Are you interested in living costs in Russia?
Here is the brief summary for those who are planning to stay for a longer period in Saint Petersburg.

🔺 Accommodation:
▪️ A bed in a two-room apartment at SPBPU’s dormitory: 5000 – 7000₽ per month;
▪️ 1-room apartment in the city: 20000 – 25000₽ per month;
▪️ Utilities (electricity, water, other): 2500 – 4000₽ per month;
▪️ Home internet: 500 – 850₽ per month.

🔺 Transport:
▪️ Public transport: 65₽ per ride;
▪️ Metro (underground): 65₽ per ride;

🔺 Food:
▪️ Lunch at SPbPU’s canteen: 200 – 300₽;
▪️ Fast food: min 170₽;
▪️ Espresso: 100 – 150₽.

🔺 Entertainment and self-care:
▪️ A cinema ticket: 250 – 450₽;
▪️ Haircut: 500 – 1000₽.

➡️ What is the most important expense in student’s everyday life for you? Do you have more questions about living costs? Write them down in the comments! ⬇️

Did you know that Polytech has its own organ?

There are around 140 Johannus organs in Russia and 15 in St. Petersburg. But only some of them, including the organ in the White Hall, are made by the unique master Dirk Kuydis, who has dedicated over 50 years to this work. Learn more about it:

✔️ https://cutt.ly/XnGjsaZ

Twice each month the world’s and Russia’s finest organists present an anthology of organ music at the White Hall. In the new 2021-2022 season, audiences will experience unusual duets between the organ and the thermo-wax, duduk, Japanese Shakuhachi classical flute, and glass harp.

➡️ Would you like to visit such concert?

Herlin`s story about Open Doors Russian Scholarship Project 📣

🖇️ Herlin Idris is from Bogor, Indonesia

He found Open Doors Competition in his last year of study at college while surfing on the internet and looking for the opportunities to study with scholarship.

Now Herlin studies New Material and Additive Technologies at Institute of Machinery, Materials, and Transport of SPbPU.

Herlin advises all international students to take part in the Open Doors International Olympiad and says: "Let’s join our journey and adventure of knowledges here in Polytech, with Open Doors!"

➡️ To learn more about the available programs head over to Open Doors official website:
💻 https://opendoors.spbstu.r

Have you seen the fountain «We» next to the 1st educational building? Here is its story. 🔽

Valentine Shalipina, student of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, made a special project for Fountain «We» as a present for 110s Anniversary of Polytech.

The structure of the fountain «We» consists of 7 figures: each one stands for special shade of our mood. Construction was made of cement and mansurov granite, and the figures were made of steel.

Next to the fountain, there is a monument to the student of Polytech in special uniform from 1900s. The sculpture of young man is sitting on a bench since 24th April 2010. It personifies the collective image of students from the 20th century.

In modern Polytech students’ life, many ceremonies are connected with the monument. Everyone believes that you need to sit with the statue on a bench for successful exams passing.

And do you like to spend time here?

Thanks to @elena_m1005 for the great picture! 💚

❓How can a foreign graduate find a job in the Russian Federation?

It was this question that our friend Issa Shaabo from RUDN University asked himself and decided to organize a whole forum to get an answer to it and share it with us

Interregional forum of foreign students of Russian universities "Build your career" - a project that received grant support from Rosmolodezh

The forum program includes the work of sections in the most popular areas of training: medicine, law, information technology, engineering specialties, architecture, etc.

Within the sections, students:

• find out what are the current requirements of the Russian labor market;
• communicate with employment specialists;
• meet with representatives of potential employers;
• get the opportunity to exchange experience and knowledge with successful foreign graduates

September 2022 promises to be productive 🔥

❓Как иностранному выпускнику трудоустроиться в РФ?

