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Zelensky : a biography of Ukraine's war leader / Steven Derix and Marina Shelkunova, translated by Brent Annable.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Derix, Steven, author.
- Shelkunova, Marina, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leadership.
- Ukraine--History--1991-.
- Ukraine.
- Ukraine--Politics and government--1991-.
- Zelensky, Volodymyr, 1978-.
- Zelensky, Volodymyr.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (117 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- England : Canbury Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- Millions have admired Volodymyr Zelensky's leadership of Ukraine during Russia's invasion. But few know his extraordinary life, which is full of twists and turns. By the age of 20, the Jewish boy from the provincial town of Kryvyi Rih had become a star of the stage. At 30, he headed a multimillion-dollar TV company. At 40, he took on Ukraine's corrupt political and business elite in a TV series where he played a history teacher who suddenly becomes President. Then he launched a political party named after the show and became his country's real President. When Russian troops flooded across the border, he refused to leave and rallied his nation's resistance. He said: 'If I am elected, they will first sling mud at me. Then they will learn to respect me. And finally cry when I leave.' Covering Zelensky's background and bustling TV career through to his first, controversial years in office to Russia's full-scale blitzkrieg, Zelensky is a vivid and concise biography of a driven man. It's ideal for anyone who wants to understand Ukraine's charismatic head of state, his complex country, and its vexed relationship with Russia.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Al Pacino
- Chapter 2: Bad Neighbours
- Chapter 3: The Comedy Factory
- Chapter 4: Maidan
- Chapter 5: Servant of the People
- Chapter 6: The Turbo Regime
- Chapter 7: Confrontation
- Chapter 8: The Wartime President
- A Note on Sources
- Bibliography
- Copyright.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781912454785
- 1912454785
- OCLC:
- 1336402236
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