One of my life-long goals is having friends from all over the world. I challenge the misconception that Russians are intimidating and non-friendly. The majority is very open-minded and welcoming!

I love cultural exchanges and making friends with diverse personalities! Getting out of comfort zone is a passion for me.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I had one experience of showing around my city to a traveller from China who happened to travel from the UK to China by train (through train-Syberian railway). She was super sweet and we had an amazing time together! This experience really encouraged me to engage more with the couch-surfing community.

Interests

I'm crazy about self-development and meeting inspiring people a.k.a. being cosmopolitan citizen is a huge part of it!

My hobbies are sports (especially martial arts) - I'm a Taekwondo practitioner since 2002, have a second degree black belt, also love sciences (physics, maths, psychology and IT), passionate about literature - my favorite author changes time to time because I always open myself to new books, High-Tech - this is a theme I might get too excited about haha. to be fair I can talk about anything haha.

• arts
• culture
• writing
• books
• literature
• technology
• traveling
• surfing
• sports
• martial arts
• history
• languages
• mathematics
• physics
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: by Christopher Nolan, a fan of comics screen adaptations
Books: by Dostoevsky, Arthur Conan-Doyle
Music: by Linkin Park, Imagine Dragons

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Became the European Cup taekwondo champion in 2010

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a lot about Russian History and culture. That's why I always bear my Russian pride and spirituality with me. I'd be happy to tell you a thing or two about my country.

I incredibly want to learn amazing stories, other cultures and languages!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United Kingdom