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Overview

  • 54 references 50 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Russian
  • 32, Male
  • Member since 2023
  • No occupation listed
  • Master of Paleoanthropology, MSU
  • From Russian Federation
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About Me

I often come to different cities to work in anthropological repositories or excavations. Or just to see the places that interest me.

I always do my best to ensure that my communication with a guest or host is PERFECT)

I like to get up early and then spend a lot of time on my feet. I also play various musical instruments, especially strings)

And I also like to live in the woods sometimes.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Generally:
1) Cultural exchange. I like to communicate and share my experience.
2) English practice.
3) I try to minimize commercial interactions between people and increase sincere gratuitous interactions . I am happy to provide another person with the opportunity to avoid interacting with capital in the form of paid hotels, and I am happy to avoid such interactions myself. You can consider this to be my "political" point of view (generally, I am not into politics, though)

As a host:
1) The desire to help someone in his journey and to reinforce their faith in good people. This is a spiritual value for me.
2) Guests are my motivation to keep the house clean
3) Through guests, I enjoy the spirit of travel even when I stay at home

As a guest:
1) Comfort. Living as a guest is almost always psychologically more comfortable for me than being a customer of a hotel.
2) I just like to be a guest of a truly good host. Sometimes I really can come to some town only because I liked your profile on Couchsurfing!
3) I love adventures!
4) I like to study the living conditions of average people in every country I come to. This is one of the goals of my journey.

Interests

  • music
  • travels
  • paleoanthropology

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Гражданская Оборона, Король и Шут, Игорь Растеряев, 4 позиции Бруно, CHON, A Place to Bury Strangers, Daniel Johnston, Dvar, Fall of Troy, Swans, Creedence Clearwater Revival

Books:
Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell — Edge Chronicles
Bulgakov — Master and Margarita.
Dostoyevsky — The House of the Dead
Lukyanenko — Night Watch

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once, I washed all the dishes after a meal for an entire monastery!

I caught more than 10 bats on my student biological practice (we let them go, everything is fine with them).

I participated in the biggest peaceful people gathering of history.

And I also graduated from Moscow State University with honours

Teach, Learn, Share

I can make interesting conversations about anthropology

What I Can Share with Hosts

I usually give hosts gifts from my village. But sometimes they can end up during the trip, sorry(
Of course, I can tell you a lot of interesting stories. But if you are a extremely experienced traveler, then I'm afraid I won't surprise you too much) Then we'd better talk about anthropology
I can instead become a host in Moscow - if I am there on suitable dates

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation

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