I want to discover this amazing world! It's a great new experience that allows you to understand yourself and others better. Now I live in Novosibirsk, Russia

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I stayed in Strasbourg and in Irkutsk (a town in Siberia near Lake Baikal). It was fun and interesting!

Interests

It will be very interesting to me know how not to be so lazy. If to be serious there are so many opportunities to learn about interesting things in the modern world that it’s so hard to find something exciting. But I can not stop reading fantasy! And I have realized that I love cooking :)
I like to be a guide: a tourist guide or a guide in the world of the Russian language and literature.

• books
• literature
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• teaching
• history
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Chinawoman, Eels, Blonds, Caro Emerald, The Pierces, Beatles, Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, Gogol Bordello; russian rock (vk.com/madamsattarov)

Books: Edward Whittemore, Terry Pratchett, Jasper Fforde, Max Frei, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Austen, Bulgakov, Lukyanenko, Gromyko, etc.

Films: 8 femmes, The Importance of Being Earnest, Love Actually, The Addams Family, Inconscientes, Glee; all films of Wes Anderson, a lot of films of Woody Allen, Guy Ritchie and Kevin Smith + Firefly and fantastic films

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most remarkable thing for me was my visit to Vladivostok (I have been dreaming about it since I was 14 years)! Yes, I live in Russia, but it was more expensive to travel around Russia than to go to Europe.

Teach, Learn, Share

I hope I can show people that it’s possible to love reading books! When I was in Russia I was a teacher of philosophy at the university and I also worked in the library. And in France I teach children to speak Russian language and Russian history.

Countries I’ve Visited

Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Russian Federation, Turkey