My Russia
What I Saw Inside the Kremlin

Insightful memoir by Jill Dougherty who was the CNN Moscow Bureau Chief and covered Russia for over 20 years. Growing up in Scranton, PA, Jill took Russian language classes in High School, and became fluent in the language and loved their arts and literature. She went on summer study programs in Rus......more

Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the advanced copy of the audiobook. All opinions are my own. This book is well written, very organized and expertly narrated by the author, Jill Dougherty. It was a fascinating merging of memoir, history, and political science. I hope this book will get s......more

My Russia is a beautifully written opportunity to experience the allure, the harshness, the beauty, and the barbarity of what was the Soviet Union, what became briefly an open and forward-thinking attempt at democracy, and what has devolved into the cruel autocracy of Putin's Russia. Jill Dougherty......more

I found this so interesting and I learnt a lot from listening to it. I am always worried about a writer narrating their own book but after a bit I got fully used to her narration style and it worked well. I just found her insights especially into Putin very interesting.......more