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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Sign Language - Russian; learning Spanish
  • 31, Female
  • Member since 2015
  • Journalist
  • Lomonosov Moscow State University
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

As anyone here, I'm fond of new people and places. Though my travelling experience is not too rich, I'm going to make up with it now.
Talking about myself, I can say that I'm an easy-going and responsible person. I try not to lose time and I use every opportunity to learn, chat and get inspired by the world around. I highly respect others' traditions and love to know more about them.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Emotions, people, new cultures.

CS is a perfect place to meet extraordinary people and exchange the experience.

Unfortunately, I'm living in a student's hostel now and can't except guests. But I'm always happy to meet you and show you around. I can be a good guide if you would like to visit Moscow or Nizhny Novgorod. So feel free to contact if you are going to these Russian cities!

Interests

Media, books, mythology (ancient and contemporary), sports (cycling, swimming, skiing), languages. I truly enjoy swimming, water and do it everywhere it's possible (or not possible:))

  • culture
  • books
  • make up
  • cooking
  • shopping
  • traveling
  • painting
  • cycling
  • snowboarding
  • sports
  • cheerleading
  • swimming
  • chemistry
  • communications
  • history
  • languages
  • tourism
  • volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

It's hard but I'll try to distinguish some.

Books - "Germinal" by E. Zola, "The Secret History" and "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt, "A little life@ by H. Yanagihara, "Chevengur" by Platonov, "Generation Pi" by Pelevin, "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi, "The Minds of Billy Milligan" by D. Keyes, novels by Russian writers
I. Turgenev, L. Tolstoy, Melnikov-Pechersky and many-many others.

Films - "The Boat That Rocked", "Schindler's List", "1+1", "True detective", "Kislorod", "Sherlock" (TV series), "Garden State"

Music - indie, rock (Metric, Keane, Arcade Fire, the Divine Comedy, Kasabian, Alt-J, Skillet, Fool's Garden, Rolling Stones, BBC Radio 2))

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've spent 2 months in England volunteering in different places and doing-what-not (from painting a 300-year-old chemist's shop to feeding huge geese on a remote farm). That was an amazing thing to do!
I also was a volunteer at the Paralympic Winter Games 2014 interviewing athlets. They are superb:))

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm fluent in Russian and English, so I can assist you in these languages if you need. Also I can cook traditional Russian meals and share this skill with you, as well as tell you about the history and culture of my country. Also I may give you some swimming lessons if there's any water around or teach you how to snowboard if there's any snow:)

What I Can Share with Hosts

All the things listed above + souvenirs from Russia:)

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Belarus, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation

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