I spent three weeks at a summer school in Moscow studying Russian language and politics.
When booking your flights to Moscow, make sure you take a look at low-cost carriers. I flew into Vnukovo which is one of the smaller and more modern airports. I was picked up by someone from the school who only spoke Russian. I tried to make conversation, but he didn't seem very impressed with my basic language skills. I jumped into the car hoping he would take me to my halls of residence.
Since Moscow is very spread out and most people live far from the centre I was happy that my halls was only 20 min on the metro from the Red Square.
I got a room close to the top floor, which gave me great view of the inner city on one side and....factories....on the other