Orlando Figes: The show is going on! The Nation and The Guardian on the quality of Figes' historical research.

[Groberg, Kristi]

The elegant retraction, from Catriona Kelly:

_________http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/allanmassie/100063627/stalin-putin-and-orlando-figes-what-really-happened/

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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Elena Gapova [e.gapova at GMAIL.COM]
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 9:22 PM
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Subject: [SEELANGS] Orlando Figes: The show is going on! The Nation and The Guardian on the quality of Figes' historical research.

Dear all,

although this is not a historians' list, the following article may still be of interest, as Figes' work is often used for teaching about Russian culture.

Elena Gapova

Orlando Figes and Stalin's Victims
This article appeared in the June 11, 2012 edition of The Nation.

http://www.thenation.com/article/168028/orlando-figes-and-stalins-victims

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