Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs and the Greatest Wealth in History Audio CD – Audiobook, Unabridged
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“Assassination plots, intimidation tactics, political manoeuvring and money in unfeasibly large quantities – this is the stuff of Ben Mezrich’s Once Upon a Time in Russia, a nonfiction journey into the rise (and, in some cases, fall) of the oligarchs … one of our favourites.” GQ “[A] fascinating and often chilling read.” The Sport
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About the Author
Ben Mezrich graduated magna cum laude from Harvard. He has published fifteen books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Accidental Billionaires, which was adapted into the Academy Award–winning film The Social Network, and Bringing Down the House, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies in twelve languages and was the basis for the hit movie 21. He lives in Boston.
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Audio CDPublisher: Simon & Schuster Audio; Unabridged edition (June 2, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1442387173ISBN-13: 978-1442387171 Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.8 x 5.9 inches Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #112,138 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2 in Books > Books on CD > History > Europe #79 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Historical > Europe > Russia #83 in Books > Books on CD > Biographies & Memoirs
Once Upon a Time in Russia bills itself as a story of the rise of the oligarchs in the subtitle, and as “the behind-the-scenes, true story of two larger-than-life billionaire oligarchs” in particular—Boris Berezovsky and Roman Abramovich—in the introduction. But this is Berezovsky’s story. Abramovich plays a surprisingly small row, arguably less important than Georgian strongman and Berezovsky’s right-hand muscle Badri Patarkatsishvili, former-FSB agent Alexander Litivenko, and Bond villain Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, even Boris Yeltsin and his daughter Tatiana.
Berezovsky was one of an early wave of Russians from all walks of life—he was a half-Jewish former academic—to make his fortune in the wake of perestroika. Berezovsky made his first fortune selling cars bought from the manufacture on credit during a period of gross inflation. From there he moved into TV (his eventual downfall), oil, and aluminum. It was oil that sprang from his initial partnership with Abramovich. Abramovich, already owner of a pipeline, approached Berezovsky with the idea to take a state oil company private, and Berezovsky used his connections to make it happen. Berezovsky, along with his fellow oligarchs, also uses his connections, his millions, and his TV station to get Yeltsin reelected when it looked like the Communists were going to regain power.
It is hard as an American to grasp post-perestroika Russian business. Berezovsky and Abramovich didn’t make millions, they made billions. Berezovsky and the six confederates he recruited to finance Yeltsin’s reelection accounted for half of Russia’s GDP. Berezovsky lived surrounded by heavily-armed bodyguards and traveling in armored cars. And with good reason.
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