Hello there!

I'm Artyom. I live in Zagreb with my girlfriend Maria. Back in 2014, I worked at Bosch factory in my hometown but decided that there was a whole world to see and sitting here wasn't doing me any good. I needed a challenge, so I packed all my stuff and moved here with just a backpack and job offer from some boring Korean company. Since flying the coop, I've got to work in all sorts of jobs, from car engineer to fish specialist. Now I'm working in clinical trials. And as a hobby, I do a video blog about beer, learning Hungarian and making a photos of sleeping people in the street. After the war started I've moved to Croatia. So I have some stories to tell :)

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I am a traveler, not a tourist. Seeing the sights is only half of the adventure. Tourists can go and see things, take pictures and say they had some sort of foreign experience. Without actually living there, seeing what it is like and experiencing the lives of the people that live there, how can you say that you actually know much of anything about a place? I am interested in actually experiencing the world, through my eyes as a foreigner, and at the same time, through the eyes of a native.

Couchsurfing can give me the opportunity to share my culture with others (especially the food... I'll be sure to cook something good for you) while also learning more about cultures of the places I go.

兴趣

• modern art
• music festivals
• politics
• hiking
• history
• techno
• sci-fi
• cultural exchange
• wine!

音乐、电影和书籍

I love music. It's a passion that has just grown with time. I mostly prefer techno, and thanks to KEXP, I've found a lot of new artists for my playlist. My current music tastes have beem centered around SNTS, Still Corners, Takaaki Itoh, Young Fathers, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Spirit Award, and Ancient Methods.

The last two movies that impressed me were "You Were Never Really Here" and "Bunny and the Bull". I love all of Tarantino, Wes Anderson and most of the Coen Brothers' movies.
As far as books go, I prefer speculative fiction, such as Pratchett, Kuttner, Miéville, Sapkowski and early twentieth century Russian poetry.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Well... at 22, I was appointed the chief of a military hospital for half a year. It's a long story :D

教，学，和分享

I'm interested in history. History is a bunch of little stories. And I love stories :)

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Some stories from the cold taiga, tales from hot steppes, lore from wild swamps (tho sadly, no stories from the mountains... Hope you got some), good vibes, some new music. And a taste of home cooking, just like babushka makes. I'm sure there's more tho :)

我游览过的国家

Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan

我居住过的国家

Croatia, Russian Federation, United States