{"id":98058,"date":"2023-02-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/index.php\/product\/zelensky-2\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T12:43:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T12:43:01","slug":"zelensky-2","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9781914487064","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Zelensky<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0is the first major biography of Ukraine&#8217;s leader written for a Western audience. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Told with flair and authority, it is the gripping story of one\u00c2\u00a0of the most admired and inspirational leaders in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Action-packed biography of Ukraine&#8217;s comedian-turned-President<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Millions who have admired Volodymyr Zelensky&#8217;s defiance during Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine will learn much from this up-to-date biography of the Ukrainian President.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky&#8217;s life to date has been packed with drama and action.<\/p>\n<p>By the age of 20, the Jewish boy from the provincial\u00c2\u00a0town of Kryvyi Rih had become a star of the stage.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At 30, he headed a multimillion-dollar TV company.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>At 40, he took on Ukraine&#8217;s corrupt political and business\u00c2\u00a0elite in a TV drama, playing a history teacher who becomes President.\u00c2\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Then he launched a real-life political party named after the TV show, won a landslide victory and became Ukraine&#8217;s real President.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>When Russian troops flooded across the border, Zelensky refused Western offers to leave Kyiv. He has marshalled Ukraine&#8217;s resistance\u00c2\u00a0and successfully obtained Western missile systems and anti-tank weapons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Zelensky said: &#8216;If I am elected, they will first sling mud at me.\u00c2\u00a0Then they will learn to respect me. And finally cry when\u00c2\u00a0I leave.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><em>Zelensky<\/em><em>\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>is written by a long-standing Russia and Ukraine reporter and a Russian- and Ukrainian speaking researcher.\u00c2\u00a0It&#8217;s a pithy biography of Zelensky for anyone who wants\u00c2\u00a0to understand Ukraine&#8217;s charismatic head of state, his\u00c2\u00a0complex country, and its vexed relationship with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Covering Zelensky&#8217;s life from his childhood to the Ukrainian presidency, Zelensky deals with his background in a Russian-speaking region of Ukraine, his early career in TV taking part in KVN talent competitions, and his rise through the Ukrainian and Russian television industry.<\/p>\n<p>Then it deals with Zelensky&#8217;s breakthrough moment in\u00c2\u00a0the TV series <em>Servant of the People <\/em>playing a teacher who dreams of reforming Ukraine and ending its corruption.\u00c2\u00a0The show becomes a reality and Zelensky&#8217;s party, Servant of the People, takes power.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky&#8217;s presidency is marred by his attempts to curry favour with the US President Donald Trump and the offshoring of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Zelensky battles political rivals and takes on\u00c2\u00a0powerful vested interests in Europe&#8217;s second-largest country. Then with his doggedness, speeches and strategy, he marshals Ukraine&#8217;s staunch resistance to a superpower &#8211; a fight that most analysts assume Russia will quickly win. But they do not &#8211; and Ukraine starts to turn the tide of the war.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky and his country become symbols of defiance against Vladimir Putin&#8217;s aggression.\u00c2\u00a0<em>Zelensky: A Biography of Ukraine&#8217;s War Leader\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>is both an uplifting story and an urgent message from Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the authors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>STEVEN DERIX is a journalist at the Dutch newspaper <em>NRC<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0From 2014 to 2020 he was NRC correspondent for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>MARINA SHELKUNOVA studied journalism and was a researcher and coordinator for\u00c2\u00a0<em>NRC\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>and\u00c2\u00a0<em>De Standaard<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In April 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky was elected as the sixth\u00c2\u00a0President of Ukraine, with nearly three-quarters of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>One month later, the Russian President attended the World\u00c2\u00a0Economic Forum in St. Petersburg. It had been five years since\u00c2\u00a0Russia&#8217;s annexation of Crimea but daily skirmishes between\u00c2\u00a0the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian separatists were still\u00c2\u00a0commonplace in eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Why did you not congratulate Volodymyr Zelenksy when he\u00c2\u00a0became President?&#8217; asked the interviewer.<\/p>\n<p>Putin breathed a heavy sigh. The Russian officials and business\u00c2\u00a0magnates in the room playfully nudged one another: this was\u00c2\u00a0going to be good&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Putin gave the enormous hall an almost pitying look and waited until the sniggering had died down&#8230; &#8216;Listen, I do not know\u00c2\u00a0this man. I hope that we can meet one day. As far as I can tell,\u00c2\u00a0he&#8217;s amazing at what he does, he&#8217;s a marvellous actor.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Putin continued: &#8216;But seriously: it&#8217;s one thing to play a person, but quite another thing to be that person.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Laughter and generous applause filled the room.