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Misha Chinkov

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in Penza, Russian Federation

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https://mishachinkov.com/

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Memoir, Contemporary, Historical Fiction

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Charles Bukowski, Slavoj Žižek, Sergei Dovlatov ...more

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January 2020

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Self-publishing author living and working in Berlin.

Bilingual author, writing in Russian and English. Published my first book in 2022, and writing has been a big part of my life ever since. From non-fiction essays to novels about life in modern society, from art performances to charity events.

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Misha Chinkov's Blog: paranoid android

So I wrote a book about Couchsurfing

I wrote the whole book about CouchSurfing being a part of my life during the last 7 years (2015-2022).

A bit of my story here: M26, living in Berlin since 4 years, originally from Russia. Got into CouchSurfing when I was in the States via Work&Travel and kept surfing&hosting thereafter until recently. Got into writing as a hobby 3 years ago, mostly working on short stories. The main idea was to do Read more of this blog post »

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Published on June 16, 2022 00:41 • Tags: couchsurfing

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	gentrification 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading

by Nadia Asparouhova

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Arch of Triumph

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Misha Chinkov rated a book it was amazing The Second World War by Antony Beevor	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
It's a very well written book, covering all battles, "theaters of war" and the eventual implications. I believe in author's subjectivity, which is very hard to find among WW2-specialized historians. My major interest was in closing the knowledge gaps, ...more
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Misha Chinkov and 9 other people liked grimlygray's review of Бесконечный тупик: "Это легко можно вспомнить или представить, если в реальной жизни такого опыта не было: вам ещё немного лет, заря отрочества и вы сидите за праздничным столом с взрослыми. Первая радость, что вы с ними за одним столом уже прошла, это не первый такой о" Read more of this review »
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Misha Chinkov and 1 other person liked Robin's review of Berlin Alexanderplatz: "Found this fairly dull and didn't care about the characters at all. Probably just kept going because it was good for my German. Struggled with some of the dialect and Berlin slang, but also learnt quite a few words. It was cool to visualize the area " Read more of this review »
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