Empire
Journalist Jeremy Paxman presents this five-part series that traces the complex story of the British empire. Paxman travels the globe in search of the characters, motivations and principles responsible for an empire that has influenced the modern world -- politically, technologically and socially. He investigates how the empire began and grew into a massive financial network; how the British made themselves at home wherever they settled; how Britain laid the groundwork for almost all the major sports of today; and the many ways in which Britain took and held power in the empire. … MORE
People born in Empire (First 49 people) - Page 10
Leonid Chupyatov
Artist
Alexander Ivanovich Mikhailov
Engineer
Victor Yarros
American author
Lou Bunin
Puppeteer
Leonty Dubelt
Nikolay Perovsky
Former Governor of Taurida
Zinaida Naryshkina
Actress
Nikołaj Timanowski
Military personnel
Yekaterina Golenishcheva-Kutuzova
Mikhail Kutuzov's wife
Yelizaveta Khitrovo
Louis Burstein
Film producer
Egor Lazarev
Vera Georgiyevna Orlova
Russian film actress
N. Sergeyev
Actor
Samuel Mandelbaum
Former New York State Senator
Ğädel Qutuy
Poet
Anna Abramovna Berzin
Journalist
Vladimir Grigorievich Orlov
Anatoly Lavrentiev
Soviet diplomat
Sergei Khudyakov
Military personnel
Helen Silvermaster
Spy
Adolfas Jucys
Lithuanian physicist
Ybyrai Altynsarin
Educator
Dmitrīĭ Irinarkhovich Zavalishin
Author
Mehmed Reshid
Former Governor of Diyarbekir
Hyman Abrams
Vadim Podbelsky
Politician
Sergey Semyonovich Khabalov
Nikolay Gritsenko
Painter
Magnus Wegelius
Finnish olympic athlete
Herman Cederberg
Finnish swimmer
Andrzej Towiański
Polish philosopher
Konstantin Shilovsky
Librettist
Zhusupbek Elebekov Musician
Singer
Nikolay Kokorin
Aleksander Jabłoński
Polish physicist
Aarne Pohjonen
Olympic athlete
Apollo Korzeniowski
Polish poet
Armas Pesonen
Finnish olympic athlete
Aleksandr Zubov
Nikolay Sergeev
Actor
Sergei Kozlovsky
Production designer
Nikolay Komarov
Soviet Politician
Erhard Arnold Julius Dehio
Politician
Abram Kryuchkov
Shlomo Poliakov
Footballer
Leon Dubicki
