotels will be “Intourist” or “Volgograd”. They both are both downtown and very close to the railway station and other places of interest. The standard room rate is about $70 http://www.visitrussia.com/citiesguide/ ... hotels.htm

    One more idea is to reserve an apartment, it can be cheaper than a hotel.

    How long are you planning to stay in the city?

    There are quite a few online reservations websites. Here is one of them: http://www.visitrussia.com/tickets/train-tickets.htm# "
    A few days only. I'm visiting the big cities in the South of Russia.
    Well I found 2 hotels: Турист и Южная. I can get a room for 1100 roubles in Tourist which is ok! but i prefer youth hostels because you meet lots of people there! still searching

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    Турист is right opposite The Mamaev Hill Memorial Complex and it will take you 15 - 20 min to get to downtown by public tranportation. Южная is somewhere in downtown. They are both OK. Did you try British Council?

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