Hi, I'm a PhD student from Moscow, studying dead cuneiform languages from Anatolia spoken about 2000 BC (4000 years ago).

I live in Moscow.
I'm married, with the family of 2 children.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Usually I come to Europe for conferences. I'm easy with people and would be glad to make friends while travelling. Sometimes I've got time between conferences and would be glad to spend time with people native to the country I came to.
I can tell a lot about how we live and survive in Russia.
Besides, I am a journalist (being in journalism for about 14 years, generally popular science journalism), and would love to make a story or two about people and places while travelling.

Interests

languages
linguistics
climbing
alpine skiing
reading
kids
science

• literature
• education
• reading
• traveling
• skiing
• rock climbing
• teaching
• history
• journalism
• languages
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Jane Austin
Dickens
Evelyn Vaugh
Classical music
The King's speech
A beautiful mind

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Two amazing things — my kids

Teach, Learn, Share

Russian
Bronze Age history

What I Can Share with Hosts

Hittite language and history — all that you want to know of Ancient Hittite Empire!

Russian language and literature

Kids early education (I teach English to children)

Russian journalism ;-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United Kingdom