How long does it take to read Stalin?
the first in-depth biography based on explosive new documents from Russia's secret archives
Edvard Radzinsky, Ėdvard Radzinskiĭ
Stalin by Edvard Radzinsky, Ėdvard Radzinskiĭ takes about 11 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 8 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1996. 607 pages, about 166,925 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Biography, Heads of state, History, Soviet Union, Sources, Biographie
