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Gorbachev: His Life and Times

William Taubman

Gorbachev: His Life and Times is a 2017 biography of Mikhail Gorbachev by William Taubman. Taubman was the recipient of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, as well as the 2004 National Book Critics Circle Award. The book describes life of last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the only President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryAward Category: National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography -> BiographyBusiness BiographyPresidency & Executive PowerEurope & Russia

Award History

0 wins · 3 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionMajor2018LonglistOfficial source
National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyMajor2017FinalistSecondary source
Plutarch Award: Biography2018FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Mikhail Gorbachev90%

  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 78%.