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How long does it take to read Three "Whys" of the Russian Revolution?

Richard Pipes

Three "Whys" of the Russian Revolution by Richard Pipes takes about 1 hour 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 1 hour 32 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1995. 84 pages, about 23,100 words.

4 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 2 hours 34 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 1 hour 32 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 58 minutes

The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

America's foremost authority on Russian communism--the author of the definitive studies The Russian Revolution and Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime--now addresses the enigmas of that country's 70-year enthrallment with communism. Succinct, lucidly argued, and lively in its detail, this book offers a brilliant summation of the life's work of a master historian.

Subjects: History, Causes, Politics and government, Soviet Union

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