I was born and grew up in Moscow, Russia, where I graduated from Joint HSE and NES Bachelor Program with a BA in Economics in June 2019. During the fall semester 2017 I studied at the University of Economics in Prague, Czech Republic, as an exchange student. In August 2019, I started my MSc in Finance at Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.
I am a Grandmaster in chess, and I have lots of interesting stories to share with from my numerous chess tournaments, including Youth European and World Championships and 3 Youth World Olympiads. My biggest achievement in chess is a victory in the European Rapid Chess Championship in December 2017, which I got exactly after the end of my exchange semester in Prague.
I used to travel a lot during my exchange semester and after that, so I've already been to most European countries and hope that I will have a chance to explore other continents as well one day.
I am the captain of my team in the sport version of "What? Where? When?", a famous intellectual game in Russia. I am passionate about education and self-development, so I fond of reading, both fiction and non-fiction literature; I watch one TED Talk in English each day, to enrich myself with new ideas; I am truly interested in learning foreign languages, so I have started to learn Italian recently, in addition to learning French.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love traveling and meeting interesting people, as I strongly believe that mutual exchange of ideas and personal experience enrich and improve our lives. Moreover, I am sure that people throughout the world are much kinder and better, that one used to think, and I am very curious about challenging this point of view in practice.

Interests

• education
• chess
• reading
• sports
• travelling
• self-development
• foreign languages
• ted talks

Music, Movies, and Books

I listen to various music, preferably rock ("Scorpions", "Nickelback"), but sometimes pop-music meets my mood very well. I also love listening songs in foreign languages (French, Italian).

My favorite movies are "The Big Short", "Inception", "Kingsman: The Secret Service", "Sharade", however, there are much more lovely films. For instance, I like a lot Marvel films and Disney/Pixar cartoons.

I've read so many wonderful books, that it is a bit complicated to name only a few of them. Nevertheless, let I put here "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austin from fiction and "Essentialism" by Greg McKeown, "Quiet" by Susan Cain and "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki from non-fiction books.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I have lots of interesting stories to share with from my numerous chess tournaments, including Youth European and World Championships and 3 Youth World Olympiads. I can share my experience of living and studying abroad. I am always ready to discuss sports events, education in different countries, good books and films. And, the last but not the least, I will try to do my best to help my host with practice of Russian language if he or she would be interested :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Italy, Russian Federation