If I do not to live in the hostel, can I lve in some rented flat or somewhere else?
No, if you got admission to Smolensk State Medical Academy through cosmos educational consultants then you have to live in the hostel provided. This is for your well being only. When living in hostel you are inside the campus, your classes are nearby, you are safe, in hostel there is a studious environment, students live in more disciplined manner, there is a strictly controlled system keeping a watch on student.