Patriot
Alexei Navalny began this memoir after surviving a near-fatal poisoning in 2020, and kept writing from the prison cells where he was held until his death in February 2024. He traces his path from a sharp-tongued blogger to the most prominent opponent of Vladimir Putin, recounts the poisoning and his decision to return to Russia knowing he would be jailed, and fills the prison diaries with stubborn humor. His family completed the book after he died. It stands as both a political record and a personal account of courage under a regime determined to silence him.
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The memoir Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny wrote before and during his imprisonment, finished by his family and published after his death in 2024.
After. Alexei Navalny died in a Russian prison in February 2024, and Patriot was published posthumously in October 2024, completed by his wife Yulia and his team.
In part. He began the memoir while recovering from his 2020 poisoning and continued it through prison diaries during his imprisonment.
Patriot was written by Alexei Navalny, published in 2024 by Knopf.
Patriot is 496 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Patriot takes most readers 7 to 11 hours to finish.
Patriot is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
