
Once upon a Time in Russia
The Rise of the Oligarchs and the Greatest Wealth in History
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Jeremy Bobb
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Ben Mezrich
About this listen
The best-selling author of Bringing Down the House (63 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list and the basis for the hit movie 21) and The Accidental Billionaires (the basis for the Academy Award-winning film The Social Network) delivers an epic drama of wealth, rivalry, and betrayal among megawealthy Russian oligarchs - and its international repercussions.
Once Upon a Time in Russia is the untold true story of the larger-than-life billionaire oligarchs who surfed the waves of privatization to reap riches after the fall of the Soviet regime: "Godfather of the Kremlin" Boris Berezovsky, a former mathematician whose first entrepreneurial venture was running an automobile reselling business, and Roman Abramovich, his dashing young protégé, who built a multibillion-dollar empire of oil and aluminum. Locked in a complex, uniquely Russian partnership, Berezovsky and Abramovich battled their way through the "Wild East" of Russia, with Berezovsky acting as the younger man's krysha - his roof, his protector.
Written with the heart-stopping pacing of a thriller - but even more compelling because it is true - this story of amassing obscene wealth and power depicts a rarefied world seldom seen up close. Under Berezovsky's krysha, Abramovich built one of Russia's largest oil companies from the ground up and in exchange made cash deliveries - including $491 million in just one year. But their relationship frayed when Berezovsky attacked President Vladimir Putin in the media - and had to flee to the UK. Abramovich continued to prosper. Dead bodies trailed Berezovsky's footsteps, and threats followed him to London, where an associate of his died painfully and famously of Polonium poisoning. Then Berezovsky himself was later found dead, declared a suicide.
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The Oligarchs
- Wealth and Power in the New Russia
- By: David Hoffman
- Narrated by: Steve Coulter
- Length: 22 hrs and 50 mins
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A brilliant investigative narrative: How six average Soviet men rose to the pinnacle of Russia's battered economy. David Hoffman, former Moscow bureau chief for
The Washington Post, sheds light onto the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these ruthless men Hoffman reveals how a few players managed to take over Russia's cash-strapped economy and then divvy it up in loans-for-shares deals.
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Supreme Chronicle of Murky Times
- By ivan on 03-01-14
By: David Hoffman
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Woolly
- The True Story of the Quest to Revive One of History's Most Iconic Extinct Creatures
- By: Ben Mezrich
- Narrated by: Ben Mezrich
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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Ben Mezrich takes us on an exhilarating true adventure story from the icy terrain of Siberia to the cutting-edge genetic labs of Harvard University. A group of young scientists, under the guidance of Dr. George Church, the most brilliant geneticist of our time, works to make fantasy reality by sequencing the DNA of a frozen woolly mammoth harvested from above the Arctic Circle and splicing elements of that sequence into the DNA of a modern elephant.
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Mezrich's worst creation
- By Alex Curtis on 11-03-17
By: Ben Mezrich
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War
- By: Bob Woodward
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three wars—Ukraine, the Middle East and the struggle for the American Presidency. War provides an unvarnished examination of the vice president as she tries to embrace the Biden legacy and policies while beginning to chart a path of her own as a presidential candidate.
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Draws Connections
- By Kyle on 10-18-24
By: Bob Woodward
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- Sameer Advani
- 07-22-15
Great novel. Amazing story
Amazing story, very well put together. Fascinating story about the lives of truly extraordinarily flawed men.
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- PAULTAYLOR
- 01-09-16
GREAT READ; GOING TO GI BACK AND CATCH MESERICH
ON BOOK TV. ANOTHER OMNIDIRECTIONAL BULLET TRAIN WHICH ONE NEEDS TO SIFT THROUGH FOR THE TRUTH
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- R. Vlahos
- 06-28-22
Window into Post-Soviet Russia
Well crafted and narrated account of the role of the Oligarchs in the tumultuous transition from the USSR to Putin's Russia.
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- Bilal Khalifeh
- 06-10-23
Great Listen
Could not put it down. A great story from Start to finish. You do not have to be a follower of politics or any kind of Russophile to enjoy this listen.
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- Ron Bagley
- 06-08-15
A very interesting story
Ben Mezrich always has such compelling stories and this one was no exception. I highly recommend this book.
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- Ty East
- 10-13-15
Good but not best
I like the author. I have read most of his books. This is a good one but not his best.
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- Gleb Kuznetov
- 10-27-15
A modern day Shakespearean tale. Minus the love.
Missed your chance in Russia? Might have to find a legitimate way to get rich instead.
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- Mike
- 04-17-21
Really enjoy your this author
He's great, very interesting subjects delivered in an extremely enjoyable way. I will read every book by this author!
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- John C. Miller
- 08-21-15
Impossible to know coverage
What did you like best about Once upon a Time in Russia? What did you like least?
It reads fast, but author likes to invent character's thoughts-- things he could not possibly know. Example, a whole chapter is based on a vivid description of a submarine captain in his final moments as his ship explodes and sinks. He invents the scene out of whole cloth.
What could Ben Mezrich have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Tell the story as it was, not as he imagines it to be. It reads more like fiction than a history book.
Do you think Once upon a Time in Russia needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
The events in the book are important, but this author seems not interested in reporting on them dispassionately.
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- emax
- 04-02-21
Don’t judge it by it’s cover — a well-researched and interesting book
The book is excellent. Top notch quality. The author talks about only the most interesting parts of Russia’s oligarchy from the early 90s until the death of Berezovsky a few years ago. The book is much more solid than the silly cover.
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