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Orlando Figes
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1959– · British historian

Also known as: Orlando Guy Figes, Орландо Файджес, 올랜도 파이지스, オーランドー・ファイジズ, 奧蘭多·費吉斯, Файджес, Орландо

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Known works

  • Interpreting the Russian Revolution
  • The Whisperers
  • A people's tragedy
  • Peasant Russia, civil war
  • Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991