Sovok
Kevin McKinney
Witness first-hand the transition from Soviet Union to liberated Russia and its return to a regime of tyranny and injustice from the perspective of a foreigner who lived through it. McKinney describes his interactions for over twenty years with dissidents, billionaires, artists, cosmonauts, mob bosses, presidents, prosecutors, and prime ministers, while constantly breaking laws and bending rules, as mostly every character in the book also does. He introduces some of the most dangerous, loyal, and hospitable people, and often they're one in the same person.
Described by one literary critic as "Jack Kerouac, narrating the adventures of Thomas Pynchon's character, Tyrone Slothrop, only in Russia," Sovok takes you on a front-row view of the transition from Soviet Union to liberated Russia and then how it went back to today's tyranny.
If a movie plot, it would be a blend of Grand Hotel Budapest, Wolf of Wall Street, Bonfire of the Vanities, Snatch, Eastern Promises, and Everything is Illuminated. By declaring himself a liar, the author prods the reader to question everyone and everything. Through personal stories, one of Sovok's central themes is that a network of loyal and moral friends can circumvent the strictest government regulations and defeat criminal syndicates. Sovok falls into one or a dozen categories of book. The one category it is not is ordinary.
"Everything is so realistic that is seems invented," - Italy
"The impression is incredible. I feel like I'm in reading science fiction, yet I am one of the characters. Events are described not as I knew them, but completely differently. It's as if the author saw them from a different angle, and that the author's angle is truer than the distorted view I saw them from. This is the best thing I've read in many years." - Ukraine
"I am totally, completely, absolutely and entirely fascinated. The things you write about are so well familiar to me. I love it." - Russia
Duration - 14h 23m.
Author - Kevin McKinney.
Narrator - Jason Maniccia.
Published Date - Friday, 20 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2022 Kevin McKinney ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Witness first-hand the transition from Soviet Union to liberated Russia and its return to a regime of tyranny and injustice from the perspective of a foreigner who lived through it. McKinney describes his interactions for over twenty years with dissidents, billionaires, artists, cosmonauts, mob bosses, presidents, prosecutors, and prime ministers, while constantly breaking laws and bending rules, as mostly every character in the book also does. He introduces some of the most dangerous, loyal, and hospitable people, and often they're one in the same person. Described by one literary critic as "Jack Kerouac, narrating the adventures of Thomas Pynchon's character, Tyrone Slothrop, only in Russia," Sovok takes you on a front-row view of the transition from Soviet Union to liberated Russia and then how it went back to today's tyranny. If a movie plot, it would be a blend of Grand Hotel Budapest, Wolf of Wall Street, Bonfire of the Vanities, Snatch, Eastern Promises, and Everything is Illuminated. By declaring himself a liar, the author prods the reader to question everyone and everything. Through personal stories, one of Sovok's central themes is that a network of loyal and moral friends can circumvent the strictest government regulations and defeat criminal syndicates. Sovok falls into one or a dozen categories of book. The one category it is not is ordinary. "Everything is so realistic that is seems invented," - Italy "The impression is incredible. I feel like I'm in reading science fiction, yet I am one of the characters. Events are described not as I knew them, but completely differently. It's as if the author saw them from a different angle, and that the author's angle is truer than the distorted view I saw them from. This is the best thing I've read in many years." - Ukraine "I am totally, completely, absolutely and entirely fascinated. The things you write about are so well familiar to me. I love it." - Russia Duration - 14h 23m. Author - Kevin McKinney. Narrator - Jason Maniccia. Published Date - Friday, 20 January 2023. Copyright - © 2022 Kevin McKinney ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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01 introduction take2
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02 en route to ussr take2 rx aud
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03 leningrad university rx aud
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04 more equal than others rx aud
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05 soviet shopping rx aud
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06 wife to be rx aud
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07 leningrad student life rx aud
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08 set a wedding date rx aud
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09 hired by a criminal rx aud
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10 pretend to be a student rx aud
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11 blood sample or be deported rx aud
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12 americana rx aud
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13 ussr beyond leningrad rx aud
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14 revolution day 2 final rx aud
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15 useful idiot master class rx aud
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16 scofflaws at a wedding 2 rx aud
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17 welcoming 1988 rx aud
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18 ussr, do svidanya rx aud
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19 final year at gwu rx aud
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20 restaurant near white house rx aud
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21 physicist from yale rx aud
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22 hotel concierge rx aud
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23 bologna frisbeeing rx aud
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24 perestroika mania rx aud
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25 a nascent cult of bologna rx aud
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26 greet marina at dulles rx aud
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27 our bar in georgetown rx aud
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28 kentucky derby or exam rx aud
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29 russia becomes a fad rx rev aud 441
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30 business with toolshed rx aud
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31 first foray into moscow rx aud
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32 bologna bust rx aud
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33 bologna to budapest rx aud
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34 soviet art exhibit in dc rx aud
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35 soviet jazz at paisley park rx aud
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36 siberian oil rx aud
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37 marc rich + co ag rx aud rev
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38 the fugitive rx aud rev
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39 soviet space team rx aud
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40 russian far east rx aud
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41 pissed on in public rx aud
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42 portrain of lenin rx aud
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43 farther east rx aud
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44 star city to w ukraine rx rev aud
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45 toolshed v tobacco mafia rx aud
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46 betting pool on holy hajj rx aud
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47 attempted communist coup rx aud
