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Born in london in 1959, he graduated with a doublestarred first from cambridge university, where he was a lecturer in history and fellow of trinity college from 1984 to 1999. A cultural history of russia by orlando figes 729pp, allen lane. He is professor of history at birkbeck college, university of london. For one, russian culture is not a monolithic thing but rather a mixture of competing forces like modernization vs tradition. A people s tragedy download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi.
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From alexander pushkin to boris pasternak, figes contends, russias artistic energy was almost wholly given to the quest to grasp the idea of its nationality. Now, in natashas dance, internationally renowned historian orlando figes does the same for russian culture, summoning the myriad elements that formed a nation and held it together. Although figes takes the title from natasha s dance in war and peace, he could have just as easily used chichikov from dead souls as his vehicle, as he takes the reader along on a wild ride through russia s rich cultural history. Figes, who teaches history at the university of london, previously wrote a peoples tragedy, a soul stirring chronicle of the russian revolution. History on a grand scalean enchanting masterpiece that explores the making of one of the worlds most vibrant civilizations. Russia was described by winston churchill as a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Natashas dance is orlando figess epic, richly evocative and unparalleled exploration of russia, its culture and people.
Panoramic and richly anecdotal, it traces russia s cultural history from the building of st. A cultural history of russia in a recent book launch at the kennan institute, orlando figes, professor of history at birbeck college introduced and discussed his new book, natasha s dance. He is professor of history at birkbeck college, university of london figes is best known for his works on russian history, such as a peoples tragedy 1996, natashas dance 2002, the whisperers 2007, crimea 2010 and just send me word. A skilled practitioner of both narrative and intellectual history, figes history.
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