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Tatarstan-Russia

TaMSA

Flag of Republic Tatarstan

TaMSA-symbol

Kazan State medical University

Participating cities (LC's)

Kazan, Naberezhnye Chelny

Languages

Russian, English

Currency (how much is a Bigmac?)

Russian Ruble, one Bigmac = 50 rubles

Time zone

GMT+3, Moscow zone

Number of Doctors and beds per 1000 people

Member of IFMSA since...

1993

Number of incoming students per year

15

Who are our NEO's

Mikhail Mavlikeev (NEO-Out)and Kseniya Smetannikova (NEO-In)

Our official website / Forum / Facebook group

http://www.tamsa-tatarstan.com

*Come for exchange!*

Welcome Note

WELCOME TO TATARSTAN!!! Being in Kazan during your clerkship you have a great opportunity to get acquainted not only with unique russian medicine, but also with interesting openhearted people, beautiful places, unforgettable winter time, wonderful nature, magnificence and misery at the same time and of course with great part of rich culture one of the most paradoxical countries in the world – Russia. You will either love it or you will be shocked. Anyway, you won’t leave it indifference. We promise, you will remember your time in RUSSIA.

Overview

Republic of Tatarstan - is a federal subject of the Russian Federation.

Coat of Arms

Сapital – Kazan in a distance of 793 Km east of Moscow

Established - May 27, 1920

Political status - Republiс

Federal District - Volga

Economic region - Volga

Area - 68,000 km² (26,254.9 sq mi)

Population - 3,779,265 inhabitants

Official languages - Russian, Tatar

President - Rustem Minikhanov

Official website http://www.tatar.ru/

Our health care system

Tatarstan's medical school has high standard of health services, top-quality medical technology, and is known by it's traditions and names of such famous Health Care Workers as Vishnevski, Bekhterev, Samoylov, Fuchs and many other. It is also known by achievements in medical research and universal public accessibility.

The Ministry of Health is responsible for the development of health policy, operation of the nation's public health services and management of the governmental health care budget. The government also owns and operates many of the nation's larger hospitals.

A lot of our physicians understand and speak good English.

The hospitals

The are reach amount of medical centers and hospitals in Tatarstan. You will get the chance to experience one of the best and most advanced hospitals throughout the republic that cooperate with the exchange program. To find out more about specific hospitals please see our cities pages..

Don't worry - you will be picked up and transported by your contact persons to you hospital first day of your clerkship for sure!!!

Interregional Clinical Diagnostic Center, Kazan

Our medical education

The Medical education program in Russia is composed of several stages: 2 years of premed and 1 year preclinical studies, 3 years of clinical studies. After graduating from university the student has 1 year internship and 2-year traineeship. It is also optional for students with top grades to receive PhD after 3-year post-graduate course of research work.

Cultural differences

Tatarstan is National Republic - part of Russian Federation with own autonomy. It's a unique place where two cultures, two worlds - East and West - are meeting. To be continued...

Kazan Kremlin, Spassky Tower, Koul-Sharif Minarets

Accommodation & Boarding

International students may stay with a host family (most often), live in the students’ dorm (very seldom) or have an apartment or a room arranged for them by the University.

Off-campus apartments Rent amounts depends on the location, size and condition of the apartment. As a rule, apartments offered for rent are supplied with furniture and basic household appliances (refrigerator, TV, telephone). Current average prices start at RUR 8,000 for one-room apartments and 10,000 for two-room apartments. Telephone charges are not included in the rent.

Family stay The best choice in terms of improving language proficiency is staying with a host family.

Boarding: We provide students with 1 meal per day. If the meal is not provided at the place of accommodation the student will receive an equivalent amount of pocket money (3500 rubles for 2010-2011 exchange season). Boarding and lodging is free on bilateral agreement. Unilateral students will be asked to pay 300 EURO for the exchange

Social program

Social program is available only during the summer months (July and August). Usually we offer social activities during the weekends – tours in Kazan, trips to interesting historical places, boat trips etc. All transportation and other extra costs will be at the student’s own expense. There will be some social program during the rest of the year, however as all our students are studying at the Universities we'll do our best to do exchange in Tatarstan unforgetable. The list of events will be given to students on first big meeting - Welcome - party free for incoming students!!!

Local & National transportation

Kazan International Airport

There is a direct Lufthansa flight to Kazan from Frankfurt, but this route is more expensive than traveling through Moscow.

KAZAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KZN) locates around 15-20 kilometers from Kazan. But there are regular buses (№97), which can deliver you from airport to the city. phone: (843)2729 143. S-TAXI from airport: (843) 254-00-04.

The trip from Moscow to Kazan can either be made by plane (from Domodedovo or Sheremetevo airport, 1 hour) or by train (from Kazanskiy railway station in Moscow). The trip lasts around 12 hours but is designed to let you sleep overnight and wake up in Kazan at 7 in the morning the next day. Train is very usefull and usually very confortable way to travel across Russia.

