books by Orlando Figes

books by Orlando Figes

books:

Orlando Figes

Interpreting the Russian Revolution: The Language and Symbols of 1917

Orlando Figes, Boris Kolonitsk

Yale University Press, 1999

Very interesting book with some flaws
This book by Orlando Figes and Boris Kolonitskii examines how language and symbols were used in and influenced the course of the Russian revolution. The book is particularly good examining how rumors circulated around Petrograd and Russia about the Imperial family, ...

Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia

Orlando Figes

Picador, 2003

The third side of the Russian coin.
Having lived in Russia six years and still in business there since 1991, I quickly learned that in Russia there is not only the proverbial two sides of the coin, but often three. Figes cetainly examines that underside of what makes a Russian different. He does it with ...

The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia
Orlando Figes

Allen Lane, 2007

A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891-1924

Professor Orlando Figes

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998

Absorbing and comprehensive
Wonderful. If there's a man who can write non-fiction books Orlando Figes is one. I wish he would write about other times and places, I would buy his books immediately. His other book on Russia's culture (I forgot the title) is also great. The best thing about this ...

The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia

Orlando Figes

Picador, 2008

A must-read for anyone interested in modern Russian history
Over the years I've read many books about Russian and Soviet history, from Roy Medvedev's "Let History Judge"to Montefiore's "Stalin: Court of the Red Tsar," with significant stops along the way for Solzhenitsyn's magisterial polemic "The Gulag Archipelago." Orlando ...

War and Peace (Penguin Classics, Deluxe Edition)

Leo Tolstoy

Penguin Classics, 2006

Paperback Building Block
A new translation by Anthony Briggs, introduction by Orlando Figes. I chose this translation based on the strength of the Penguin Classics imprint, the readable size of the print, and the back-cover blurps promising a new and accessible translation. Overall, the ...

The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia

Orlando Figes

Metropolitan Books, 2007

A must-read for anyone interested in modern Russian history
Over the years I've read many books about Russian and Soviet history, from Roy Medvedev's "Let History Judge"to Montefiore's "Stalin: Court of the Red Tsar," with significant stops along the way for Solzhenitsyn's magisterial polemic "The Gulag Archipelago." Orlando ...

The Russian Chronicles: A Thousand Years That Changed the World (History)

Quadrillion Publishing, 1998

Finally a PRE-SOVIET Russian history book
I knew I had to pick buy this after I flipped through it at a book store. I have been half-heartedly searching for a couple years now for a book about Russian history that didn't focus on the 1917 revolution and the Cold War. Also, it's full of illustrations and ...