Orlando Figes

Orlando Figes
Figes (2023)
Born	20 November 1959 Islington, London, England
Occupation(s)	historian, writer
Academic background
Education	University of Cambridge
Alma mater	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Trinity College, Cambridge (PhD)
Thesis	The political transformation of peasant Russia: peasant Soviets in the Middle Volga, 1917–1920 (1987)
Doctoral advisor	Norman Stone
Academic work
Discipline	History
Institutions	Trinity College, Cambridge (1984–1999), Birkbeck College, University of London (1999–2022)
Notable students	Andrew Roberts, Tristram Hunt, Bee Wilson, James Harding, Tanya Seghatchian
Main interests	Russian Revolution, Stalinism
Notable works	A People's Tragedy (1996)
Website	http://www.orlandofiges.com

Orlando Guy Figes (/ɔːˈlændəʊ ɡaɪ ˈfaɪdʒiːz/; born 20 November 1959)^[1] is a British historian and writer. He was Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London, where he was made Emeritus Professor on his retirement in 2022.

Figes is known for his works on Russian history, such as A People's Tragedy (1996), Natasha's Dance (2002), The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia (2007), Crimea (2010) and Just Send Me Word (2012). A People's Tragedy is a study of the Russian Revolution, and combines social and political history with biographical details in a historical narrative. Figes has also contributed significantly on European history more broadly, notably with his book The Europeans (2019).