Posts Tagged ‘orlando figes’

Anger as Russia closes down history website

July 14th, 2009

A group of British academics including the historian Orlando Figes and the poet and translator Robert Chandler have spoken out after authorities in Russia closed down a website dealing with the country’s controversial Soviet past. Read more here

Orlando Figes: a victory for Russian history

May 14th, 2009

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A St Petersburg court has confirmed that the police raid on Gulag archive Memorial was illegal
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Russia’s re-education

March 3rd, 2009

figes-the-whisperersMy history book is the latest victim of the Kremlin’s attempts to rehabilitate the Soviet Union, says Orlando Figes
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