«Este es el libro de historia que necesitan para entender la Rusia moderna y sus guerras con Ucrania, con sus demás vecinos, con Estados Unidos y con Occidente».
Una obra deslumbrante que rastrea los orígenes de la cultura europea de todo el continente, por el aclamado historiador Orlando Figes, un «maestro de la narrativa histórica» (Financial Times).
En una escena de Guerra y paz, la condesa Natasha, educada en Europa, escucha una danza folclórica rusa e instintivamente se lanza a bailar. Este emocionante momento literario con el que arranca El baile de Natasha simboliza las sensibilidades y...
En 1946, tras cinco años en prisión primero en un campo de concentración nazi como prisionero de guerra soviético, después como deportado (y falsamente acusado de traición) en el gulag ruso del Ártico, Lev...
Éste es el primer libro que ofrece un análisis comprensivo de la cultura política de la Revolución Rusa. Orlando Figes y Boris Kolonitskii examinan las diversas maneras en que el idioma y otros símbolos se utilizaron...
La comprensió dun esdeveniment històric de labast de la Revolució russa exigeix conèixer la cultura política dels seus protagonistes. En aquesta obra sanalitzen les maneres en què la llengua i altres símbol...
Mitreißend, prägnant und menschlich berührend erzählt Orlando Figes die große, fesselnde Geschichte Russlands für unsere Zeit. Dabei entfaltet er das weite Panorama der russischen Seele: von unsterblichen Mythen über...
'Magnificent. Beautifully written, immaculately researched and thoroughly absorbing from start to finish. A tour de force that explains how Europe's cultural life transformed during the course of the 19th century - and so much more' Peter Frankopan...
' If you really want to understand Putin's Russia today, anchored in its past of myths, then you simply have to read Figes's superb account ' ANTONY BEEVOR
In this elegant and incisive account, Orlando Figes offers an illuminating new perspective on the Russian Revolution. While other historians have focused their examinations on the cataclysmic years immediately before and after 1917, Figes shows how the...
On the brink of the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, read the most vivid, moving, and comprehensive history of the events that changed the world
From Orlando Figes international bestselling author of A Peopleâs Tragedy Just Send Me Word is the moving true story of two young Russians whose love survived Stalinâs Gulag.
Exploring the inner life of a Russia where everyone was afraid to talk and society spoke in whispers, whether to protect friends and family - or to betray them - Orlando Figes tells the story of how Russians tried to endure life under Stalin's Terror....
Beginning in the 18th century with the building of St. Petersburg and culminating with the Soviet regime, Figes examines how writers, artists, and musicians grappled with the idea of Russia itself--its character, spiritual essence, and destiny.
Figes's book takes its title from a famous scene in "War and Peace", where the young and beautiful Countess Natasha hears a popular melody and, instinctively aware of the peasant rhythm and steps, begins to dance to it. Tolstoy shows that...
The authors examine the diverse ways that language and other symbols - flags, songs, codes of dress - were used to identify competing sides and to create new meanings in the political struggle of 1917, and find that the Revolution was in many ways a battl...