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The Soviet Empire – How It Rose and Collapsed: The Rise, Dominance, and Downfall of the USSR by Cooper Walker

The Soviet Empire – How It Rose and Collapsed: The Rise, Dominance, and Downfall of the USSR: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Soviet Empire – How It Rose and Collapsed: The Rise, Dominance, and Downfall of the USSR runs 1.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Cooper Walker (about 0.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1.3listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 1.3 hours, it is shorter than 90% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

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

The Soviet Empire – How It Rose and Collapsed: The Rise, Dominance, and Downfall of the USSR is an audiobook by Cooper Walker: a 1.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Cooper Walker, released February 21, 2025, on the World shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
1.3 hrs
Narrated by
Cooper Walker
Released
February 21, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World
ISBN
9798347766499

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Soviet Empire – How It Rose and Collapsed: The Rise, Dominance, and Downfall of the USSR as an audiobook?

The Soviet Empire – How It Rose and Collapsed: The Rise, Dominance, and Downfall of the USSR runs 1.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.8 hours.

Is The Soviet Empire – How It Rose and Collapsed: The Rise, Dominance, and Downfall of the USSR free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Soviet Empire – How It Rose and Collapsed: The Rise, Dominance, and Downfall of the USSR?

The Soviet Empire – How It Rose and Collapsed: The Rise, Dominance, and Downfall of the USSR is narrated by Cooper Walker.