How long does it take to read Khrushchev?
William Taubman
Khrushchev by William Taubman takes about 16 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 16 hours 26 minutes
A long haul
First published 2003. 896 pages, about 246,400 words.
33 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 27 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 16 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Drawing on newly opened archives in Russia and Ukraine, Taubman (political science, Amherst College) writes a thorough biography of one of the most complex and important political figures of the 20th century whose life and career spanned revolution, civil war, famine, collectivization, industrialization, terror, world war, the Cold War, Stalinism, and post-Stalinism. Includes two sections of good quality b&w photographs.
Subjects: Politics and government, Biografia, História, Política e governo, Heads of state, Biography
