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VonKlix · Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Krasnoyarsk, Russia

I saw a few posts about jobs in Siberia and Language Link questions and Interns. Well, I went through the LL intern program a year ago and I'm a teacher at Language Link in Krasnoyarsk (which apparently has a lot less problems then Ufa - thankfully!!!) and I love it! - even more than Moscow.

Just thought I'd put it out there if any one has questions or interest let me know. I have might have some answers and/or connections for job searchers.

coledavis · Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Posts: 1838

Hi - do you anything about work in Irkutsk? (I'm thinking about it from September 2008).

Aussie Chick · Joined: 17 May 2007 Posts: 104 Location: Australia

I'd be interested in the basics:

Living standards (compared to Moscow and rest of Russia)
Students/schools
Monthly pay

All that stuff! Smile

loki42 · Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 3

Same, i'm keen on knowing how life is there and what LL is like. What are the hours like? Is it block or split shift? Can you get a job at LL Krasnoyarsk without a certificate and just with some teaching experience?

Might be a side issue, but do you know if there is a music/guitar shop in Krasnoyarsk? Smile

Where keen on starting asap there. Is there anyone we should contact?

mdk · Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Posts: 425

I've never been east of Tomsk, but I can tell you how it was there a couple of years ago.

Moscow is a large urban metropolis and isn't that much different from any large city - Philly perhaps - except that most people speak Russian.

You will find a lot fewer ex-pats around in Siberia. All the large Siberian cities I have ever been in had all of the modern amenities. It was a lot harder to find books in English and Siberians tend to be a different breed of cat than Muskovites. In a similar fashion you would find people in Wyoming rather different than those in Brooklyn.

My mother was afraid that Tomsk was a crossroads with two huts with polar bears patrolling the streets. Will you find a guitar/music store ? No all they have in Siberia are accordions and balalaikas (Haw! Haw! Haw!)

I remember that in Tomsk I went to a concert from a laureate violinist playing a Brahms piece at the concert hall. For $20 I got a ticket maybe 20 meters from the stage. That ain't happening in Moscow, bunkie.

blackcorsair · Joined: 24 Sep 2007 Posts: 32 Location: goldcoast

Still loving it, VonKlix?