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[arakay]

Hi all!

I just graduated from college and am planning on moving to Russia in the fall. I'm going with a good friend who studied abroad there and spent a lot of time in Irkutsk--she loved it and wants to go back. But even though I've been assured by a lot of people that there is a big demand for teachers who actually WANT to go to Siberia, all the job posts seem to be for Moscow or St. Petersburg. Anyone in or around Irkutsk, or know of any potential schools there? Or in Krasnoyarsk (saw the Language Link ad and am applying there, and have a TEFL certificate with classroom experience and such, but still don't want to put all my hopes on one school)?

Thanks! We're both doing it for a year before grad school, so schools that pay less but come with housing are fine--preferable, even. Need to make enough to live (and make $60/month student loan payments...), of course, but we're mostly in it for the experience.