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Best Russian town - FSU Russia
05-19-2013, 12:03 PM
For the well traveled here, what would be the best town (at least 1,5-2 million inhabitants) in Former Soviet Union to learn Russian for one year?
A town that would not be too expensive, that would have a good quality of girls and easiness of hooking up (Not too much stigma given to girls dating foreigners) and also a reasonable climate.
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05-19-2013, 12:12 PM
Reasonable climate and Russia in the same sentence is an oximoron.
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Best Russian town - FSU Russia
05-19-2013, 02:11 PM
That picture really puts in perspective. Is that St.Petersburg, Moscow or somewhere else?
I would think a place like Krasnodar or Sochi offer the best weather in Russia itself. If you're feeling more exotic perhaps Alma-Ata or Tashkent. The feedback on here for those places has generally been positive.
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05-19-2013, 02:19 PM
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Best Russian town - FSU Russia
05-21-2013, 11:48 AM
Belarus.
Cheapest place to study Russian in a purely Slavic country ( you can study in Central Asia cheaply but the locals are harder to mingle with and hence harder to get outside practice and also they bastardise the Russian - I speak from experience of having studied Russian there ). Is the climate great? Nope but the women are sweet and feminine.
I'm doing the same thing as you at some point this year so pm me if you want to ask any questions.