I was born in 1989 in Yerevan, Armenia, but since my childhood I live in Kyiv, Ukraine.

I have a masters degree in law. For 6 years I have been representing a large Ukrainian retail company in courts, but when the war began in Ukraine I left my commercial job and became a volunteer human rights lawyer.

I am now working for a human rights NGO. I lead a team of lawyers who provide legal assistance to affected population of Eastern Ukraine & Crimea. I spend about 10-15 days per month in the conflict zone and I've seen a lot of violations of human rights but I'm sure that I can help to strengthen rule of law and that's why I love my job.

I'm calm, non-smoking (but tolerant to smokers), however fond of tasting good local beers or other alcohol (of course, in limited amount).

My main hobbies are Wikipedia, football and travelling. I enjoy to edit Wikipedia, creating new articles and contributing to existing ones. For me football is a part of my life, especially when it comes to National Team. Naturally the travelling is the main reason why I'm here ;-)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm here to find new friends, and when it is possible to host somebody and to be somebody's guest :-)

Interests

Wikipedia, law, foreign languages, cultural heritage, history, travelling, football and good beer.

• human rights
• beer
• traveling
• hiking
• soccer
• history
• languages
• law
• hitchhiking
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

I prefer to listen different music. While travelling, I try to listen as much as possible local music, both modern as well as folk music.

Speaking about the movies, I dislike fantastic and soap operas. Some funny comedy or historic film suits me better.

Unfortunately, I've no enough time for reading books, so I'm mostly focused on legal literature and sometimes on travelling.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ukraine consists of 27 regions and I visited all of them before I was sixteen. The most common transportation for me were suburban trains and hitch-hiking.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach how to edit Wikipedia :-)

How to learn Ukrainian or Russian

And to share information on Human Rights situation in Ukraine

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can also tell something about Ukraine, Eastern Europe or human rights if you want ☺

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ukraine