I have far Cossack and Russian roots. My second motherland is the Uglich region (one of the Golden Ring town in Russia) as I have been staying there every summer since childhood.
There's no life without music and people for me!
My life has been always connected to languages. I study and teach English, also study Italian and French. As I work in languages' sphere, I have lots of friends all over the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love the idea of Couchserfing as it hepls to understand other cultures and also to feel as if you are not a tourist but a resident!

Interests

Travelling, music and languages - this is the air I breath with.

When I look at the world map, can't help thinking about the next route I will go :)

I sing, play guitar, create poems and songs, also dance latina (bachata, salsa, kizomba), bellydance and zumba!

• poetry
• singing
• dancing
• bachata
• zumba
• music
• guitar
• languages
• adventure travel
• travel
• travelling
• nature
• poems
• sharing stories
• bellydance
• songwriting

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Sting, Phantogram, Noel Gallaher, Ben Howard, Fink, Tori Amos, Coldplay, Bjork, Depeche Mode, Alanis Morrissette, Yoav, Woodkid, SOHN, Regina Spektor, Alicia Keys, Birdy, Oi va voi, Lianne La Havas, Morcheeba, Banks, Honne, Rhodes, Athlete, Asgeir, Hozier, Yelawolf, John Mayer, India.Arie, Sade, Skin (Skunk Anansie), Oasis, 5'nizza, Zemfira, Splin, Boris Grebenshchikov, Alina Orlova, Alina Os, Anna Paragis, etc.

Movies: The Bridges of the Madison County, Garden State, Eat.Pray.Love, Wicker Park, Despicable me 1,2, Across the Universe, My blueberry nights, I, origin, When Harry met Sally, Dirty Dancing, Moscow doesn't believe in tears, Nikita Mikhalkov's early works.

Books: Bridge across forever, Breath of freedom, The Master and Margarita, Eat.Pray.Love, The Bridge Across Forever, Amrita, The Catcher in the Rye, Poems by Joseph Brodsky, Osip Mandelshtam, Anna Akhmatova, Vera Polozkova.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Gave up smoking!
Another amazing thing was going up on one Italian mountain hill of about 1200 meters height by foot which was not that easy, but challenging as I never did it before.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to dance Latina (salsa, bachata, kizomba), tell the secret of zumba (fitness latina dancing-crazy thing!)) and show how to do bellydancing as well as Arabian, Egyptian and Indian dancing.
I can also teach you some guitar chords and show how to play guitar) tell about Russia and its beauty..
I can teach some Russian words (Italian, English) and probably do a masterclass of a typical Russian cuisine!
I believe I could be a very helpful guide in Moscow and just a good friend anywhere;)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would be glad and pleased to share my time, interests, hobbies, stories. And it's nice when interests are the same so we could share them both!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, England, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Spain, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation