Study in St. P.

[Belianine Valeri]

Bonjour, Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
E> A student of mine wants to study in St. Petersburg this summer, and has a
Besides better not to carry large sums of money (10 USD is o.k.)
and never give money to militia men even if they ask.
He may not get it back.
And he should be afraid of skinheads. Even not to look at them.
If ne meets someone unpleasant he may use some very strange phrases like
"Stoy gde idesh ili idi gde stoish"
or "Seychas chakry mogut isportitsa" and learn to walk away quickly :)
But in general sitation is improving. Welcome to Russia.

Yours truly, Dr. Val Belianine
Professor of Russian, Moscow State University <www.cie.ru>

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