9 best-selling historical books like The Story of Russia by Orlando Figes

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The Story of Russia

By: Orlando Figes

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

“This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern R…

If you liked the historical plot in The Story of Russia by Orlando Figes , here is a list of 9 books like this:

1. Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921-1933

By: Anne Applebaum

3.32

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulagand the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtai… read more

Similar categories in Anne Applebaum's Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921-1933 book and Orlando Figes's The Story of Russia

  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • ukraine
  • nonfiction
  • russian history

2. Russia's War: A History of the Soviet Effort: 1941-1945

By: Richard Overy

3.63

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

-A penetrating and compassionate book on the most gigantic military struggle in world history.---Th… read more

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3. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine

By: Serhii Plokhy

3.87

Format: 268 pages, Hardcover

Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political… read more

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4. Between East and West: Across the Borderlands of Europe

By: Anne Applebaum

3.67

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary journey into the past and present of the lands east of Poland and west of Russia. … read more

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5. The Romanovs: 1613-1918

By: Simon Sebag Montefiore

3.17

Format: None pages,

The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surfac… read more

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6. Homelands: A Personal History of Europe

By: Timothy Garton Ash

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on half a century of firsthand experience and exemplary scholarship, Timothy Garton Ash tel… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Garton Ash's Homelands: A Personal History of Europe book and Orlando Figes's The Story of Russia

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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7. The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History

By: Serhii Plokhy

4.30

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

An authoritative history of Europe’s largest military conflict since World War II, from the New Yor… read more

Similar categories in Serhii Plokhy's The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History book and Orlando Figes's The Story of Russia

  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • ukraine
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • russian history
"Despite its imperial roots, the current war is being waged in a new international environment defined by the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the disintegration of the post–Cold War international or…"

-Serhii Plokhy, The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History

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8. Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

By: Christopher Clark

4.18

Format: 1152 pages, Hardcover

An epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe and the charismatic figures who propelled… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Clark's Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849 book and Orlando Figes's The Story of Russia

  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
"In situations of polarization and heightened anxiety, people tend to regard their own fears as authentic and those of their opponents as manipulated."

-Christopher Clark, Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

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9. Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land

By: Jacob Mikanowski

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Eastern Europe is disappearing. Not off the map of course, but as an idea. Today it calls to min… read more

Similar categories in Jacob Mikanowski's Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land book and Orlando Figes's The Story of Russia

  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • ukraine
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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10. The Story of Russia

By: Orlando Figes

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

“This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern R… read more

Similar categories in Orlando Figes's The Story of Russia book and Orlando Figes's The Story of Russia

  • russia
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • war
  • ukraine
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • russian history
  • audiobook
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11. Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921

By: Antony Beevor

3.90

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

An epic new account of the conflict that reshaped Eastern Europe and set the stage for the rest of … read more

Similar categories in Antony Beevor's Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 book and Orlando Figes's The Story of Russia

  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • russian history
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12. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

By: David H. Petraeus

4.06

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strate… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • ukraine
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"A recurring theme of this book is that money spent on deterrence is seldom wasted, especially when considered against the costs incurred when the deterrence fails."

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

"Hybrid warfare particularly appeals to China and Russia, since they are much more able to control the information their populaces receive than are their Western adversaries. A 1999 book, Unrestricted…"

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

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13. The World: A Family History of Humanity

By: Simon Sebag Montefiore

4.00

Format: 1344 pages, Hardcover

From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from pre… read more

Similar categories in Simon Sebag Montefiore's The World: A Family History of Humanity book and Orlando Figes's The Story of Russia

  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

By: Katja Hoyer

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more

Similar categories in Katja Hoyer's Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 book and Orlando Figes's The Story of Russia

  • russia
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
"Some of the “songs"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

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15. Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine

By: Mark Galeotti

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A timely and accessible history of how Putin and the conflicts he has chosen to involve Russia in h… read more

Similar categories in Mark Galeotti's Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine book and Orlando Figes's The Story of Russia

  • russia
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • war
  • ukraine
  • nonfiction
  • russian history
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16. Personality and Power

By: Ian Kershaw

3.88

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From one of the leading historians of twentieth-century Europe and the author of the definitive bio… read more

Similar categories in Ian Kershaw's Personality and Power book and Orlando Figes's The Story of Russia

  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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17. China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower

By: Frank Dikötter

3.94

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In China After Mao , award-winning author Frank Dikötter delves into the history of China under the… read more

Similar categories in Frank Dikötter's China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower book and Orlando Figes's The Story of Russia

  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe

By: Martyn Rady

4.13

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

An essential new history of Central Europe, the contested lands so often at the heart of world hist… read more

Similar categories in Martyn Rady's The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe book and Orlando Figes's The Story of Russia

  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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19. Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe

By: Rachel Chrastil

3.84

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

'Compassionate and thought-provoking history' Daily Telegraph'Superb on the human consequences of w… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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20. Empires of the Normans: Conquerors of Europe

By: Levi Roach

3.76

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant global history of the Normans, who—beyond the conquest of England—spread their empire t… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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21. Putin: His Life and Times

By: Philip Short

4.32

Format: 848 pages, Hardcover

Vladimir Putin is a pariah to the West.Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the Un… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • russian history
  • audiobook

12 Best audiobook books like The Story of Russia by Orlando Figes

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Homelands: A Personal History of Europe

Timothy Garton Ash

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

Christopher Clark

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land

Jacob Mikanowski

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Story of Russia

Orlando Figes

4.27

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15 must-read audiobook books like The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe by Martyn Rady

Transform Your Habits

Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

Peter Sarris

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

Tom Holland

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

Christopher Clark

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land

Jacob Mikanowski

4.09

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