CURRENT MISSION

A journey into tomorrow

ABOUT ME

Hi! I joined this project because I want to see the world by eyes of as many people as possible. I have seen too little and this feels like limitation of my horizont that I want to enlarge with the help of this community. I am very curious to know how do you live and what is the identity of the place that you live at.

Short curriculum vitae: I grew up literally in the forest - a scientific city build in the forest in Siberia, next to Novosibirsk (now a part of it), called Academgorodok. After graduation from the local University I moved to Moscow to work and experience life in a big city. Now I live in Norway and absolutely love it.

PHILOSOPHY

I try not to limit myself by predefining my own vision of the reality by any kind of approach or theory. But it is unavoidable anyway, so I try to minimize it to some guiding principles. One of them is "action-reaction" principle which simply means that anything one does in the world has its consequences. Take responsibility for your choices, don't blame gods or any other powers .

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I met my first coachsurfing friend this summer in Palermo, Sicily and this was fantastic experience, I am encouraged to go on further!

Interests

I love science. I am a PhD in bioinformatics now and a mathematician by my basic education. I am thrilled by all enigmas and challenges in biology and amazing tools people invent to solve them.

I love contemporary dance - funky jazz, modern, ballet...I went to a Contemporary Dance School in Novosibirsk for 4 years and now I (try to) continue a little with jazz in Bergen. It always makes me happy and alive.I tried salsa, I am no good in it, but if you can lead - it is absolutely fantastic, positive collaboration :)

I love Art and Architecture, I enjoy colors and spaces, I like urban design in eco-direction: cities for people, sustainable cities and businesses.

Well. I can definitely say that I am "on the active side" - I love moving, walking, hiking, skiing and snowboarding. I run outside quite regularly and always enjoy long walks when I travel.

I found yoga fitting my lifestyle, my philosophy and my body, I practice it for many years but quite unsystematically and now would like to move to more advanced phase of development in yoga.

I have to mention that I am an absolute disaster when it comes to food :)) I have sensitive stomach and intolerant to many ingredients and foods, but mostly not very healthy ones anyways. I am a vegetarian, I do not eat bread and most of flour containing products. I am allergic to sweets. But I am interested in healthy food, I love salads, smoothies and juices, vegetables, fruits and nuts. Just let me take care of my food and I won't be pain in the ass about it! :)

• arts
• architecture
• design
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• education
• dining
• vegetarian
• yoga
• running
• walking
• traveling
• jazz
• hiking
• skiing
• snowboarding
• biology
• teaching
• mathematics
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

I read by periods a lot, sometimes I don't read for a long time, depends.
Recently I was consumed by Game of Thrones, for example.

Haruki Murakami is a whole world in its own. I have a whole shelf dedicated to his work.

Hayao Miyazaki and Gibli studio is a special "cure" from depressions
I love good (mostly european but not limited by it!) cinema, especially Danish.
Pedro Almodóvar, Woody Allen, David Linch, Jim Jarmusch.
I do not watch TV

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Quitting career in Moscow for doing Master in Pure Mathematics in Norway was a challenge and a life-changing decision.

Countries I’ve Visited

Egypt, France, Italy, Kazakhstan, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation

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