A People's Tragedy: A History of the Russian Revolution Paperback - 1998
by Orlando Figes
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. of maps.
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It 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 is a profound account of the Russian Revolution for a new generation. Many consider the Russian Revolution to be the most significant event of the twentieth century. Distinguished scholar Orlando Figes presents a panorama of Russian society on the eve of that revolution, and then narrates the story of how these social forces were violently erased. Within the broad stokes of war and revolution are miniature histories of individuals, in which Figes follows the main players' fortunes as they saw their hopes die and their world crash into ruins. 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 people's revolution contained the seeds of its degeneration into violence and dictatorship. A People's Tragedy is a masterful and original synthesis by a mature scholar, presented in a compelling and accessibly human narrative.
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- Title A People's Tragedy: A History of the Russian Revolution
- Author Orlando Figes
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 1024
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 1998-03-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780140243642 / 014024364X
- Weight 2.16 lbs (0.98 kg)
- Dimensions 9.34 x 6.26 x 1.73 in (23.72 x 15.90 x 4.39 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
- Cultural Region: Russian
- Library of Congress subjects Soviet Union - History - Revolution,, Russia - History - Nicholas II, 1894-1917
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002727911
- Dewey Decimal Code 947.08
Media reviews
Eric Hobsbawm, The London Review of Books
"I doubt there is anyone in the world who knows the revolution as well as Figes does."
Norman Stone, The Sunday Times (London)
"An engagingly written and well-researched book. . . . Will stand for some time as a standard of historical scholarship."
Steven Merritt Miner, The New York Times Book Review
"Huge in scope, brilliant in vignette, dark and implacable in theme, it is a modern masterpiece."
Andrew Marr, The Independent
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