Orlando Figes
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Orlando Guy Figes (/ɔːˈlændəʊ ɡaɪ ˈfaɪdʒiːz/; born 20 November 1959)[1] is a British historian and writer. He was Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London, where he was made Emeritus Professor on his retirement in 2022.
Orlando Figes | |
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Born | 20 November 1959 Islington, London, England |
Occupation(s) | historian, writer |
Academic background | |
Education | University of Cambridge |
Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Trinity College, Cambridge (PhD) |
Thesis | The political transformation of peasant Russia: peasant Soviets in the Middle Volga, 1917–1920 (1987) |
Doctoral advisor | Norman Stone |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History |
Institutions | Trinity College, Cambridge (1984–1999), Birkbeck College, University of London (1999–2022) |
Notable students | Andrew Roberts, Tristram Hunt, Bee Wilson, James Harding, Tanya Seghatchian |
Main interests | Russian Revolution, Stalinism |
Notable works | A People's Tragedy (1996) |
Website | http://www.orlandofiges.com |
Figes is known for his works on Russian history, such as A People's Tragedy (1996), Natasha's Dance (2002), The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia (2007), Crimea (2010) and Just Send Me Word (2012). A People's Tragedy is a study of the Russian Revolution, and combines social and political history with biographical details in a historical narrative. Figes has also contributed significantly on European history more broadly, notably with his book The Europeans (2019).