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Buy the book to carry on reading<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covering Zelensky&#8217;s background and bustling TV career\u00c2\u00a0through to his first, controversial years in office to\u00c2\u00a0Russia&#8217;s full-scale blitzkrieg, <em>Zelensky<\/em> is a vivid and concise\u00c2\u00a0biography of a driven man. It&#8217;s ideal for anyone who wants\u00c2\u00a0to understand Ukraine&#8217;s charismatic president, his\u00c2\u00a0complex country, and its vexed relationship with Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[641],"product_tag":[492,1562,2242],"class_list":{"0":"post-98058","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-biography","6":"product_tag-biography-historical-political-military","7":"product_tag-european-history","8":"product_tag-warfare-defence","9":"pa_book_author-derix-steven","10":"pa_cover-paperback","11":"pa_dewey-947-7086092-edition23","12":"pa_imprint-canbury-press","13":"pa_language-english","14":"pa_pages-9065","15":"pa_publisher-canbury-press","16":"pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","18":"first","19":"onbackorder","20":"taxable","21":"shipping-taxable","22":"purchasable","23":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zelensky<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zelensky\u00c2\u00a0is the first major biography of Ukraine&#039;s leader written for a Western audience. 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Told with flair and authority, it is the gripping story of one\u00c2\u00a0of the most admired and inspirational leaders in the world.Action-packed biography of Ukraine's comedian-turned-PresidentMillions who have admired Volodymyr Zelensky's defiance during Russia's invasion of Ukraine will learn much from this up-to-date biography of the Ukrainian President.Zelensky's life to date has been packed with drama and action.By the age of 20, the Jewish boy from the provincial\u00c2\u00a0town 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\u00c2\u00a0elite in a TV drama, playing a history teacher who becomes President.\u00c2\u00a0Then he launched a real-life political party named after the TV show, won a landslide victory and became Ukraine's real President.When Russian troops flooded across the border, Zelensky refused Western offers to leave Kyiv. 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And finally cry when\u00c2\u00a0I leave.'Zelensky\u00c2\u00a0is written by a long-standing Russia and Ukraine reporter and a Russian- and Ukrainian speaking researcher.\u00c2\u00a0It's a pithy biography of Zelensky for anyone who wants\u00c2\u00a0to understand Ukraine's charismatic head of state, his\u00c2\u00a0complex country, and its vexed relationship with Russia.Covering Zelensky's life from his childhood to the Ukrainian presidency, Zelensky deals with his background in a Russian-speaking region of Ukraine, his early career in TV taking part in KVN talent competitions, and his rise through the Ukrainian and Russian television industry.Then it deals with Zelensky's breakthrough moment in\u00c2\u00a0the TV series Servant of the People playing a teacher who dreams of reforming Ukraine and ending its corruption.\u00c2\u00a0The show becomes a reality and Zelensky's party, Servant of the People, takes power.Zelensky's presidency is marred by his attempts to curry favour with the US President Donald Trump and the offshoring of millions of dollars.Nonetheless, Zelensky battles political rivals and takes on\u00c2\u00a0powerful vested interests in Europe's second-largest country. Then with his doggedness, speeches and strategy, he marshals Ukraine's staunch resistance to a superpower - a fight that most analysts assume Russia will quickly win. But they do not - and Ukraine starts to turn the tide of the war.Zelensky and his country become symbols of defiance against Vladimir Putin's aggression.\u00c2\u00a0Zelensky: A Biography of Ukraine's War Leader\u00c2\u00a0is both an uplifting story and an urgent message from Ukraine.About the authorsSTEVEN DERIX is a journalist at the Dutch newspaper NRC.\u00c2\u00a0From 2014 to 2020 he was NRC correspondent for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.MARINA SHELKUNOVA studied journalism and was a researcher and coordinator for\u00c2\u00a0NRC\u00c2\u00a0and\u00c2\u00a0De Standaard.ExtractIn April 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky was elected as the sixth\u00c2\u00a0President of Ukraine, with nearly three-quarters of the vote.One month later, the Russian President attended the World\u00c2\u00a0Economic Forum in St. Petersburg. 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As far as I can tell,\u00c2\u00a0he's amazing at what he does, he's a marvellous actor.'Putin continued: 'But seriously: it's one thing to play a person, but quite another thing to be that person.'Laughter and generous applause filled the room.Buy the book to carry on reading\u00c2\u00a0","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9781914487064\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Zelensky","og_description":"Zelensky\u00c2\u00a0is the first major biography of Ukraine's leader written for a Western audience. 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Then with his doggedness, speeches and strategy, he marshals Ukraine's staunch resistance to a superpower - a fight that most analysts assume Russia will quickly win. But they do not - and Ukraine starts to turn the tide of the war.Zelensky and his country become symbols of defiance against Vladimir Putin's aggression.\u00c2\u00a0Zelensky: A Biography of Ukraine's War Leader\u00c2\u00a0is both an uplifting story and an urgent message from Ukraine.About the authorsSTEVEN DERIX is a journalist at the Dutch newspaper NRC.\u00c2\u00a0From 2014 to 2020 he was NRC correspondent for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.MARINA SHELKUNOVA studied journalism and was a researcher and coordinator for\u00c2\u00a0NRC\u00c2\u00a0and\u00c2\u00a0De Standaard.ExtractIn April 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky was elected as the sixth\u00c2\u00a0President of Ukraine, with nearly three-quarters of the vote.One month later, the Russian President attended the World\u00c2\u00a0Economic Forum in St. Petersburg. 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