Hostel Near Tula State University

Why Students Choose Us

Morning before a lecture starts not in the classroom but in the hostel kitchen. While the dormitory queue is still waiting for a free burner, our kettle is already whistling. From our door to all four Tula State University academic buildings and to the student dormitory it is one straight route down Lenin Avenue — no transfers, no taxi. Below are the exact addresses, metres and minutes, so you don't have to guess "will I make it" at 8 a.m.

We put this format together for two kinds of guests: extramural and master's students who come for a 4–10 day exam session, and parents who bring their child to an open day and want to walk the buildings without a map. Meals are not included in the room price — but there is a supermarket next door and a hostel kitchen with no lock on the fridge.

Walking Route to 4 TulSU Buildings

Distances are measured from our door via the shortest walking route through courtyards; bus timings are for weekday off-peak schedule. In the evening the walk back from building 3 is easy — you go downhill toward the centre.

What's Near the TulSU Buildings: Canteen, Copy Shop, Coffee Spots

On the way to the main building you will pass two useful landmarks. First — the university canteen on the ground floor of building 1, set lunch around 220–260 RUB, open 10:00 to 16:00 (until 18:00 during exam session). If your first lecture is at 8:30 and there is no time to eat, take a container from the hostel kitchen — we have a microwave and so do the departments.

Second — the copy shop in the basement of building 2: black-and-white print about 4 RUB per sheet, colour 15 RUB, coursework binding 90 RUB. It closes at 19:00, evenings the queue reaches the stairs, so print everything in the morning. Coffee places on this stretch of Lenin Ave. open by 8:00: americano to go usually 130–160 RUB. The hostel has no coffee machine, but there is a moka pot on the stove and shared ground coffee in the cupboard.

5 Habits of an Extramural Student Near TulSU

1. Pack your bag in front of the hallway mirror the night before. Student record book, two pens, payment receipt, printed timetable — the four items people most often go back for.
2. Charge your pass and phone at the shared socket by the reception desk. In rooms the sockets are taken by roommates; the desk has a 6-outlet extension free.
3. Take a hand towel from the hostel cupboard, not your own. Hand dryers in the buildings work half the time; a shared towel can be thrown into hostel laundry — no need to carry a wet one back.
4. Keep notes in one drawer of the bedside table, not in the suitcase. A session is a cycle: take it out in the morning, put it back at night. After 4 days a suitcase turns into chaos.
5. Keep 300 RUB in small change. The TulSU canteen does not always accept the Faster Payments System, and the water machine in building 3 takes only coins and 10-rouble notes.

Magnit and Rigla — What to Buy Between Hostel and Lecture

On the way to the bus stop — a Magnit supermarket two houses from us. Morning kit before a lecture: banana, muesli bar, 0.5 L water, coffee with milk from the fridge shelf — under 180 RUB total. Self-checkout clears out by 7:50; before 7:40 the queue is longer. In the lunch break, buy things that don't smell: yoghurt, crispbread, cheese — classmates dislike reheated meat in the auditorium.

Across the road from Magnit — a Rigla pharmacy. After exam week people ask there for artificial-tears eye drops (for dryness after 6 hours at a monitor) and magnesium B6 (after all-night retakes). Both are over-the-counter and sit on the shelf to the right of the entrance. Eyeglass wipes and plasters are there too, cheaper than at the kiosks by the buildings.