Figlio della scrittrice femminista Eva Figes, [1], Orlando Figes studiò Storia a Cambridge, laureandosi nel 1982. Conseguì un dottorato di ricerca al Trinity College di Cambridge, presso il quale fu Fellow dal 1984 al 1999, prima di subentrare a Richard J. Evans come professore di Storia al Birbeck College di Londra [2] ).

Jun 18, 2012 · A professor at University of London's Birkbeck College, Figes himself inspired this explanation. In an interview and in an article in 2009, he suggested that his first Russian publisher dropped...

Orlando Figes is an English historian of Russia, and a professor of history at Birkbeck, University of London. Ratings Friends Following Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book! 253 (43%) 72 (12%) Filters a discussion

Sep 21, 2022 · In a new book, the historian Orlando Figes argues that the war on Ukraine is only the latest instance of a nation twisting the past to justify its future. The 2016 unveiling of a Moscow...

Oct 13, 2016 · by Svetlana Alexievich, translated from the Russian by Bela Shayevich. Random House, 470 pp., $30.00. When she won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature, Svetlana Alexievich was little known outside Belarus and the former Soviet Union where her books were published in Russian. Those that had been translated into English had appeared with small ...

Age, Biography and Wiki. Orlando Figes was born on 20 November, 1959 in London, United Kingdom, is a British historian. Discover Orlando Figes's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates.

May 11, 2017 · Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. His latest book is Revolutionary Russia, 1891–1991: A History . (July 2018) Books of the Dead Oblivion by Sergei Lebedev, translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis The Year of the Comet by Sergei Lebedev, translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis

Professor Orlando Figes - Russian and European cultural and social history, the politics of nationality, peasant studies, socialist and communist movements. Dr Louise Hide - British History; institutional cultures, madness, pain.

Jul 16, 2021 · Orlando Guy Figes (/ˈfɪdʒɪz/ (born 20 November 1959) is a British historian and writer known for his works on Russian and European history. He is professor of history at Birkbeck College, University of London. Figes is best known for his works on Russian history, such as A People's Tragedy (1996), Natasha's Dance (2002), The Whisperers ...

Sep 30, 2019 · Focusing on the intertwined biographies of a famous French opera singer of Spanish descent, her French impresario husband and one of Russia’s most beloved novelists, Figes traces this trio’s...