Public Transit Frustration

I keep getting lost at my metro station. It's a huge station that serves a black market, and some 5 bus lines and countless "marshutkas" (route taxis... for all purposes a smaller and more comfortable bus- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshrutka) serve it with drop-off and loading points around the market. I've no problems getting to the metro station, as there's only one bus stop outside my apartment. Getting home is another story because I can't for the life of me find my bus stop, and my Russian is fuzzy, and no one speaks English, and... sigh. I need to figure this out soon, as the cab ride to get home costs about $5, and I don't want to pay that much every time I leave the apartment. Especially since the marshutka costs approximately 25 cents.