I grown up in St. Petersburg, which is fascinating city. For starting my PhD in biology, I moved in Aachen, Germany and at the moment here I am really happy: I love what I am doing, I love traveling around and live in the heart of Europe, I enjoy increased possibility for meeting outstanding people and making new friends. However, I never stopped being interested in Russian culture, especially literature, history and art, so that I am always glad to talk and advertise my native city to people :) (When I am visiting my parents there, I also eager to show St. Petersburg in all its mysterious beauty)

Interests

• arts
• literature
• traveling
• hiking
• art history
• biology
• physics
• cinema
• russian literature
• classic literature
• neurobiology

Music, Movies, and Books

I love rock, jazz, funk as well as classic music

I watch everything, from Game of Thrones to Antonioni and Tarkovsky

Nabokov and Dostoevsky are my favorite writers, other favorite books are for example:
The Man Who Laughs, Victor Hugo
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, Clive Staples Lewis
The World According to Garp, John Irving
Lord of the Flies, William Golding
Beware of Pity, Stefan Zweig
Of Human Bondage, William Somerset Maugham
Galápagos, Kurt Vonnegut
The Half Brother, Lars Saabye Christensen
and some others... ;)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was teaching school-kids physics and mathematics for 3 years

Teach, Learn, Share

we can talk a bit about Russian culture or science

What I Can Share with Hosts

We can cook, or go out together. I would like to know interests of my hosts, about what they are passionate and I can be a good listener :D

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Mauritius, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Russian Federation