Orlando Figes is the author of Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia and A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924, which received the Wolfson Prize, the NCR Book Award, the W. H. Smith Literary Award, the Longman/History Today Book Prize, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is a professor of history at Birkbeck College, University of London.
"Its importance cannot be overestimated. . . . This book should be made compulsory reading in Russia today." --The Times (London) "Extraordinary . . . Victims do not always make good witnesses. But thanks to Figes, these survivors overcame their silence and have lifted their voices above a whisper." --The New York Times Book Review "A profound service . . . Figes redeems the gloom by demonstrating compassion for flawed human beings and revealing compelling examples of moral courage and kindness." --The Christian Science Monitor "An extraordinary work of synthesis and insight . . . an awfully good read . . . Figes is both a prodigious researcher and a gifted writer." --St. Petersburg Times "Lucid, thorough, and essential to understanding Stalinist society . . . an exemplary study in mentalits." --Kirkus Reviews "Extraordinary." --The New Yorker
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