Thread: Need income while in Russia

VM, you are way random (and totally lame).

Originally Posted by JB

VM, you are way random (and totally lame).

And you're jealous of my success.

What success?

Originally Posted by JB

What success?

Unattainable by you.

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Tuition for a year: USD ~$2000
Dorms for a year: USD ~$2000
Food for a year: USD ~$1200
Alcohol for a year: USD ~$500

I think the alcohol price you quoted is WAY too low.

At a modest $25/week that calculates out to over $1200.

Well I guess it depends on currency rate, but yes you are right, it is kinda low. But when I was there, a bottle of champagne cost $2.. a couple of those and I was good to go for the evening!

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

But when I was there, a bottle of champagne cost $2.. a couple of those and I was good to go for the evening!

I've asked some of my friends who aren't teatotal like muggins here and they said that a bottle of champagne for $2 wouldn't be champagne, it would be vinigar!

Well, I could find bottle of sovetskaya for 65 roubles. And I have tasted vinegar, they don't taste alike! Maybe I am a sucker for cheap champagne...

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Well, I could find bottle of sovetskaya for 65 roubles. And I have tasted vinegar, they don't taste alike! Maybe I am a sucker for cheap champagne...

Sovetskaya? To me Sovetskaya sounds like a type of vodka. Perhaps you mean Sovetskoye? Champagne is neuter in Russian while vodka is feminine.

You are, of course, right. Sovetskoe Shampanskoe... my liver is already screaming!

It's easier to survive cheaply if you go far from Moscow. Try a city like Yoshkar-Ola. Here is one American student's travelogue

http://www.yoshkar.com/

Start with his Bio page and work your way back to People. Notice that some pages have multiple sections. If it has a Next: link on it, then check that out too.

I have to be honest guys, Russia sounds dirt cheap! Buy most calculations, you could live frugaly on $6-8k for a year. Thats only

[quote=Androvsky]I have to be honest guys, Russia sounds dirt cheap! Buy most calculations, you could live frugaly on $6-8k for a year. Thats only

Don't believe the VendingMachine! No good comes out of talking machines!

I lived non-frugally in Russia for a year on 10k, I don't see why anyone can't do the same, even if the prices are a little higher.

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Don't believe the VendingMachine! No good comes out of talking machines!

I lived non-frugally in Russia for a year on 10k, I don't see why anyone can't do the same, even if the prices are a little higher.

Obviously, your understanding of frugally is different from mine. 10K a year would be a disaster for me.

I won't even ask on what you spend your money on

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

I won't even ask on what you spend your money on

Charity, gambling and women.

speaking of gambnling, what are the card rooms in moscow and petersburg like?

anyway, 10k sounds like plenty to go with for a few months :P

They are like card rooms, comrade Androvsky.

I meant, what do they play and what prices. (ie, $50 pot limit hold em, etc).


Though i htink you already knew what i meant....