Yes, in most countries. An apostille is a certification under the Hague Convention that tells a foreign university your Russian document is real and authentic. Nearly all universities abroad ask for an apostille on your attestat and official academic transcripts. Many countries also require a certified translation. Always check your destination university's document requirements first.

An attestat is a school certificate proving you completed secondary education in Russia (9 or 11 years). A diploma is issued by a university and proves you earned a university degree. If you are applying to university as a new student (not graduate school), you need your school attestat and transcripts. If you are applying for graduate school or a job abroad, you need your university diploma. We offer both apostille and translation services — see our Diploma page for university degrees.

Yes. Your school keeps a copy of your attestat in its archives, and the regional education authority keeps records too. We can help you request an official duplicate from your school or the regional education archive, and then take that duplicate through the same apostille and translation process as the original. This adds 5-10 business days to the timeline, but the duplicate has the same legal weight as the original once apostilled.

Agencies like World Education Services (WES) in North America and ENIC-NARIC in Europe usually ask for your original or certified copy of your school attestat (or a certificate of completion), official academic transcripts showing all your grades and subjects, and certified English translations of both documents. Some agencies also request your secondary school transcript in a specific format or additional documents from your school. Always check the agency's current document list before you order, so we provide exactly what they need.

Most foreign schools ask for official transcripts or a certificate of current grades (справка об обучении or выписка оценок) covering the years your child has studied so far, plus evidence of any previous education. If your child was in a Russian school, we can retrieve official transcripts from that school, and add an apostille and translation if the receiving school requires it. Mid-year transfers usually have a faster timeline since you are not waiting for the completion of a full year.

Apostille processing with the Ministry of Education of Krasnodar region typically takes 7-14 business days. If the school needs to prepare or retrieve official transcripts, add 5-10 days. Once the apostille is attached, we email you a scan the same day, and the original travels by international courier, which usually takes 2-5 weeks to reach the EU or US depending on routing.