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Orlando Figes is a British and German historian and writer specializing in Russian history. His book "A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924" (1996) presents the Revolution as a broad social and political transformation, extending from the late imperial period through Lenin's death. Figes has also written about Russian cultural history, Stalinism, private life, and the historical relationship between Russia and the West.
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What period does Orlando Figes cover in A People's Tragedy?
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924 covers the late imperial crisis, the 1917 revolutions, and the early Soviet period. Figes treats the Revolution as a broad social and political transformation rather than only a change of government.
When was A People's Tragedy published?
Orlando Figes published A People's Tragedy in 1996. The book's scope runs from 1891 through 1924, extending beyond the October Revolution into the aftermath of civil conflict.
Does Orlando Figes write only about the Russian Revolution?
The Russian Revolution is central to his scholarship, but Figes has also written broader cultural histories of Russia. His work combines political events with social experience, literature, memory, and everyday life.
What makes A People's Tragedy different from a narrow political history?
The book follows peasants, workers, soldiers, intellectuals, and political leaders through the upheavals of 1891-1924. This gives the Revolution a social history as well as an institutional and military history.
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