посылка

[wondershot.livejournal.com]

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.

Comments

[wondershot.livejournal.com]

I have everything but a postal code. Rats.

Does Yandex.ru have a googlemaps-esque feature whereby you can punch in a partial address and it'll just happen to give you the postal code along with the official location of the address on a map?

It doesn't look like they have much info for Velikii Novgorod... I'll just have to ask my friend.

Thanks, btw.

[bokh.livejournal.com]

>Does Yandex.ru have a googlemaps-esque feature whereby you can punch in a partial address and it'll just happen to give you the postal code along with the official location of the address on a map?

I haven't seen such a thing.

Here's a couple of links where you can look up the street manually:

http://postindex.ypages.ru/rus/nd16884/qu1200/ic7841668
http://www.ruspostindex.ru/53/1.html

[wondershot.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[wondershot.livejournal.com]

Perfect, btw.