Orlando Figes is the author of "Peasant Russia, Civil War, "and "A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924, "which received the Wolfson Prize for History and the "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize, among other distinctions. A regular contributor to "The New York Times, The Washington Post, ""The Times Literary Supplement," and "London Review of Books," Figes professor of history at Birbeck College, University of London. He lives in Cambridge, England, with his wife and two daughters.
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