Instruction
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The question of finding accommodation in St. Petersburg is easily solved – the cheapest option is a hostel. The hostel called hotel hostel of format, their services are often used by active travelers, so the contingent in hostels much nicer than in a normal hostels. Most hostels have websites, usually on the website the price is given per night, on average it is three or four hundred rubles, and then a month of living in a hostel will cost you in the worst case, twelve thousand. An additional advantage of the hostel is almost always present free Wi-Fi. To move you need a laptop, without it you will not be able to look for work. Before leaving, the visitors book a room in the hostel, so you can go there directly from the station. We can recommend hostels "Yes", "Alpine", "planet". Choose hostels with kitchens so you can reduce the cost of food.
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To find a job in St. Petersburg, sign up on the big portals for job search, make the most detailed summary and send it to interesting jobs prior to departure, even from Moscow. After that usually appear a few invitations to interview. Do not relax at this stage, keep track of interesting offers and continue to send out resumes. After the arrival of Peter, go to all the interviews. If they fail, do not worry, continue to look for work.
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When all is well, you can start looking for an apartment, the easiest way is again to use the Internet, find an Agency or independently seek suggestions on the forums – depends on you. Through an Agency is safer, but more expensive. And the forums may offer to rent a two-room apartment in half. Studio apartment in St. Petersburg is unlikely to cost less than seventeen or eighteen thousand rubles, rooms in normal houses cost ten thousand.
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Minimum spending per person on food a month – five to seven thousand, it is no frills, but satisfying. This is assuming that you buy the products you will be in cheap shops and markets, and food to prepare for the future. (To save the best way to cook soups and stews). Travel is necessary to lay at least a thousand per month. If the first month you will live in the hostel, more than twenty to twenty-five thousand you will spend in the mode of reasonable economy. The second month, if you find an apartment or room, will require large expenditures. Usually the owners are required to pay a Deposit in the amount of the monthly payment if you something mess up in the room. So in the second month of stay in St. Petersburg just on housing, you spend twenty thousand or more.
Note
If you have a decent supply of money, which according to your estimates will last for a few months of life, even if you're not working, you can immediately attend to the search of the apartment.