A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin runs 4.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Galeotti (about 3.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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What our data says
- At 4.8 hours, it is shorter than 83% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mark Galeotti
Mark Galeotti narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 25 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
449 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin is an audiobook by Mark Galeotti: a 4.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Galeotti, released July 7, 2020, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and History shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark Galeotti
- Released
- July 7, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, History
- ISBN
- 9781488208843
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin as an audiobook?
A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin runs 4.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.2 hours.
Is A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin?
A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin is narrated by Mark Galeotti.