Revolutionary Russia 1891 1991

Download or read book Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991 written by Orlando Figes and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What caused the Russian Revolution? Did it succeed or fail? Do we still live with its consequences? Orlando Figes teaches history at Birkbeck, University of London and is the author of many acclaimed books on Russian history, including A People's Tragedy, which The Times Literary Supplement named as one of the '100 most influential books since the war', Natasha's Dance, The Whisperers, Crimea and Just Send Me Word. The Financial Times called him 'the greatest storyteller of modern Russian historians.'