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Crimea by Orlando Figes
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
The terrible conflict that dominated the mid 19th century, the Crimean War killed at least 800,000 men and pitted Russia against a formidable coalition of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire. It was a war for territory, provoked by fear that if the Ottoman Empire were to collapse then Russia could co ...Show more
Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A Pelican Introduction by Orlando Figes
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Pelican Books
AN ORIGINAL READING OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, EXAMINING IT NOT AS A SINGLE EVENT BUT AS A HUNDRED-YEAR CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN PURSUIT OF UTOPIAN DREAMS In this elegant and incisive account, Orlando Figes offers an illuminating new perspective on the Russian Revolution. While other historians have focuse ...Show more
The Whisperers - Private Life in Stalin's Russia by Orlando Figes
$65.00 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Drawing on a huge range of sources - letters, memoirs, conversations - Orlando Figes tells the story of how Russians tried to endure life under Stalin, brilliantly conveying the reality of their terrible choices. Soviet history has generally been seen either as a story of a political system or the story ...Show more
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