Orlando Figes

thumb|Orlando Figes Orlando Figes (born 20 November 1959) is a British historian and writer known for his works on Russian history. He is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. Quotes A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891-1924 Jonathan Cape Ltd; New edition (29 Aug. 1996) Whereas in Western countries the constitution merely had to guarantee the rights of a pre-existing civil society and culture, in Russia it also had to create these. It had to educate society - and the state itself - into the values and ideas of liberal constitutionalism. External links Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:Non-fiction authors from England Category:Historians from England Category:People from London Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:University of Cambridge faculty