Orlando Figes | |
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 Figes in 2023 | |
| Born | Orlando Guy Figes 20 November 1959 London, England |
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| Spouse |
Stephanie Palmer (m. 1990) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Thesis | The Political Transformation of Peasant Russia: Peasant Soviets in the Middle Volga, 1917–1920 (1987) |
| Doctoral advisor | Norman Stone |
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| Discipline | Historian |
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| Notable works | A People's Tragedy (1996) |
| Website | www |
Orlando Guy Figes (/ɔːˈlændəʊ ɡaɪ ˈfaɪdʒiːz/; born 20 November 1959)[1] is a British and German historian and writer. He was a professor of history at Birkbeck College, University of London, where he was made Emeritus Professor on his retirement in 2022.
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 on European history more broadly with his book The Europeans (2019).
- ^ "Figes, Prof. Orlando Guy". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U15719. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)