Moscow money questions

[Ian Helfant]

Greetings!

I will be running Colgate University's Moscow Study Group next fall
(1999) and have two questions for those of you "in the know."   Is there
a recognized "standard" for the salary which one would pay a Russian
professor in Moscow to teach a single semester-long course meeting to or
three times a week in a subject like history?  (I've heard that the
Soros Foundation publishes standards of this sort but haven't had luck
finding any figures on its WebSite.) Secondly, what's the latest on the
range for renting a decent apartment by the month in the center of
Moscow (I cringe in advance!)

Thanks for any help with this.  Ian Helfant (Asst. Prof., Colgate Univ.)