Orlando Figes

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Orlando Figes is a British historian and author renowned for his influential works on Russian and European history.

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instanceOf historian
human
university teacher
writer
areaOfInfluence historiography of Stalinist Russia
historiography of the Russian Revolution
awardReceived Los Angeles Times Book Prize
surface form: Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History

WH Smith Literary Award
Wolfson History Prize
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1959
educatedAt Cambridge University
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
employer Birkbeck, University of London
familyName Figes
fieldOfWork European history
Russian history
history
genre historical writing
non-fiction
givenName Orlando
hasWrittenAbout Crimean War
European cultural history in the 19th century
Gulag system
surface form: Gulag

Russian Revolution
Stalin era
surface form: Stalinism
languageOfWorkOrName English
maritalStatus married
mother Eva Figes
motherOccupation writer
name Orlando Figes self-link
nationality British
notableFor influential works on Russian history
studies of European cultural history
notableWork A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891–1924
Crimea: The Last Crusade
Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag
Natasha’s Dance: A Cultural History of Russia
Revolutionary Russia, 1891–1991
The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture
The Story of Russia
The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin’s Russia
occupation academic
author
historian
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London
positionHeld Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London
sexOrGender male

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Duff Cooper Prize notableWinner Orlando Figes
Orlando Figes name Orlando Figes self-link