How long does it take to read KGB?
the inside story of its foreign operations from Lenin to Gorbachev
Christopher M. Andrew, Christopher Andrew, Oleg Gordievsky
KGB by Christopher M. Andrew, Christopher Andrew, Oleg Gordievsky takes about 12 hours 54 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 54 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1990. 704 pages, about 193,600 words.
26 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 21 hours 31 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 54 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A history of Soviet intelligence service and the evolution of the KGB.
Subjects: History, Intelligence service, Soviet Union, Soviet Espionage, URSS, Histoire
