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johnpockets Just Starting Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 1	Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 5:57 am    Post subject: Can Anybody tell me about The Penza Area of Russia And the city of Penza. I met a girl online and am tring to find out more about it. How long to get their by train from moscow? What newspapers are in this city?
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wavetossed WayToRussified Joined: 27 Jun 2004 Posts: 339	Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 10:21 pm    Post subject: Penza is a small city in the south not too far from Ulyanovsk (where the UAZ cars are made) and Saratov. I'd imagine that you take a train from Kazanskoy Vokzal in Moscow (near Komsomolskaya metro station). You can check the train details at http://www.poezda.net/en/index Basically, you will arrive in Moscow, probably at Sheremetyevo 2 airport. Outside the terminal building there are mini-van shuttles called marshrutnie taksi that can take you to either Planernaya or Rechnoy station. Read the sign in the window to find the right one. The station name will be in bolder letters because it will be the major stop on their route. Of course, it will be in Cyrillic but if you can't read Cyrillic, instead of spending roughly $1 on the minivan, you will pay $40 or more for a taxi. So learn to read Cyrillic. In any case, since you can read Cyrillic, it's not too hard to read the metro map and figure out that you need to go south, change to the circular line and go counterclockwise a few stations to Komsomolskaya. You buy your ticket by putting the right notes into a machine. Don't go through the ticket gates until you watch a few locals. You put the ticket in a slot and remove the ticket before walking through what appears to be an open gate. If you forget to remove the ticket, the gate closes on your private parts. Anyway, at Komsomolskaya, exit right from the station and go right around to the back side of the building. You can see Kazanskaya station across the street from you. Hotels? Well, it's cheaper to sleep on the train but I believe there is a Novotel at Sheremetyevo 2 if you want to do that. Why do you want to know about the newspapers? If you can read Russian, just search at http://www.rambler.ru otherwise there isn't much point. Russia has a lot of national papers, some of which have regional editions, so most people in Penza probably read those. Have fun! [/img]
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AliceFromMoscow WayToRussified Joined: 10 Jul 2004 Posts: 411	Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 12:47 am    Post subject: wavetossed wrote: In any case, since you can read Cyrillic, it's not too hard to read the metro map and figure out that you need to go south, change to the circular line and go counterclockwise a few stations to Komsomolskaya. If you look carefully you'll notice that every metro map has little inscriptions with names of stations with english letters By the way to get to Komsomolskaya from those stations on the circular line you need to go clockwise..
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wavetossed WayToRussified Joined: 27 Jun 2004 Posts: 339	Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 9:25 pm    Post subject: Thanks Alice, you are right, it's counterclockwise heading east at the northern part of the circle. But it's still a good idea to read Cyrillic so that you can read ALL of the signs. I was only in the Moscow Metro 3 times and I didn't notice any English signs because I didn't need any of them. English speaking people think Russian is hard to learn but it is easier than French or German. The Cyrillic alphabet is as easy to learn as the rules for pronouncing French or German because they use the same alphabet but some letters have different sounds.
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