The most convenient train is called “Tatarstan”. (Train tickets Moscow - Kazan - Moscow - $ 150). Flight prices from Moscow to Kazan normally start at 1000 RUR (AVIANOVA), but usually 3000-5000 RUR (Tatarstan Airlines, S7 Airlines), while train tickets start at 800 - 1200 RUR.

Individuals who plan to travel to Kazan through Moscow should note that, if their plane or train arrives in Moscow in the morning, it is possible to leave for Kazan on the same day. Otherwise, it will be necessary to stay in Moscow overnight.

THE RAILWAY STATION is in the central part of the city, near of Kremlin and central stadium.

Kazan is one of the main stations of the Transsibirian Railway, in a distance of 793 Km east of Moscow.

"Kazan" Railway station

From Kazan you can arrive to different cities of Russia, to Moscow and St.Peterburg for sure. To book your tickets in advance (recommended) you can visit Russian Railways page and browse available times and price ranges.

Purchase Kazan Train Tickets On Your Own

• Substitute the bold description (in brackets), with your train information. (See Kazan train schedules and itineraries below for further information).

• Translate the information using Google Translator.

• Print and give the translated version to the lady selling tickets at the Kazan train station "service center".

• For detailed information, see our Trains in Russia page.

Kazan City Transport

KAZAN TRANSPORTATION

There are municipal tramways, trolleybuses and red buses (more used).

NB! The lines of Kazan bus transportation you can see on the Kazan Buses Map (It is on Russian, but not difficult to understand).

A single-line Kazan Metro, the north-southeast Central Line, opened on 27 August 2005. The Kazan Metro now has only six stations, but there are plans to extend the line.

TAXI IN KAZAN

There are great amount of different private taxi companies in Kazan. It is easy to find many of taxi companies in internet.

Kazan Metropoliten

Weather

Make sure that you take warm winter clothes if you are going to stay between November and April. The swimming season starts in May or early June. In September you will enjoy a marvellous “golden autumn”. The climate is moderate-continental, with occasional draughts. Average temperature is -13C during the coldest month of the year (January) and +19C during the warmest month (July). Average annual precipitation is 460-520 mm. Vegetation period lasts about 170 days.

Russian Winter

City beach Kazan

Exchange conditions

Please before exchange visit our EC-page.

N.B. IMPORTANT - VISA!!!

Students from all countries need visas to enter Russia. In order to get the visa the students will have to apply to the Russian embassy in the country of residence. Invitation letters for students will be issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. In order to do this it is very important for us to have a COPY OF PASSPORT which meets all the requirements stated above. The TIME needed for the INVITATION LETTER to be issued is 32-36 days. We advise all students to visit the web site of their local Russian Embassy to check the rules and regulations before applying for the visa. REMEMBER: a student can only get a Russian visa for the dates stated in the Official Invitation Letter. In order to stay longer after the clerkship or arrive earlier for tourist purposes you will need to apply for a second (tourist) visa which is very expensive. Please DO NOT buy tickets to Russia before you receive your CA!!!

Russia Warnings

Language problem. Learn at least the cyrillic alphabeth !

A few young people might speak english or even some german, BUT 99,9% of the people in supermarkets, shops, post-offices, train-counters, police etc. will not understand a single english word. On the other hand plenty of russian words are really easy to be understood, when you are able to read the cyrillic letters. e.g. PECTOPAH does not make sense on a 1st view, but when reading it you will find out it is a Restauran and for Cafe and pizzeria this applies as well. Platzkartni is another german word used in russian and there are many more like the word for penalty in Russia is "Schtraf" similar to the german word Strafe with exactely the same meaning.

Street food not so good

If you're coming from Moscow you might be expecting to eat good street food in Kazan as well. You'll want to forget that notion. Mostly available around the train station, it consists mainly of Russian hot dogs (you'll only ever have one of those in your life, if that many) and stale pastries stuffed with miscellaneous blandness. The prices are too low to be true and there's a reason for that. Other areas - the market has nothing and the Baumana ul. area has way overpriced shashlik. Too bad - this is one area where Russia usually does quite well for itself.

The Road Traffic.

The road traffic in Kazan is dangerous both drivers and pedestrians. The reason of this is ignorance of road laws by them. Kazan drivers never let pass pedestrians on pedestrian crossings, always exceed speed limit and never look rear-view mirrors when they are going to change a traffic lane. Crossing over at the traffic lights is not safe for pedestrians. On the other hand, pedestrians are danger for drivers too. They cross roads on prohibited parts, run out in front of driving car. Take care on the Kazan roads even through you keep all the traffic laws.

Migration Card and Passport Registration The stewardess gave to all foreigners this small paper in the plane just before landing. It is a small piece of paper consists of two parts. One is for arrival, the other is for departure. You have to fill this form with your personal information like name, date of birth, passport number, visa number, duration of stay, location of stay, etc. These parts are taken by the officer at the passport control at your arrival and departure. If you don’t have your copy, you cannot pass the control! Passport and Visa Service - Department of visas and registrations - 291-20-92