Moscow is a huge city, life in which can be quite complicated. To survive in the capital, you need to learn how to organize your life in accordance with external factors.
Instruction manual
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Many people think that life in Moscow is simpler and better than in small towns. In fact, the capital, in addition to prospects, offers residents a lot of difficulties, trials and stresses. And these unforeseen difficulties force many to return home. To survive in Moscow, you need to prepare for the move in advance.
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First of all, think over the housing issue. Study in advance offers on rented apartments and rooms, choose the offers that are suitable for the cost, talk with the owners, find out in detail all the points regarding rent, ask for additional photos. To save money, at first it makes sense to rent a house with someone else. Having several suitable options, after moving you just have to inspect them and choose the one you like.
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It is better to look for work in Moscow in advance. Post your resume on job sites, get recommendations at your current job. Do not forget to study the level of salaries - in the capital it most often differs upwards. Ask potential employers to conduct the first interview remotely: by phone or via video in Skype. Feel free to ask questions about compliance with labor laws and the exact amount of future salaries.
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At first, life in Moscow can cause constant stress. Take care of methods to deal with them. The best way to do this is to communicate with friends and acquaintances, walks, excursions and entertainment. Do not miss the opportunity to meet new people - be it new colleagues, neighbors or virtual acquaintances from Moscow, with whom you finally have the opportunity to meet in person. New experiences will help to avoid the blues and will allow you to quickly adapt to life in the capital.
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Homeless talks about how to survive in Moscow without documents, friends and money, having only the Internet at hand. In the summer of 2010, the story of a Russian homeless person who tried to survive by all means appeared on the Internet. Like tramps from New York and closharas in Paris, a man with no fixed abode went to the Internet and kept a diary on his own website, in a civilized way asked for alms and sought help from the authorities.
Useful advice
Handshakes are optional, and if you can’t refuse this ritual, learn to perform it in Moscow. Imagine instead of the interlocutor’s hand a weak and sick frog that you are very afraid of crushing, either out of humanism or out of squeamishness. If you come to a party in a grandfather's jacket and a Tyrolean hat, you will not be sent to a neurosis clinic, but on the contrary, they will be noisily approved and recognized as a freak. Becoming a freak is an honor and respect in Moscow.
