《一个民族的悲剧：俄国革命史1891-1924》是一部斩获大奖著作，作者是英国历史学家奥兰多·菲吉斯。该书首版于1996年，忠实地记录了忠实地记录了从1891-1892年大饥荒到1924年列宁去世时的历史。大饥荒带来的社会反应大大削弱了沙皇政权，而到了本书论述结束的时候，菲吉斯认为，“斯大林政权的基本元素齐备：一党执政、恐怖系统和个人崇拜。”在作者的眼中，“……1917年可以被看作两个阵营之间的政治斗争，一方将革命视为结束战争的工具，而另一方将战争视为终结革命的工具。”《一个民族的悲剧》斩获多项图书奖，包括沃尔夫森历史奖、WH史密斯文学奖、NCR图书奖、朗文现代历史著作奖和洛杉矶时报图书奖。 试译要求：译文流畅；专有名词翻译准确；稿件齐清定，无遗留问题。 试译时间：两周（从收到试译文件之日起计算）。 感谢您参与理想国作品的试译！有其他问题，请联系jianghaoqian@yeeyan.com。 项目时间：2015年10月17日-2016年5月17日（预期） 项目字数：约80万汉字 招募译者数量：2-3人 每周要求完成字数：18000汉字 请在试译稿开头说明预计每周完成的字数。

Figes is known for his works on Russian history, in particular A People's Tragedy (1996), Natasha's Dance (2002), The Whisperers (2007), Crimea (2010) and Just Send Me Word (2012). A People's Tragedy is a study of the Russian Revolution, and combines social and political history with biographical details in a historical narrative. In 2008 the Times Literary Supplement named A People's Tragedy as one of the 'hundred most influential books since the war'. It was awarded the Wolfson History Prize, the WH Smith Literary Award, the NCR Book Award, the Longman-History Today Book Prize, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Natasha's Dance and The Whisperers were both short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize, making Figes the only writer to have been short-listed twice for this prize. The Whisperers was also short-listed for the Ondaatje Prize, the Prix Médicis, and the Premio Roma. Figes serves on the editorial board of the journal Russian History,writes for the international press, broadcasts on television and radio, reviews for the New York Review of Books, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.