A panorama of russian society on the eve of the revolution and the story of its violent erasure, according to the publishers note, prof. This vital fact is all too often clouded by the revolutionaries mythic image of an allpowerful old regime. A history of the russian revolution, which turned a backward, violent, peasant country into the worlds first workers state. A brilliant history of the russian revolution from the onset of the revolutionary crisis to the period when the basic institutions of the stalinist regime were in place. The crucial weakness of the tsarist system was the undergovernment of the localities.
A cultural history of russia and a peoples tragedy. The russian revolution, 18911924 1996 and natashas dance. Vast in scope, based on exhaustive original research, and written with passion, narrative skill and human sympathy, a peoples tragedy is the definitive account of the russian revolution for a new generation. A peoples tragedy will do more to help us undersand the russian revolution than any other book i know. Figess main opus on the russian revolution is huge in scope, thorough in unique research, composed with energy, story aptitude, and human empathy. Most of the materials on it tend to be on the dry side. While other historians have focused their examinations. Orlando figes born 20 november 1959 is a british historian and writer known for his works on russian history. It succeeds handsomely as an engrossing account of the revolution, but falls short of its implicit goal of resolving this great historiographical debate. Pdf orlando figes, a peoples tragedy a history of the. The russian revolution, 18911924 new ed by figes, orlando isbn.
This book uses newlyopened files in moscow and other cities to explain the events and to examine the nightmare years, including the civil war that ended in 1923. A people s tragedy will do more to help us undersand the russian revolution than any other book i know. Orlando figes lays out a panorama of russian society on the eve of the revolution, and then narrates the story of how these social forces ere erased so violently. Unrivalled and wholly immersive, orlando figes s a peoples tragedy is a panorama of russian society on the eve of the revolution and the story of its violent erasure 100th anniversary edition includes new introduction in this acclaimed account, figes follows workers, soldiers and peasants as their world is consumed by revolution.
The russian revolution 18911924 by orlando figes online at alibris. He is professor of history at birkbeck college, university of london figes is best known for his works on russian history, such as a peoples tragedy 1996, natashas dance 2002, the whisperers 2007, crimea 2010 and just send me word. Orlando figes history on a grand scalean enchanting masterpiece that explores the making of one of the worlds most vibrant civilizationsa peoples tragedy, wrote eric hobsbawm, did more to help us understand the russian revolution than any other book i know. The number of ncos was never enough the artisan classes who usually made up this tier of the army was generally weak in russia and it was unusual after the first year of the war for a frontline regiment of 3,000 men to have more than a dozen officers. The russian revolution 18911924, orlando figes a peoples tragedy.
Norman stone, the sunday times london an engagingly written and wellresearched book. The russian revolution 18911924 orlando figes ebook. From the author of a people s tragedy, an original reading of the russian revolution, examining it not as a single event but as a hundredyear cycle of violence in pursuit of utopian dreams in this elegant and incisive account, orlando figes offers an illuminating new perspective on the russian revolution. He is professor of history at birkbeck college, university of london.
Orlando figes provides a panorama of russian society on the eve of the revolution, and then narrates the story of how these social forces were violently suppressed. A peoples tragedy is a masterful and original synthesis by a mature scholar. Orlando figes interviewed about his book a peoples tragedy. Unlike previous accounts that trace the origins of the revolution to overreaching political forces and ideals, figes argues that the failure of democracy in 1917 was deeply rooted in russian culture and social history and that what had started as a peoples revolution contained the seeds of its degeneration into violence and dictatorship. His book, however, is still focused on social process. A british historian, orlando figes, has now entered the fray with a peoples tragedy, a 900page history of the russian debacle. The author has been able to exploit the newly opened files in moscow and other cities and to take a free look at. Orlando figes this is a singlevolume history of the centurys most tragic and brutal revolution. A people s tragedy the russian revolution 1891 1924 book. Orlando figes a peoples tragedy is a key item in this muchneeded revision of revisionism.
Pdf a people s tragedy download full pdf book download. The russian revolution, 18911924, which received the wolfson prize, the ncr book award, the w. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Vast in scope, exhaustive in original research, written with passion, narrative skill, and human sympathy, a peoples tragedy is a profound account of the russian revolution for a new generation. The first singlevolume history of the centurys most tragic and brutal revolution.
A people s tragedy the russian revolution 1891 1924 also available for read online. Pdf a people s tragedy the russian revolution 1891 1924. Unrivalled in scope and brimming with human drama, a peoples tragedy is the most vivid, moving and comprehensive history of the russian revolution available today. A peoples tragedy by orlando figes, 9781847922915, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Information about the openaccess article orlando figes. From the author of a peoples tragedy, an original reading of the russian revolution, examining it not as a single event but as a hundredyear cycle of violence in pursuit of utopian dreams in this elegant and incisive account, orlando figes offers an. Nobody could fail to be impressed by orlando figes a people s tragedy.
In the whisperers, orlando figes, author of the prizewinning a peoples tragedy. In this elegant and incisive account, orlando figes offers an illuminating new perspective on the russian revolution. Published by bodley head 2014 vast in scope, based on exhaustive original research, and written with passion, narrative skill and human sympathy, a peoples tragedy is the definitive account of the russian revolution for a new generation. Orlando figes ebook vast in scope, based on exhaustive original research, and written with passion, narrative skill and human sympathy, a peoples tragedy is the definitive account of the russian revolution for a new generation. A peoples tragedy shows clearly that the revolution of 1917, contrary to the fashionable histories which treat it as some kind of putsch, was a revolution of the masses, even though its outcome was to be very different from the one they wanted. The russian revolution centenary october 1917 2017 will be an important moment of historical reflection. The russian revolution, 18911924 by orlando figes 1998 pdf 7. From the author of a peoples tragedy, an original reading of the russian revolution, examining it not as a single event but as a hundredyear cycle of violence in pursuit of utopian dreams. Many consider the russian revolution to be the most. Download a people s tragedy the russian revolution 1891 1924 ebook in pdf, epub, mobi. A history of the russian revolution orlando figes penguin books 1998 pdf. The huge canvas of war and revolution is supplemented by miniature histories of individuals, pieced together from their private writings, in which figes follows the fortunes of people. In this elegant and incisive account, orlando figes offers an illuminating new perspective on the russian pdf revolution.
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