CURRENT MISSION
To travel as much as possible, to learn and discover something new, but in case that I'm studying a lot in Moscow (it's my second bachelor degree in history of art) it's quite difficult to me

ABOUT ME
*ATTENTION! I'm out of Moscow from 9 to 20th of August!

I'm a tour guide in Moscow, because really love it and I'm very intrested in Russian history and I love to communicate with people from all over the world, as I already mentioned I really love to learn and discover something new. It's my way to understand this world better.

Also I really love art, that's why I study art history, but I'm very interested in contemporary art too.

I can describe myself as optimistic, kind, patient, reliable, cheerful, calm person with good sense of humor.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to exchange my traveling and living experience with others. I believe that we are the happiest people in history, because it's possible to travel almost anywhere on our planet, to make it easier to understand each other better, we have to open doors of our houses (to good people of course).

Interests

I really love my job, that's why I really love to learn something new about Moscow and Russia, that's why I read a lot. I'm deeply lost in art, best rest to me is to spent several hours in a fine art museum or on an exhibition, it's my passion and way to calm down and recover. And In case that I'm graduated as an engineer and I work as tour guide I'm showing Moscow through engineer's eye. Sometimes stories about constructions are more amazing that just history. Especially I'm obsessed about russian avant-garde and constructivism.

• arts
• performing arts
• street art
• music festivals
• reading
• traveling
• music
• art history
• history
• exhibitions
• ancient history
• museums
• europe
• local history
• world history
• russia
• historia
• moscow

Music, Movies, and Books

Well, I got very random preferences. In music I love from classical instrumental orchestras to weird electronic. So, from Tchaikovsky and Grieg to Kraftwerk and Aphex twin and P-Orridge. But mostly I listen OTO Radio (http://oto-radio.ru) (highly recommended) - it's perfect match with my music preferences. So, mostly I listen ambient, 60's psychedelic rock, tropicalia, indie, folk, alternative and techno.

Question about movies is even more difficult to me, cause I watch everything from art-house to series. So, to describe my preferences in movies I could say: from Tarkovsky, David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick to "Friends", "Breaking bad", "Dexter" and "Adventure time".

Books. Oh, I read a lot! So, I really love classical literature from Aristotle to Dostoevsky, but also I read a lot because of work and studies, so it's mostly about art, history and art-history.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once I quit my boring job, sold camera and went to courses to become a tour guide! So, it was the craziest decision I've ever made. I've changed steady life for crazy life and I don't regret at all!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can show you my favorite Moscow, from absolutely untypical point of view! Even when I'm abroad )))

What I Can Share with Hosts

my knowledges and positive attitude!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation