The Man without a Face
Masha Gessen
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The Man Without A Face takes a deeper look at the rise of Vladimir Putin's authoritarian rule.
The Man without a Face
The Man without a Face
by Masha Gessen
Overview
For over 20 years, Vladimir Putin has ruled Russia with an iron fist. Yet, after all this time, the autocratic leader remains an enigma to the public and politicians alike. Born in Leningrad during the Soviet period, Putin quickly rose through the ranks of the KGB before being selected as Boris Yeltsin's successor in March 2000.
Masha Gessen is an award-winning Russian-American journalist, LGBTQ activist, and staff writer for The New Yorker. In The Man Without A Face, Gessen chronicles Putin's path to power and the overall deterioration of the country's democracy, drawing on personal experience as a journalist working in Russia.
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The world's largest landmass, a land of oil, gas, and nuclear arms, had a new leader, and its business and political elites had no idea who he was.
- Masha Gessen
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