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48 mugged by moscow police rx aud
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49 transition soviet to russia rx aud
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50 russian navys pacific fleet rx aud
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51 embargo busting gasoline rx aud
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52 miss bust miss legs rx aud
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53 tequila rx aud redo
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54 ukrainian wheat thieves rx aud
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55 oil equipment thieves rx aud rev
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56 beretta 9mm for gasoline rx aud
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57 border with north korea rx aud
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58 from infidelity to khanka rx aud
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59 rabbitt gets caught rx aud
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60 police escort rx aud
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61 mc hugh construction rx aud
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62 train from odessa rx aud
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63 rigged casino rx aud
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64 dogfights rx aud
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65 hunting ussuriysk tigers rx aud
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66 marc rich ousted rx aud
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67 best bar in america rx aud
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68 road trip across america rx aud
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69 gerald metals rx rev3 aud
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70 hiring a roof rx aud
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71 gerald moscow expands rx aud
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72 jackalope in st petersburg rx aud
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73 kazakh zinc rx rev2 aud
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74 privatization sort of rx aud
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75 real wife rx aud
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76 coppa rx rev aud
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77 governor crosses the pacific rx aud
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78 charity moiseev dance rx aud
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79 false narrative in usa rx aud
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80 kazakhstan with lip rx aud
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81 solntsevo mafia rx aud
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82 un oil for food mogilevich rx aud
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83 false medical alarm rx aud
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84 razzle dazzle documents rx aud
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85 pablos chechen fax rx aud
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86 honor fight in minneapolis rx aud
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87 aluminum wars rx rev3 aud
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88 paul tatums assassination rx aud
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89 visit to kraz rx aud
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90 who has a spare key rx aud
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91 us embassy in moscow rx rev3 aud
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92 real wedding rx aud
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93 whorewacker does russia rx rev aud
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94 exit sultan rx aud
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95 exit pablo rx aud
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96 crimea rx aud
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97 bolshoi ballet rx aud
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98 a message from kraz rx aud
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99 hitlerina rx aud
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100 stops bullets shoot back rx aud
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101 mike crotch stage name rx aud
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102 ballistica cont rx aud
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103 bullets shot at bi ff rx aud
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104 september 11 2001 rx aud
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105 cursed prescription pills rx aud
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106 job lead from london rx aud
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107 celtic resources plc rx aud
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108 small world of lawyers rx aud
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109 putin chokes liberty rx rev aud
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110 bad contract worse language rx aud
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111 to produce gold rx aud
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112 powerful landlord perks rx aud
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113 bourbon street bar moscow rx aud
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114 celtic hits bumps rx aud
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115 edibles from night flight rx aud
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116 banker and prime minister rx aud
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117 celtic hobbles along rx aud
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118 eureka mining rx aud
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119 simon wiesenthal jerusalem rx rev aud
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120 blackjack blacked out rx aud
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121 wild man in provence rx aud
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122 kraftwerk in moscow rx aud
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123 the trinity sues rx aud
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124 uncle marijuana pioneer rx aud
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125 bolshoi chapter ends rx aud
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126 an unlikely diplomat rx rev2add aud
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127 arrest tourists rx aud
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128 zero gravity flight rx aud
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129 still swinging at celtic rx aud
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130 water thief in provence rx aud
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131 body parts in our luggage rx aud
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132 sale and de listing of celtic rx aud
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133 loose ends rx aud
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134 three bottles of wine rx aud
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135 first jew in outer space rx aud
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136 random meeting new orleans rx aud
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137 texan teaches russians rx aud
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138 stock forger resurfaces rx aud
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139 chance meeting in cannes rx aud
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140 mma heavyweight rx aud
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141 us russian foundation rx aud
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142 i know a guy rx aud
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143 backstory rx aud
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Ending Credits
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