A student from Moscow, studying Political science in NRU HSE with the bias on Data science and its applications within the Social Sciences.

Open-minded, friendly, a little shy and clumsy, but nevertheless honest and polite.

Ready for the new experience and new acquaintances!

Interested in modern culture, differences between cultures, traditions, languages and so on.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wallykop
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wallykop/

Can't breathe without coffee

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am an apprentice here and would like to explore numerous possibilities throughout this platform.

Couchsurfing is an excellent approach to observe a country by engaging with astonishing people, therefore I would like to broaden my boundaries and meet original people because I believe in the processes of globalization, which brings us to the necessity of setting our network notwithstanding the existing country's borders.

Interests

• arts
• wine
• coffee
• traveling
• kite surfing
• snowboarding
• political science
• social science
• world
• cities
• exploration
• world history
• machine learning
• data science
• coffeeshops

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
My music tastes are quite eclectic, therefore I don't have stable preferences...
Nevertheless, worth mentioning:
French: Vendredi sur Mer, Videoclub, Claire Laffut, Eddy de Pretto, Angèle et (bien sûr) - ZAZ
+ french classical chanson
Milky Chance, The xx, Kanye West, Johny Cash, Pixies, Prodigy, JAY-Z, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Ivan Dorn
Some neoclassical authors: Ludovico Einaudi, Ilya Beshevli
And Russian music: The Retuses, Valentin Strykalo, Haski, Pasosh, The Hatters, Little Big

Films:
Fight club, The Pianist, WALL-E, Some Like It Hot, Home Alone, Back to the Future,
Mr. Nobody, The Great Dictator, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Dead poet's society.
French New Wave, Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, The Dreamers,
1+1, The King's Speech

TV - series:
Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, How I met your mother,
The Crown, House of Cards, Sherlock

Literature:
Russian Classics:
Lermontov, Dostoevskiy, Tolstoy, Mayakovsky

First thoughts that pops into my head:
London, Flobber, Foucault, Hemingway, Fitzgerald,
Remark (interested in the so-called "Lost Generation" in 20s)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've been on the summit of Elbrus mountain!

Twice!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can present you Russia and Russian culture from my own perspective

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach how to cook traditional Russian pancakes (bliny) and special toasts

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation