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[upthera44.livejournal.com]

I just learned that I'll be spending the next year living and teaching in Novosibirsk. I'm looking forward to it, but I don't know much about this area. Does anyone know of any links to blogs, informational sites, etc. that provide information about Novosibirsk or even Siberia in general? All I've found so far is Wikipedia's scant article.

Still more useless Russian-esque questions

[yurodivy84.livejournal.com]

I promise I'll stop soon; I'm in a LiveJournal-trolling phase and also want to get rid of any lingering questions before I run off to Russia.

Which mobile-phone service (in Moscow and/or Russia in general) (e.g. MTS, Bilaijn or Megafon) would you prefer for a pay-as-you go SIM, and why? In fact, what IS "pay-as-you-go" po-russki?

(Spasibo bol'shoe za terpimost')

Why the genitive case...

[quem98.livejournal.com]

I'm really confused as to how the last word fits into the rest of the sentence... The genitive case here completely throws me for a loop.

Рыбу ловили острогой, удочками, сетными орудиями промысла.

My best (and most likely incorrect) guess..

Fish were caught with harpoons, tackle, and trap nets of trade.

*EDIT*

Thank you!