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The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia

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WINNER OF THE 2026 PULITZER PRIZE FOR OPINION WRITING

WINNER OF THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION

WINNER OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD


The essential journalist and bestselling biographer of Vladimir Putin reveals how, in the space of a generation, Russia surrendered to a more virulent and invincible new strain of autocracy.

Award-winning journalist Masha Gessen's understanding of the events and forces that have wracked Russia in recent times is unparalle...

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