The article is devoted to the analysis of the specifics of organizing independent work for foreign students in a digital educational environment based on the Moodl system. Particular attention is paid to the socio-cultural adaptation of foreigners receiving higher professional education in the universities of the Russian Federation. (RF). The paper provides a link to the scientific works of various researchers who are devoted to this problem. At the same time, in a number of articles we do not find information about how foreign students who have received a certain amount of knowledge perceive them, passing through their consciousness, national and linguocultural experience. The attention of readers is offered an exclusive material, which is excerpts from the written works of foreigners, prepared in the information educational environment. Students express their point of view, express their attitude towards the Russian city, which for several years has become their home. Behind the evaluative phrases one can see the attitude towards our country and culture, formed in the lessons of Russian as a foreign language (RFL). In addition, options for various forms of organizing independent work of foreign students in the context of distance learning are given.