http://wondershot.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] wondershot.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] learn_russian2008-12-27 01:02 am

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Not directly language related, but I hope you can still help me:

I'm mailing a package from America to a friend in Russia, but I've heard crazy tales about Russian post offices and I'm concerned that my New Year's gifts might not reach their destination unless I take some special precautions. How would you go about sending a package to Russia? This is my first time doing this.

For instance, I need to write the recipient address in English and Russian, right? And fill out the customs forms of course... I bet this will be so expensive :/

If this has been asked before or some other site talks about this, just point me to a link. Thanks.

[identity profile] myrtilus.livejournal.com 2008-12-27 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm in Russia, and we occasionally have letters sent to us, order stuff on amazon etc
They usually write the address as follows:

MY NAME
Ul. Krasnopresnenskaya
Dom 6, Korpus 5, Kvartira 10
Moskva (Moscow), Russia 111222
Russian Federation

Ul = street name
dom = house number
korpus = "block"
kvartira = apt number

You can write the address in Russian too, but as our experience shows, english-only is enough. BUT BE SURE TO WRITE THE ZIP CODE IN BIG, BOLD LETTERS