How long does it take to read Godfather of the Kremlin?
Paul Klebnikov
Godfather of the Kremlin by Paul Klebnikov takes about 7 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 29 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2000. 408 pages, about 112,200 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
It's a tale about how businessmen and criminals made billions during and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, at the expense of people living in Russia. It's also worth noting that the author was murdered in Moscow a couple years after this book was published.
Subjects: Capitalists and financiers, Economic conditions, Businessmen, Biography, Soviet union, history, Russia (federation), biography