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The Successor
Boris Nemtsov, Vladimir Putin and the Decline of Modern RussiaBy Mikhail FishmanNarrated by Aaron ClinardLength27h 22m
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When did Russia lose its chance of freedom?
1990: As a new openness sweeps Russia, a talented young physicist, Boris Nemtsov, begins his career in politics. Charismatic, confident, liberal and vehemently opposed to corruption, he swiftly rises to prominence. For the first time, another future seems possible.
2015: Putin holds the country in the grip of tyranny once more. Nemtsov, now his fiercest and most unrelenting opponent, is assassinated on a Moscow bridge.
This is the story of how a nation's dreams of democracy died.
Drawing on buried archives and off-the-record interviews, exiled journalist Mikhail Fishman gives a gripping insider account of the tragedy of modern Russia, told through many lives of Boris Nemtsov - activist, playboy, leader-in-waiting, dissident and, finally, victim. From the economic reforms under Boris Yeltsin to Vladimir Putin's oligarchy, through two wars in Chechnya and the invasion of Ukraine, this is the story of a man fired by the belief that Russia could, still, have another future.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 4.6 (199)
Includes Goodreads
GenreBiography and Memoir, History
Length27 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byAaron Clinard
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMay 26, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1
2Prologue
31887-89: How It All Began
41889-90: Great Expectations
51991: The Last Battle
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61991: A New Country
71992-93: The Capital of Reform
8Winter 1992-Spring 1993: Two Centres of Power
9Summer-Autumn 1993: Breaking the Deadlock
101993-95: The Successor
111991-94: Chechnya and the Unnecessary War
121995-96: Peacemaker (part 1)
131995-96: Peacemaker (part 2)
141996: Communism or Democracy (part 1)
151996: Communism or Democracy (part 2)
161997: First Deputy Prime Minister Nemtsov
171997: A Boat Going Over a Waterfall
181998: The Emperor's Last Journey
191998: The Point of No Return
201996-98: Putin
211998-99: President 2000
221999-2000: Successor 2.0
232000-01: First Blood
242002: Nord-Ost
252003: The Other Russia (part 1)
262003: The Other Russia (part 2)
272004: Life on the Sidelines
282004: The Orange Revolution
292005-09: The End of the Revolution
302005-08: Sovereign Democracy
312004-08: Putin's Warrior
322008-10: The Thaw
332010: The Arrest
342010-11: The Rook and King Change Places
352007-11: The Dude from Marino Who Reinvented Politics
362011: Bolotnaya Square
372012: The Rout of the Bolotnaya Square Movement
382013: Two Campaigns
392013-14: Euromaidan
402014: Russia after Crimea
4127 February 2015
42Epilogue: Five Years Later: 2020
43End
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