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Dostoevsky hostel
Dostoevsky Hostel
A modern Western-style hostel popular with travellers on a budget, including those seeking a night or two off the Trans-Siberian train.
Seen as great value for money with good security. Run by entrepreneurs Marina Nikiforova and Ksenia Chernikova, who say on their excellent website: ‘Attention backpackers and penny savers! Good news from Siberia. Recent university grads launched the first Western-type hostel in Novosibirsk.
'The city is notorious for lack of affordable decent accommodations. Dostoevsky Hostel: great location, English-speaking team and everything you need during your budget travel’.
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