Putin & Gorbachev: Russia Explained Through Biography

Perhaps the best way to understand Russia is by understanding the men who have led it. Join two master biographers as they discuss two of modern day Russia’s most fascinating and influential leaders:  New York Times reporter and biographer Steven Lee Myers, author of The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin, and William Taubman, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and author of Gorbachev: His Life and Times. Moderated by Kai Bird, Executive Director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography at CUNY Graduate Center in New York City. This event is sponsored by the Leon Levy Center for Biography.