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Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A History (Paperback)

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AN ORIGINAL READING OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, EXAMINING IT NOT AS A SINGLE EVENT BUT AS A HUNDRED-YEAR 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. While other historians have focused their examinations on the cataclysmic years immediately before and after 1917, Figes shows how the revolution, while it changed in form and character, nevertheless retained the same idealistic goals throughout, from its origins in the famine crisis of 1891 until its end with the collapse of the Soviet regime in 1991. Until the very end of the Soviet system, its leaders believed they were carrying out the revolution Lenin had begun.
With the authority and distinctive style that have marked his magisterial histories, Figes delivers an accessible and paradigm-shifting reconsideration of one of the defining events of the twentieth century.

About the Author


Orlando Figes is the author of many acclaimed books on Russian history, including A People’s Tragedy, Natasha’s Dance, The Whisperers, The Crimean War, Revolutionary Russia, and The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture. His books have been translated into over thirty languages. He is a professor of history at Birkbeck College, London University.

Praise For…


“A primer intended for readers unfamiliar with the territory, it sparkles with ideas, vivid storytelling, poignant anecdotes, and pithy phrases . . . Fresh and dramatic.” —Victor Sebestyen, The Sunday Times (London)

“Elegant, lucid...Few writers have conveyed the splendors and horrors--indeed, the often grinding bleakness--of Russian history as well as Figes, and he is in full form here . . . A refreshing new perspective on the antecedents behind today's headlines.” —Star Tribune (Minneapolis)


Product Details
ISBN: 9781250062628
ISBN-10: 1250062624
Publisher: Picador
Publication Date: April 7th, 2015
Pages: 336
Language: English