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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Estonian, Russian; learning Polish, Ukrainian
  • 28, Female
  • Member since 2017
  • university student
  • Russian and Slavic philology at Tartu University
  • From Kohtla-Järve, Ida-Viru County, Estonia
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About Me

I am an Estonian from a Russian speaking family. I've graduated from an international school full of idealism and amazing people, and now pursuing y studies in Russian philology in Estonian city of Tartu.

I have an aesthetic outlook on the world and enjoy getting to know people and their life perceptions.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Thanks to Couchsurfing new places one visits become more vivid and special, because they get connected to a real person that lives there. Traveling without locals feels half-empty to me.

Interests

  • arts
  • literature
  • sustainability
  • urban culture

Music, Movies, and Books

The ones I get back to often - Noize MC, Florence&The Machine, Pink Floyd, ДДТ, Depeche Mode, Океан Ельзи, Сплин, Nino Katamadze.
The movies that made me think about them for a long time are Andrey Tarkovsky movies, and some other soviet time films.
Poetry of Yegishe Charents and prose of early Nabokov.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Put up an art exhibition of own works.

Teach, Learn, Share

Can teach some bits and pieces from the history of Russian literature.
Share my experiences growing up in Estonia, living and traveling in Armenia and studying in an international school (stories from all around the world).

What I Can Share with Hosts

Besides my life stories and nerd knowledge:
I love cooking and people generally like eating what I cook.
I am a good listener.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Armenia, Estonia

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