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Each year, the number increases in the entrance of foreign students to Russia for higher education. They go through adaptations that include not only optimization of functioning organization, but also maintenance of equation in system "organism-environment." The process of adaptation is realized every time, when in system "organism-environment" arises meaning of change, and provides formation of new conditions, which allows to reach a peak efficiency of physiological functions and behavior of reactions.

As organism and environment are in dynamic balance, their parities vary constantly, and consequently, also owe the process of adaptation to be carried out. Still need to take into account that the time of stay of the foreign students in Russia changes from weeks to about several years. Hence, it is possible to understand as far as the constant control of process of their adaptation is important which includes set of aspects, most important of which are: the adaptation to new socio-culture, environment, education system, language of dialogue, adaptation to culture of the new country, etc. They pass through a set of social-culture of distinctions and difficulties, such as valuable orientation, language, customs etc. Thus, theme of the given work is urgent as it can bring practical advantage. In work the analysis of the given problem is considered on personal experience of the author and experience of other foreign students.

After arrival, the foreign students typically have financial misunderstandings due to other currency usage, which cause stress. Many students complain of loss of appetite, weariness, slackness, sleeplessness, bad mood. But on the other hand, many students have noted the huge help of native people, i.e. students of their home country, who live in Moscow, St.-Petersburg or any other city already.

Each foreign student goes through language difficulty after arrival. The students are put through inconvenient situation when they have a hard time explaining the service they want; the problems arise at purchase of items in a store. Only through gestures, separate phrases in English or Russian, the foreign students can communicate with the Russian people. The distinction in gestures and the enunciation of phrases cause laughter, surprise, and at times carry indecent character that very much afflicts and confuses the foreign students.

The adaptation of the foreign student to the new environment should be flexible. The students consider certain level of base preparation, level of Russian knowledge, individual ability to training, feature of national mentality.

One of the important aspects of adaptation of the students to training is the understanding of a new system of formation and its acceptance. The educational systems of USA, European countries and Russia differ on some items. One of the important psychological aspects is that the students do not address at all to the teacher by their first name but first and a patronymic of the teacher.

Study of Russian does not cause much difficulty and is generally provided at a very high level. The main preparation of the foreign students is the fast and effective mastering of Russian. The better the language is learned, the more effectively adaptation will occur; the faster foreign students cease to hesitate to address the requests and questions in Russian.

The foreign students hardly experience misunderstanding, conflict on the part of the teachers, as they said idealist "accelerator" of adaptation is the creation of an atmosphere " of a kind house, where each student - foreigner " would find itself ".

Still humiliating for the foreign students is those militias, who check the background documents ask for money, use offensive language when dealing with the students. To smooth these unpleasant moments, the new Russian friends help, they take the foreign students with themselves on holidays, excursions, and walk. Help them to understand Russian culture, Russian people, which in weight do not wish evil to the foreign students and concern to them with understanding.

The foreign students with interest in learning Russian and its people, customs, life, and attitude should visit museums, exhibitions, concerts, drama theatre, meeting and evening of international friendship with the students of high schools and colleges. This promotes adaptation of the foreign students. Having overcome the significant period of process of adaptation, there are other sights they can begin to appreciate. I consider that the part of the given problems can be resolved with the creation of a psychological service for the foreign students coming to study in Russia.

Russia today occupies the 8th place in the world in the number of foreign students arriving to study in higher educational establishments. About 100000 foreign students from all over the world study on different academic programs annually.

Almost each university that provides the course for foreign students has the international union that supports foreign students in different aspects of life, education, leisure. ( http://www.russianeducationguide.com/studentlife.asp )

Living Expenses

Each student should carry 1000 $ with him/her for food and other pocket expences per year.the students are advised to take medical insurance which may cost about 100 $ per year.