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People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution - Centenary Edition with New Introduction

A people's tragedy : the Russian Revolution 1891-1924

Figes, Orlando

Penguin Random House

BBC Physical Audio

BBC Digital Audio

Vintage Digital

The Bodley Head

BBC Large Print

One hundredth anniversary edition, London, 2017

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

100th anniversary edition, London, 2017

It is a history on an epic yet human scale. Orlando Figes provides a panorama of Russian society on the eve of the revolution, and then narrates the story of how these social forces were violently suppressed. Within the broad strokes of war and revolution are miniature histories of individuals - pieced together from their private writings - in which Figes follows the main players' fortunes as they saw their hopes die and their world crash into ruins.
There is the patriotic general Brusilov, the progressive peasant Semenov, the critical socialist Maxim Gorky...individuals whose lives collapsed under the weight of history.
Thus develops a remarkable and unique perspective on what is considered by some to be the century's most important event. Figes depicts the revolution as a tragedy - both for the Russians as a people and for so many individuals whose lives became caught up in the storm. Yet he also shows that the major social forces - the peasantry, the workers, the soldiers, and the subject people of the empire - were not just the victims of the Bolsheviks but also actors in their own complex revolutionary tragedies.
Figes argues that the failure of democracy in 1917 was deeply rooted in Russian culture and social history and that what had begun as a people's revolution contained the seeds of its degeneration into violence and dictatorship.

Unrivalled in scope and brimming with human drama, A People's Tragedy is the most vivid, moving and comprehensive history of the Russian Revolution available today.
'A modern masterpiece' Andrew Marr
Opening with a panorama of Russian society, from the cloistered world of the Tsar to the brutal life of the peasants, A People's Tragedy follows workers, soldiers, intellectuals and villagers as their world is consumed by revolution and then degenerates into violence and dictatorship. Drawing on vast original research, Figes conveys above all the shocking experience of the revolution for those who lived it, while providing the clearest and most cogent account of how and why it unfolded.
Illustrated with over 100 photographs and now including a new introduction that reflects on the revolution's centennial legacy, A People's Tragedy is a masterful and definitive record of one of the most important events in modern history.
'The most moving account of the Russian Revolution since Doctor Zhivago ' Independent

Unrivalled In Scope And Brimming With Human Drama, A People’s Tragedy Is The Most Vivid, Moving And Comprehensive History Of The Russian Revolution Available Today. ‘a Modern Masterpiece’ Andrew Marr ‘the Most Moving Account Of The Russian Revolution Since Doctor Zhivago’ Independent Opening With A Panorama Of Russian Society, From The Cloistered World Of The Tsar To The Brutal Life Of The Peasants, A People’s Tragedy Follows Workers, Soldiers, Intellectuals And Villagers As Their World Is Consumed By Revolution And Then Degenerates Into Violence And Dictatorship. Drawing On Vast Original Research, Figes Conveys Above All The Shocking Experience Of The Revolution For Those Who Lived It, While Providing The Clearest And Most Cogent Account Of How And Why It Unfolded. Illustrated With Over 100 Photographs And Now Including A New Introduction That Reflects On The Revolution’s Centennial Legacy, A People’s Tragedy Is A Masterful And Definitive Record Of One Of The Most Important Events In Modern History.

Opening with a panorama of Russian society, from the cloistered world of the Tsar to the brutal life of the peasants, this book follows workers, soldiers, intellectuals and villagers as their world is consumed by revolution and then degenerates into violence and dictatorship.

Vast in scope, based on exhaustive original research, and written with passion, narrative skill and human sympathy, this book offers an account of the Russian Revolution for a new generation

2024-09-18