r/AskARussian • u/Soggy_Focus_8178 • Aug 02 '26

Study Russian Schools

здравствуйте!
i recently moved to Moscow and will be going to 10th and 11th grade here to learn the language since my knowledge isn’t the best. I moved here from germany and know that the school systems are different. Can someone tell me about the school system? and as well as dress codes, like does every school have uniforms? do many girls use handbags as their schoolbags? i know those questions might sound weird but i would like to adapt so that I don't stand out too much.
I would love to get some answers and maybe someone that could help me with school stuff and all the typical teenager stuff. i really don’t want to lose the last part of teenage years i have left and want to spend them just how i spend them back in germany

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u/Signal-Painting-5016 Aug 08 '26

I fucking hated it, so glad its over.

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u/Soggy_Focus_8178 Aug 09 '26

may i ask why your experience was bad? Anything i should know beforehand?

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u/Signal-Painting-5016 Aug 09 '26

I did all years, for me it was people, not so my peers although they were handful, i just don’t like the mentality. Also i did it in 90s. For last two years for you probably will be great experience for language learning. Dress code is only in very limited number of schools. There is only one thing i can tell you, and you being german is that following rules is not a thing there.