Именно этим вопросом задался наш друг Исса Шаабо из РУДН и решил организовать целый форум, чтобы получить на него ответ и поделиться им с нами

Межрегиональный форум иностранных обучающихся российских вузов "Построй свою карьеру" - проект, получивший грантовую поддержку Росмолодежи

В программу форума заложена работа секций по наиболее востребованным направлениям подготовки: медицина, юриспруденция, информационные технологии, инженерные специальности, архитектура и др

В рамках секций студенты:

• узнают каковы на данный момент требования рынка труда РФ;
• пообщаются со специалистами по трудоустройству;
• познакомятся с представителями потенциальных работодателей;
• получат возможность обменяться опытом и знаниями с успешными иностранными выпускниками

Сентябрь 2022 года обещает быть продуктивным 🔥

ENG 🔽

Ultimate summer vibes at Polytechnic Park 😍
⠀
Polytechnic Park was originally designed as a beautiful frame for the University campus. It was created to build a comfortable atmosphere in a place where students and teachers of the university studied and lived. Today, the park is preserved almost in its original form and is a historical and cultural heritage site with a hundred-year history, protected by the government.
⠀
Walking through the alleys of the park you can not only enjoy the fresh air, birdsong, the silence of the forest, but also find local attractions like a Water Supply Tower or many of the monuments. As you walk past the Main Polytechnic University Building, you can even hear the sounds of classical music! 🎶
⠀
Many different trees are planted in the park: birch, rowan, maple, pine, lilac… They give a pleasant coolness to visitors in summer ☀️ and create a fabulous atmosphere in winter ❄️
⠀
➡️ Do you want to stroll through the Park?

Our traditional Friday post - Polytech news 👋

💚 International applicants apply to Polytechnic University: interim results of admission

⭐ Polytechnic University Administration and the Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Moscow discussed training opportunities for students

*tap on the news to read a full version

Tell us in the comments what news you found most interesting and what event remarked for you. 😉

Guys, the weather is so great this weekend! It might be the last opportunity to enjoy long bike ride through the city 🤩
⠀
🚲 Take your bike or use bike sharing and let’s travel!

Today in our #where2go we offer a nice ride map around Petrogradskiy district:
⠀
➡ Start from Botanic Garden on the Karpovka river embankment to Aptekarskaya embankment. There are the cycling track that leads directly to Bolshaya Zelenina street.
➡ Ride through Lopukhinsky garden to Pesochnaya embankment
➡ Turn on Bolshaya Zelenina street and ride up to Maly prospect P. S.
➡ Ride back all the way to Karpovka river embankment and go to Botanic garden again. There will be comfortable spot with benches and beautiful garden which is great place to rest after the bike ride
⠀
You can also walk around Petrogradskaya without a bike, the most important is to enjoy this sunny and warm weekend ☀

Booking in Russia: alternative services

Ostrovok.ru
🧷 ostrovok.ru
What you can book: hotels, hostels, apartments, villas, campsites

101Hotels
🧷 101hotels.com
What you can book: hotels, hostels, apartments, recreation centers, sanatoriums, boarding houses and cottages

Avito
🧷 avito.ru
What you can book: apartment, room

Sutochno
🧷 sutochno.ru
What you can book: apartments, apartments, hotels, hostels, houses and even excursions

Cian
🧷 cian.ru
What you can book: an apartment, a room or a house

Tinkoff Travel
🧷 tinkoff.ru/travel/hotels
What you can book: hotels, hostels, apartments, villas, campsites, plane and train tickets, tours

Yandex-travel
🧷 travel.yandex.ru
What you can book: hotels, hostels, camp sites, sanatoriums, plane, train or bus tickets

📍 Source

The University is not responsible for your bookings. Please confirm your reservation at the hotel. Not all services work like booking.

Would you like to go to the museums of Saint Petersburg for free? It's easy with our selection 👀

Free entrance in the third Thursday of each month:
🎟 The Hermitage
🎟 Savior on Blood
🎟 St. Isaac's Cathedral
🎟 Peter and Paul Fortress
🎟 Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic
🎟 The Central Naval Museum and etc.

Check the information about free entrance here.

What is your favorite museum in SPb?