The mayor of host city Kaliningrad also urged his residents to get out of town for the 12 day period when four matches will be held in this Baltic exclave wedged between two NATO countries.
Alexander Yaroshuk said: “I’m asking everyone to be hospitable, kind, don’t beat up anyone.
“If you know the English language, help tourists, help them, chat.”
He instructed locals to tidy up the city but then ideally move out to the countryside because it will too congested, and most will have no hope of tickets.
He warned: “Just imagine 100,000 to 150,000 people will arrive, and they will wander round the whole city.
“It’s better to plan to leave the city and to have a holiday in the countryside.”
But first residents should “put in order things in their yards” so Kaliningrad looked smart.
Kaliningrad — the most westerly point of Vladimir Putin’s empire, between EU and NATO states Poland and Lithuania — is highly militarised and bristling with weaponry pointing at the West.
The region is the headquarters of Russian’s Baltic Naval Fleet.
A 35,000-capacity stadium is being built in the city once known as Konigsberg, capital of East Prussia.
The World Cup games will be played in the city on June 16, 21, 24 and 27.