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Orlando Figes wrote several books that focus mainly on the Russian History. It has brought him numerous awards and recognition from different award giving bodies. In 1997, he won five awards for his book A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891-1924. This book gives a definite explanation of the Russian Revolution for the modern generation. It was published in 1996 and gathered commendation from the critics. They admired him for his courage to tackle delicate subjects. They also marvel at the way he convey the message through this book that clearly display the revolution that leaves a great impact on millions of average Russians. The five major prizes for literary works that he won are the Longman/History Book of the year award, W.H. Smith Literary Award, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Wolfson History Prize and the NCR Book Award. In 2009, Orlando Figes also won a prestigious Przeglad Wschodni Award in Poland for the best foreign book about East European History for his book Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia. This book is about the culture and people of Russia. He emphasize here the great music of Russia, its poetry, paintings, books, as well as the habits, customs, ideas and their beliefs. He derives the title from a prominent scene in Tolstoy’s War and Peace where Natasha, a young and beautiful Countess heard a famous melody and started dancing a peasant dances. Furthermore, Natasha’s Dance was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize and Duff-Cooper Prize in 2003. Aside from Natasha’s Dance, there were other books of Orlando Figes that was short-listed for different awards. His book The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia for the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Ondaatje Prize both in 2008. Les Chuchoteurs: la vie et la mort sous Staline for the Prix Medicis in 2009 and Sospetto e Silenzio for the Premio Roma in 2010. In “The Whisperers”which was published in 2007, he tackles about the system of the Soviet Union that tries to wipe out the concept of having a private life. It reveals the group of people who always whispers, with the unsure reason if they only do that to protect themselves and their love ones or if they want to betray them. It also undertakes the life of the Soviet people under the tyranny of Stalin. In 2010, his book, Crimea-the Last Crusade was published. It depicted the Crimean War that caused the death of more than a million men. It is about the war of territory and religion. His other two books that gained prominence are the Peasant Russia, Civil War: The Volga Countryside in Revolution (1917-1921), and Interpreting the Russian Revolution: The Language and Symbols of 1917 which he co-written with Boris Kolonitskii.
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