About myself within Russia-IC project:

I write about Russian Culture; the activity has fitted harmoniously into the realm of my interests and become more than just a job.

The culture of this vast country is truly unfathomed and I am happy I can in a way make it closer and more comprehensible to people all around the world. I am sure every country has something precious to share with the humanity and it feels great to be a link (no matter how tiny the link is) in this progress towards universal understanding and unity.

About the Russia-IC project:

I’d be on a cloud if I learn that you have discovered something interesting about Russian culture thanks to this site. I’d be also happy to exchange opinions with you, answer your questions if you have some or discuss some fancies in common.

About myself:

As for my fancies, I am fond of parables, folk singing, tales and ballads, John Jacob Niles, Japanese poetry, Indian ragas, impressionists, Hokusai, flute playing, Marc Chagall, dogs and animals, Emir Kusturica, Hermann Hesse, trains and railways, Johnny Cash, Leo Tolstoy, Romain Rolland, Mikhail Vrubel, Andrei Tarkovsky, small airplanes, Alexandr Bashlachev, JD Salinger, Leonid Fyodorov, parachutes, Devendra Banhart, drawing, Julio Cortazar, old music instruments, Arkhip Kuinji, nature, Vladimir Nabokov, Grigory Danskoy, hitch-hiking, Altai, yoga, and what not.