#152: Orlando Figes, historian
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<p>Simon and Rachel speak to <a href="https://us13.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.orlandofiges.com%2F&xid=00401a5b7e&uid=57080101&iid=2f4b571267&pool=cts&v=2&c=1674408417&h=ffb0a230a0799371fb2dbb8361fafd948891687b5ad90f0d04ff618bb517f660" target="_blank">Orlando Figes</a>, author of nine books on Russian and European history which have been translated into over 30 languages. Born in London, Figes studied history at Cambridge and, as a graduate student, completed archival research in the Soviet Union in the 1980s. He rose to prominence in 1996 with his second book, "<a href="https://us13.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FA_People%2527s_Tragedy&xid=00401a5b7e&uid=57080101&iid=2f4b571267&pool=cts&v=2&c=1674408417&h=c62094d642be2764a20f89d162c9883c19019a4ee6f12eaf85df5bed0fc34a9d" target="_blank" title="A People's Tragedy">A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891โ1924</a>", which the <em>Times Literary Supplement</em> later named as one its "100 most influential books since the war". His subsequent works include "Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia", "Crimea: The Last Crusade" and "<a href="https://us13.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fbooks%2F2019%2Fsep%2F07%2Fthe-europeans-making-cosmopolitan-culture-orlando-figes-review&xid=00401a5b7e&uid=57080101&iid=2f4b571267&pool=cts&v=2&c=1674408417&h=02f1be5a4203db19cf330b1f9c717aaf06e9a1aeecd068c2257e6c9e8622b15b" target="_blank">The Europeans</a>", and until recently he was a professor of history at Birkbeck College, University of London. We spoke to Orlando about reaching a popular audience with his history books, "The Whisperers" and "The Europeans", and his timely latest project, "<a href="https://us13.mailchimp.com/mctx/clicks?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2022%2F09%2F21%2Fbooks%2Freview%2Fthe-story-of-russia-orlando-figes.html&xid=00401a5b7e
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