CURRENT MISSION

wake up in strange cities

ABOUT ME

Currently I'm living and studying in Moscow, but wherever i move after i will mark as my next home.
I'm doing my master degree in International Relations which is actually fun to do.
I've been working for a long time in youth NGO focusing on non-formal educational programs for young people from the North Caucasus region. So, I'm passionate about education, youth policy, and social justice (which is really challenging stuff now in our country).

PHILOSOPHY

speak out, set goals, think crtically.
To say 'I love you' one must first know how to say the 'I' (Ayn Rand "Fountainhead")

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surf, host if i can, attend meetings and can just help you with the stuff I already know.
CS gave me several people that play really important role in my life. I'm ready to pay back to this project as much as I can.
It happens so that I surf more than host, but I hope that our meeting with host benefit us mutually in different ways)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Everything began during 2011-2012 winter break in NYC! First CSing people and activities, talks and meetings. after that one of my New Year's resolutions was to keep in touch with CS - I'm doing it really successfully in the ways I like.

Interests

People, languages, spontaneous decisions, assertive communication, all-night walks, hitch-hiking, youth projects, non-formal education, trainings, rafting, live music, penguins, tricksters, books, hiking, contemporary art, psycology, politics.

• arts
• books
• contemporary art
• education
• politics
• music
• live music
• hiking
• economics
• teaching
• international relations
• languages
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

some really creepy weird stuff without single meaning.
movies by Stanley Kubrick, Aronofsky and Alejandro GonzÃllez , Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Malena, Frida!
I'm in love with Russian classics - Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Nabokov, Bulgakov. Evtushenko - great Russian poet! Highlights of foreign literature - Picture of Dorian Gray, 1984, 451 - FAHRENHEIT, Ceremony, Love Medicine, The other eighties and many of them! My last love is Ayn Rand "Fountainhead"
Let's listen together Radiohead, Yellowcard, Muse, RHCP, Needtobreathe, Gogol Bordello. I'm always ready to know new wonderful bands of various genres)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

hitch-hiking through Trans-Caucasus road =)

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm deeeply immersed in the idea of cultural diversity and would be happy to learn about other cultures, ways of thinking and especially languages! I'm grateful to people I met during my travelings which show me places different from usual tourist attraction and the ones which demonstrate life of the city and the country! on behalf of me I'm ready to share any knowledhe i have and feel special addiction to long talks about psycology, politics, economics ..... and some things that don't make sense at all but make people around laugh heartily))

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, China, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Malaysia, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United States