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This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian Story by Evan Gershkovich

This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian Story: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian Story audiobook runs 11.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Evan Gershkovich (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.6listening hrs
Current Affairs, Law, & Politicsstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian Story at common listening paces
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1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf

1,409 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

This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian Story is an audiobook by Evan Gershkovich: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Evan Gershkovich, released September 29, 2026, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Biography & Memoir shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.6 hrs
Narrated by
Evan Gershkovich
Released
September 29, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Biography & Memoir
ISBN
9780008761660

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian Story audiobook?

This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian Story runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.

Is the This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian Story audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian Story?

This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian Story is narrated by Evan Gershkovich.

Is This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian Story worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.9 hours.