Back in 2012 I graduated from St. Petersburg State University and hold a master's degree. Within my master program I underwent study abroad semester at Copenhagen Business School (Denmark). Yet I have been working for a brokerage firm in St. Petersburg. At the weekend I am playing football with my colleagues and friends.

I am an international person with extensive experience as a traveller and a host.
I am happy to welcome you at my place. I am open for new adventures, communications, and eager to interact with people of different cultures with their personal habbits, customs , approaches, and life-style. I am trying my best to be hospitable person in order for the guests to make themselves like home.

I prefer active lifestyle and non-stop activities whereever I am. So, I will also be pleased to guide you around the most remarkable places of St. Petersburg, give some advice on what to see/visit in our city. Any suggestions of a guest on activities (e.g., going out for a beer, clubbing or night boattrip to see opening bridges) in my hometown within his/her stay are very welcome.

I usually spend my vacation abroad and, thereby, interested in discovering new cities and meeting new people across the globe. I look forward to obtaining new couchsurfing experience and expand my global friends network!

P.S. I am passionate about German language and have been working hard to improve my level from conversational to fluent. Therefore, I would be grateful to my German friends who could help me with speaking practice to accelerate my German acquisition.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

'Life is journey' (c). So my primary purpose of being on Couchsurfing is to make friends all over the world.
I am culturally sensitive and will be excited about the opportunity to get acquainted with new people and get to know more about their cultural features.

Interests

Travelling
History
Cross-cultural communications
Sport: Football, swimming, hockey

• dining
• beer
• drinking
• clubbing
• traveling
• sports
• soccer
• hockey
• swimming
• business
• communications
• geopolitics
• history
• study abroad
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
Dale Carnegie, 'How to win friends', 'How to influence people by public speaking'.
Robert Louis Stevenson 'Treasure Island'.
Yet prefer mostly historical and financial Books.

Movies:
The Lord of The Rings
Gladiator
Hobbit
King Arthur
The First Knight
Pretty Woman
Ice Age
Troy
The Kingdom of Heaven
Harry Potter
Ted
Hangover
21 and over
Horrible Bosses
Margin Call
Boiler Room
Too Big to Fail
Wall Street. Money never sleeps

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most amazing thing I have done was travelling around Europe for one month on my own.

My route was the following:

St. Petersburg --> Lappeenrantha --> Düsseldorf (Germany) --> Venice (Italy) -->Ljubljana (Slovenia) --> Bled --> Koper --> Isola --> Piran --> Portoroz --> Skofja Loka --> Koper --> Maribor --> Murska Sobota --> Ptuj--> Vienna (Austria) --> Munich (Germany) --> Zürich (Switzerland) --> Düsseldorf (Germany) -->Utrecht (The Netherlands) --> den Haag --> Leiden --> Amsterdam --> Groningen --> Bremen (Germany) --> Tampere (Finland) --> St. Petersburg.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Russian language
Learn: German, Spanish

What I Can Share with Hosts

1. My travel and cross-cultural experience
2. Endless stories about my country's traditions, customs and cultural features (language, food, drinks)
. No talks about geopolitics, please!!! I will certainly bring some souveniers and gifts to the person who agrees to host me.
3. Sense of humor
4. Active life-style and curiosity
5. Respect of the house rules

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark