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1	The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia more books like this by Dr. Orlando Figes add to wishlist The award-winning author of "A Peoples Tragedy" and "Natashas Dance" has written this landmark account of what private life was like for Russians in the worst years of Soviet repression. see all copies from $5.20! new only from $6.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia more books like this by Dr. Orlando Figes add to wishlist A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from $4.75! new only from $4.75! \| first editions \| SVS
3	A People's Tragedy: A History of the Russian Revolution more books like this by Dr. Orlando Figes, Professor Orlando Figes add to wishlist This multi-award book is history on an epic yet human scale. Vast in scope, exhaustive in original research, written with passion, narrative skill, and human sympathy, "A People's Tragedy" offers a profound account of the Russian Revolution for a new generation. "Certain to become one of the seminal studies".--"The Philadelphia Inquirer". Photos. ... see all copies from $10.13! new only from $12.50! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Interpreting the Russian Revolution: The Language and Symbols of 1917 more books like this by Dr. Orlando Figes, Boris Kolonitsk, Boris Kolonitskii add to wishlist This is the first book in any language to offer a comprehensive analysis of the political culture of the Russian Revolution. Orlando Figes and Boris Kolonitskii examine the diverse ways that language and other symbols - including flags and emblems, public rituals, songs, and codes of dress - were used to identify competing sides and to create new ... see all copies from $3.55! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	A People's Tragedy more books like this by Dr. Orlando Figes add to wishlist An account of the Russian Revolution, written by a distinguished historian and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Figes emphasizes the real cost of the Bolshevik coup d'etat--in lives, material progress, and moral decency--for the people of the former Soviet Union. In direct opposition to more than half a century of communist propaganda ... see all copies from $7.95! new only from $28.20! \| first editions
6	The History of Pugachev more books like this by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, Earl Sampson (Translator), Orlando Figes (Introduction by) add to wishlist The appearance of Pushkin's The History of Pugachev was greeted with suspicion and hostility by Nicholas I, who had restricted Pushkin's access to the records of the Pugachev Rebellion and who insisted on censoring the book before publication. The Tsar insisted that Pushkin change the title from The History of Pugachev to The History of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95!
7	Peasant Russia, Civil War: The Volga Countryside in Revolution, 1917-1921 more books like this by Dr. Orlando Figes add to wishlist From the preface Many historians outside the Soviet Union have sought to explain why the Bolsheviks won the civil war. Some have focused on the military history of 1918-20. Others have connected the victory of the Red Army to the growth of the Soviet State. But none has made a detailed study of the relationship between the Bolsheviks and the ... see all copies from $29.12! new only from $30.77!
8	La Revolucion Rusa by Orlando Figes add to wishlist Elegido por la prestigiosa revista History Today como el mejor libro del ano y galardonada con varios premios internacionales (NCR, Wolfson, W.H. Smith, etc.) este libro ha consagrado a Orlando Figes como el historiador que mejor conoce los entresijos de la Revolucion rusa y, ademas, como un escritor con una tecnica literaria excelente. Es el ... see all copies from $68.97! new only from $68.98!
9	Peasant Russia, Civil War: The Volga Countryside in Revolution (1917-1921) more books like this by Dr. Orlando Figes add to wishlist Based upon research from various Soviet archives, this work reconstructs the revolutionary experience of the peasantry in the crucial Volga region, situated immediately behind the military fronts between the Red and the Whites. The book begins with a detailed description of the revolution in the villages. The destruction of the old agrarian state ... see all copies from $99.92!
10	Great Fear, the by Orlando Figes add to wishlist Drawing on a huge range of sources - letters, memoirs, conversations - Orlando Figes tells the story of how Russians tried to endure life under Stalin. Those who shaped the political system became, very frequently, its victims. Those who were its victims were frequently quite blameless. "The Whisperers" recreates the sort of maze in which Russians ... see all copies from $6.15! new only from $16.81!
11	La Revolution Russe(1891-1924: La Tragedie D'Un Peuple) by Figes Orlando add to wishlist see all copies from $131.75! new only from $131.75!
12	The Russian Chronicles more books like this by Orlando Figes, Lindsey Hughes, Robin Milner-Gulland add to wishlist The Russian people themselves tell the story of this troubled land from its beginnings right up to the Revolution of 1917. see all copies from $75.25!

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