Today, I'm based in Saint Petersburg, where I'm studying at university and exploring life in this beautiful city.

I can't imagine my life without traveling. For me, this is a way to see the world, not through TV and phone, but for real. Whenever I travel, I always try to make new friends — perhaps it will be you ;)

The purpose of my current trip is to practice spoken English. At the end of the summer, I have a difficult English exam for admission to a PhD program. Therefore, I will be happy to meet you and talk about anything!

VK: https://vk.com/cu_va

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

This is a wonderful way to meet fantastic people and the opportunity to learn something new.

Interests

🔸I hitchhiked more than 50k kilometers. I often go hiking in the mountains: Carpathians, Caucasus, Khibiny, Aragatsky Range.
🔸I love playing the guitar and have been doing it for over 10 years.
🔸My first major was geology. I also worked a lot as a geologist. So I can talk endlessly about the hard-to-reach places of Russia, where it is easier to meet a bear than a human and where the winter temperature drops to -50.
🔸Currently, I work in IT (software development, machine learning and technical vision in medicine and chemistry).

• tourism (туризм)
• hitchhiking (автостоп)
• photography (фотография)
• alpinism (альпинизм)
• journalism (журналистика)
• sport: orienteering (спортивное ориентирование )
• guitar (гитара)
• vocals (вокал)
• geology (геология)
• ethnography (этнография)
• volunteering (волонтерство)
• arctic (арктика)
• student associations (студенческие отряды)

Music, Movies, and Books

🎧 Music:
I enjoy rock and folk music.

📖 Books:
I mostly read Russian and Ukrainian authors. Among English favorites: "Dandelion Wine" and other works by Ray Bradbury.

🎥 Cinema:
Recently, I made a list of classic films to watch — and through it, I discovered the depth and charm of Soviet and foreign cinema classics.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

There are 300 kilometers between Naryan-Mar and Ust-Tsilma. There’s no road between them — only a river that freezes over in winter. I crossed this distance on foot and by hitchhiking on passing snowmobiles.

Teach, Learn, Share

If you have a guitar, I can show you a few tricks — or even teach you a song or two! :)
And if we have enough free time (and you're brave enough), I can teach you how to cook borscht or some other traditional Ukrainian/Russian dishes.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Guitar lesson, play the guitar, sing songs in Ukrainian and Russian

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Belarus, Cambodia, China, England, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, Moldova, Russian Federation, Singapore, Thailand, Ukraine, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, Ukraine