I'm a mobile developer living in the most wonderful city St Petersburg. Find me on Instagram: instagram.com/akadko

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have a possibility to host couchsurfers in St Petersburg and it is so great to have friends from around the world. Also I want to practice my English with your help.

Interests

• literature
• traveling
• philosophy
• france
• it
• media
• startups
• urbanism
• city planning

Music, Movies, and Books

I love such different bands as Sigur Ros and Crystal Castles, The National and The Knife, etc. Also I'm really into contemporary Russian indie music and I can introduce them to you: On-The-Go, Tesla Boy, Esthetix, Antokha MC, Ocean Jet, Motorama, Mana Island (maybe we will attend a concert of one of them?). And of course I would be glad if you show me your favorite musicians.

A movie that I watched dozen times and will much more is The Truman Show. Another my favorite movies are Billy Elliot, My Name Is Sam, Pay forward, Dogville and Mommy by Xavier Dolan.

I like to read classic liberal works about market, freedom and human rights, politics and economy by L. von Mises, F. Hayek, M. Freedman, F. Bastiat, A. Rand and another authors. Actually my favorite book is Atlas Shrugged. We have many to discuss if you are into this book too.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

For 1,5 years I was founder and editor-in-chief of Grandpaper online magazine. I with my awesome team started publishing articles from Russian pre-revolutionary (published before 1917) newspapers and magazines. It was so exciting to read 110 year old forgotten texts about everyday life of our ancestors lived in another country - Russian Empire. We gained thousands followers in our social media; Grandpaper was mentioned in the major media as educational project. But we couldn't monetize it so after 1,5 years of work project was freezed and currently available at grandpaper.ru but no new articles were added for year.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would like to share my experience of travelling and listen to your stories about your adventures. If you are interested in Russian culture, language and history we can discuss a lot of on these topics.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain