Orlando Figes

Orlando Figes
Figes in 2023
Born
Orlando Guy Figes

(1959-11-20) 20 November 1959 (age 64)
London, England
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany
Spouse
Stephanie Palmer
(m. 1990)
Children2
Academic background
Education
ThesisThe Political Transformation of Peasant Russia: Peasant Soviets in the Middle Volga, 1917–1920 (1987)
Doctoral advisorNorman Stone
Academic work
DisciplineHistorian
Institutions
Notable students
Main interests
Notable worksA People's Tragedy (1996)
Websitewww.orlandofiges.com

Orlando Guy Figes (/ɔːˈlændəʊ ɡ ˈfz/; 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).

  1. ^ "Figes, Prof. Orlando Guy". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U15719. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)