The Book Prize Index

A People's Tragedy: A History of the Russian Revolution

Orlando Figes

This is a single-volume history of the century's most tragic and brutal revolution. The author has been able to exploit the newly opened files in Moscow and other cities and to take a free look at these nightmare years, including the long civil war.

HistoryWorld History · medium confidenceWorld History81 signalsLlm Classifier: World History -> World HistoryKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: War & Military -> War & MilitaryEurope & RussiaAfrica & the African DiasporaLGBTQ History & Life

Award History

3 wins · 3 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Wolfson History PrizeMajor1997WinnerOfficial source
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History1997WinnerSecondary source
NCR Book Award: Nonfiction1997WinnerSecondary source
View all award history (3)
Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

This is an unverified interpretation of the catalog description, offered as an opt-in discovery experiment—not as bibliographic fact.

  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    45 / 100 academic

    Trade / academic crossover

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 25%.