CURRENT MISSION

Currently I'm visiting New York City as an exchange scholar in history and political science. As I'm a researcher who studies save and rescue and firefighters' volunteer associations, my next goal is to train to become a lifesaver and go on with my research in more professional way :)

ABOUT ME

A sociologist interested in social movements and grassroots politics. I'm interested in how things are generally set up. I'm a bit bore - I'd rather spent time in reading than go to bar or rave-club. I travel a lot, mostly alone and mostly by hitch-hiking - it helps to blow the cobwebs away.

Throughout my life I was engaged into various sport activities including swimming, boxing and Brazilian jiu jitsu.

PHILOSOPHY

It's simple - if you are racist, sexist or homophobic - stay away from me

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My room is very small but if it's ok for you, i would be glad to share it with you. In July and August I'm out and in September I move to NYC so I won't be able to host people in this period.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I stayed with wonderful people Radu in Bucharest and Masoud and Nasrin in Istanbul. I also hosted a guy from Novosibrsk who is making his round-the-world.

Interests

people, places, sports, sociology, grassroots movements, civic activism

• arts
• literature
• vegetarian
• politics
• traveling
• juggling
• guitar
• sports
• jiu jitsu
• history
• social science
• sociology
• hitchhiking
• volunteering
• football
• people
• africa
• feminism
• climbing
• latin america
• socialism
• iceland
• anarchism

Music, Movies, and Books

I read a lot on the history of democracy and revolutions but that's actually my scientific interest.

My favourite authors are Romain Gari, Cormack McCarthy, Khaled Hosseini (Kite Runner is a really stunning book), John Steinbeck, Anton Chekhov

From time to time I watch TV shows like Fargo or Breaking Bad )

And the Game of thrones, yes sir!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was working as a disaster volunteer after the flood in the Krasnodar region of Russia in 2012.
I have travelled through Europe by hitch hicking in summer 2014 - from Odessa, through Istanbul and Athens to Paris and back to Moscow.
In summer 2015 I was hitch hicking in Georgia and Armenia and in Summer 2016 - through Nordic countries including Iceland.

Teach, Learn, Share

can teach you juggling :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Senegal, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Estonia, Russian Federation, United States