Wanna know history of Russia? Then read Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A History by Orlando Figes. This book offers an illuminating perspective on the Russian Revolution. Rather than focusing solely on the cataclysmic events of 1917, Figes traces a hundred-year cycle of violence driven by utopian dreams. The book examines three generational phases: the Bolsheviks, the Stalinists, and the post-Stalin era.