An apartment in Saint-Petersburg for rent

[Anna Rakityanskaya]

Dear friends,

I am forwarding this ad for someone who is not a member of the list, so 
please reply directly to Alexei Yurchak at yurchak at uclink.berkeley.edu, and 
not to me.

Thank you,

Anna Rakityanskaya
UT Austin
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APARTMENT IN THE CENTER OF ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA -- FOR RENT
A very spacious and cozy apartment in the center of St. Petersburg. Ideal 
as a base for one or a couple of scholars doing research.
Available: FROM OCTOBER 15, 2002 TILL EARLY MAY 2003.
This is my own apartment: I am a professor at UC Berkeley -- I live in that 
apartment during the summers in St Petersburg and in Berkeley, CA during 
the academic year when I teach.
The apartment is fully renovated, furnished and equipped according to 
Western standards. It has a very beautiful design, located in the heart of 
St. Petersburg on Moika River, and is very quiet (windows look into the 
green yard). Total space: 60 square meters. High ceilings (3.5 meters)
Large room: two windows, parquet floor, large sofa (extendable to a bed), 
arm-chairs, beautiful wooden dinner table with four chairs, library with 
books in Russian and English, TV with good reception (17 channels), VCR, 
collection of films on VHS, Stereo, many plants.
Smaller room (bedroom): window, parquet floor, queen-size bed, desk with 
lamps, bookshelves, dresser, large closet, phone with answering machine, 
printer (Hewlett-Packard: PC and Mac compatible), easy e-mail connection, 
electric plugs (Russian and European standards), telephone plugs (Russian
and American).
Kitchen: very spacious, window, tiled floor, brand-new kitchen furniture 
with fitted cupboards, large refrigerator, all electrical equipment, modern 
utensils, china, four-burner stove with an oven and a fan, a
round wooden breakfast table, four chairs.
Bathroom: bathtub with shower, sink, hot water, mirrored cabinet, automatic 
Italian washing machine;
Toilet (separate): Western plumbing, black and white tiles.
Front room/entrance hall: spacious, large wooden closet, mirror, vacuum 
cleaner, iron
Heating: central heating -- but regulated inside the apartment, very warm 
during the winter.
Metal front door with good locks. Third floor in a three-storey building
BUILDING:
Coded exterior door (for security). Very thick walls (warm in the winter). 
Good neighbors.
AREA:
Right in the heart of St. Petersburg, on the beautiful Moika River. Three 
minutes walk to St. Isaacs Square, three minutes to Nevsky prospect, five 
minutes to the Hermitage. Five minutes to both Kanal Griboedova and Sennaya 
Ploshchad? metro stations. Lots of good cafes and food shops nearby. Close 
to the popular Idiot and Popugai cafés. Sennoi vegetable market ten minute 
walk.
Rent is $650/month, could be negotiable depending on the length of stay 
(the last month's rent is paid in advance as a deposit). No agency fee.
Please, e-mail me directly at yurchak at uclink.berkeley.edu if you are 
interested or have questions
Alexei

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