life in the Russian students home
On 1 September is traditionally in Russia school and beginning of the semester - this day is called "Knowledge Day" celebrated. And in early September, I was, like all other foreign students in the dormitory ( obscheschitije ) at the University Astrakhan district.
International atmosphere
Is Astrakhan, the city in southern Russia, one way or already international, this is still tops the students home. Live here Uzbeks, Tajiks, Turkmens, Kazakhs, Karakalpaks, Azeris, Dagestan, Russian, Kalmyk, Egyptians, Gambier, Chad, Zimbabwe, Moldovans. Many of them are only just beginning their studies and are 17-18 years old. None of them has ever cooked yourself or purchases made, no one has the slightest idea what an iron is to use. And many can only bad Russian - the students from Africa, surprisingly, often much better than from the former Soviet republics. But since the first week in the dormitory create Remedy: The hostel is language, cooking and household in a school. Everyone will be taught thoroughly in a short time, be it from the older students, be it from the cleaning lady or the Deschurnaja.
staff and rules
with "supervisor" or "caretaker" can translate the Russian Occupation "deschurnaja" just bad. It is responsible for every 60 students who live on the same floor, and is responsible for all questions. Among other things, precisely, that stove and washing machine are operated properly, that everyone is at 11 clock in his room, any banquet will be held, and order are respected.
The rules here are much stricter than in the student's home in Berne - attendance is practically prohibited in the main go well, at an information event is being drummed into all students, that the violation of House rules virtually synonymous with the exclusion whether from the university. It is therefore important to face with the staff well. This allows the rules significantly soften - you just donated the night watchman now and then a beer (eg Baltika ), brings the guard a piece of cake or a glass jam from the market or give the porter a Swiss Mü nzsatz for his son, who collects coins.
rest or privacy? - Not applicable. The doors can be closed while pro forma - with a key that mimics one of the key makers at every street corner for the equivalent of 1 franc. The walls are hearing ring and make the Tajik tea parties, whether you like it or not, to the Community Event. The (rare) post will be distributed at the entrance, and everyone always knows who got what from whom.
absurd
on absurdities should be prepared for all eventualities. This begins with the House Rules, section 4.2. "Jump not from the 4th Floor, according to the statistics, every second jump from the fourth floor lethal ".
Or will you also sometimes with the wake-up call " Where's the iron where the iron is aroused. " You answer, at half past seven in the morning still slightly sleepy, not at once, to spin the Deschurnaja second key in the lock to return to "iron" to call - they suspected you, stole the iron have, under this pretext, and awakens the same time all the inhabitants.
Eating
The kitchen in our dormitory is almost always very clean. The mystery of the clean kitchen, I discovered, however, soon: Instead of once a week in Bern, the kitchen is cleaned three times a day here.
to correct Russian and Russian cuisine you will not get used here. But in a highly creative, international cuisine. - The range of Uzbek Plov (rice and carrot stew) on Lagman, buckwheat zucchini eggplant and tomatoes, plenty of fresh fish, millet, various tinting , heads up to overcooked spaghetti: the spaghetti from the factory with the catchy name Lipezkchlebmakaronprom have the property only pampig cook al dente but not to leave. Pumpkin soup. Adding s METANA (crème fraîche) is still any inedible food edible. And as alternative giving even the cafeteria.
So many people in one small area - this is also a market to earn what you can get here. The calling my neighbor, the Kalmyk Ainge, on the plan. He summarily ordered 150 kilograms of fresh mutton from the Kalmyk steppe, and bring this with 20 rubles (80 Cents) Earnings per kilo in the first man to run the sales are not as good, which is stored in the refrigerator the next room outsourced meat continue to herself ..
The real luxury
Our student residence is by Russian standards, the true luxury. Foreign students contribute immensely to the high tuition fees much to budget for the university, for that they enjoy an important privilege - the right to with about 40 francs a month very affordable housing in the newly renovated dormitory. The standard is here - with washing machine, Kitchen, running hot water and heating system functioning - far higher than in ordinary Russian dormitories.
True enough - who peace and privacy are important, it is difficult here, but which are almost free housing, many new friends and socializing over in a truly international atmosphere. Everyone helps everyone, whether in cooking, in the tasks of exploring the new environment in a Russian city. Life in a Russian student residence offers, that's for certain, many memorable insights and encounters.
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