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Accom and utilities are paid for and the salary is aroun 12 time teh national average, so it seems ok.
just wondered if anyone here knew what food stuffs etc cost?
I guess that makes a big diffrence.
In Kiev (the capitol of Ukraine) to rent one room apt costs from $200. But Kiev is very expensive city - so in other UA area it can started from $80-100.
Food, a lot of supermarkets, restourants - $100-200 depending upon your preferences.
Whats the average monthly wage? Or what would be considered a good wage.
other than the pizza these are US prices. How the h-ll do locals afford these items?
apart from the financials, these are once in a lifetime chances, so if it makes the slight bit of sense, get your backside out there and enjoy life.
good luck
Shak
So how do you say in Russian 'Got any Vodka mate' ;>
Corruption, bribes flourish.
If you come as a teacher you will find probably many interesting experiences. People will love you. Here is very VERY cool girl. You can meet withthem on the strets, in transport, in cafe - that is very simple here.
[edited by: lawman at 1:30 pm (utc) on Dec. 29, 2004]
So thats pretty good isnt it?
Worked with a Bulgarian once apprently $600 per year was pretty good out there. She was earning $1600 a month over here and her family couldnt believe it.
I think Ill take it.
not bad mate
I'd take it for the experience alone, at least you are NOT out of pocket and it'd look great on the CV (imo)
Shak
I would guess that in most provincial capitals like Voronezh, Tambov, Perm' or Saratov, $115 per week would be a great salary given that everything else is pretty much covered.
I took the trans-mongolian to eastern Siberia and stayed for a week in Ulan-Ude once. Obviously I was staying in hotels which is more expensive than renting an apartment but I was spending one third to half as much per week as I had been spending in Moscow (and I was going out every night as opposed to once every few nights in Moscow).
So how do you say in Russian 'Got any Vodka mate
Izvinit'e pozhalusta, u vas jest vodka?
(Excuse me please, do you have any vodka?)
Hmmm... no that's probably too polite for most Russians >;-> You can ask that in the shops.
How about:
Vodka jest? Davaj vypijem!
(You have vodka? Let's drink!)
Yes I know it looks like a j... believe me, it's a y sound
Luckly for me a mate of mine is maried to a Russian so I think kill get some language training from her.
I was somewhat worried about the country being rather lawless (no worse than Essex on a Saturday night?), is that so?
I would recommend learning the Cyrillic alphabet before you go (which will only take you an afternoon...) because if it you don't know it, it's formidable, but if you do know it, you barely notice that it's not the latin alphabet.
A few letters are very similar - A, D, K, M, O, T, Z
Others are the same as they are in Greek (Pi is P for instance and Theta is F).
Some are false friends - S looks like C, R looks like P, N looks like H, V looks like B, I looks like N.
One or two others are modified from hebrew script - one that looks like a straight angled W with a looped tail on the end is pronounced "shch" (as in pushchair).
If you want to go out for a pint in London some time I can teach you some basic phrases or something. I'm in Bulgaria at the moment which is a good chance to improve my (very limited) Bulgarian - though I find myself falling back on my Russian quite a lot, given that I'm a lot more confident about using it.
Southend! i wouldnt go there true bandit country, Saturday night or not.
Ronin I may well take you up on that offer, just bring your own pot noodle :0
