Deputy Mayor Putin

De: Maeve McQuillan

Narrado por: Fiona Shaw, Gwilym Lee

How did a once faceless bureaucrat, a man whose own wife said he was born under the sign of the vampire, become the idealized face of Russian manhood and its authoritarian leader? Deputy Mayor Putin examines the man behind the myth. We will explore how Putin’s formative years shaped and drove him and how the supporting cast of characters he gathered along the way helped him get to the Kremlin’s inner sanctum. We will trace Putin’s many transformations and examine how each step brought him closer to the leader he is today: from scrawny street thug to the aggressive President Putin who invaded Ukraine in early 2022.

©2024 Munck Studios (P)2024 Audible Originals, LLC.

Informative, Current and Compelling.

Imagine it is 1939. Nazi Germany has swallowed Austria and Czechoslovakia, made new alliances with Italy and Japan, signed a pact with the USSR, and has started the invasion of Poland.
The greater horrors of World War II are yet to come.

Now imagine hearing a biography-up-to-this-moment of Adolph Hitler. This is what I felt listening to this 2024 podcast. I’m a modestly well informed lay person who is curious about the who and why of Vladimir Putin. This podcast provided both the facts and thd context of his origin, development and unlikely abrupt rise to the height of power in today’s Russia.

Delivered in compact digestible segments, this is a masterful effort by a small dedicated organization. Highly recommended!!!

How evil Putin really is

The factual information about one of the truly evil persons on the world stage and what a danger he poses to world peace.

A Political Grand Master

Although it is a slanted view of a former KGB and FSB chief, this story shows that he, a chess master is pitted against a doddering old fool.

Read This Book!

It's just 4 hours, but it's an education you need to have in 2024. Time well spent and you will know and understand more when you are fininshed.

Great listen!

Would recommend! Not enough is written about Putin outside of news articles and the media. Was very informative.

Great original

To the point. A good story and it captures the rise of Putin with an entertaining narrative.

Learned something

Very good reader, kept my interest. He is as twisted as previously thought, but now I know more of his history - short man with anger issues - must be worshipped.

First Binge Book in Ages!

I'm the type of person that will either love or hate a book within the first paragraph. I started this audio book when I started my shift this morning and just finished it in one sitting, so as far as my standards go it was brilliant! Good pace, good readers, great book!

I liked it

It was good, informative, with a good narrator, and a good pace. I enjoyed it. Only I wonder how his wife felt all that time. I still wondering if KGB agents have any say in who they will be married to.

Insightful and layered

McQuillan provides an astoundingly layered story of the compelling mixture of facts and fate that led to Putin's rise to power. The characters and setting pop; exquisite detail and atmosphere linger long after the final sentence.