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 5
Victor Ambartsumian
Soviet-Armenian astrophysicist
Sam Levene
Russian-American film actor
Hank Mann
Comedian
Dimitri Buchowetzki
Russian film director
Samuel Hoffenstein
Screenwriter
David Bergelson
Writer
Yakov Frenkel
Physicist
Georgy Ivanov
Poet
Gennady Nevelskoy
Russian navigator
Vladimir Kappel
Military leader
Alexander Poskrebyshev
Politician
Eugene Frenke
Russian film producer
Georgy Shpagin
Chaim Rumkowski
Mikhail Ryumin
David Kakabadze
Painter
Timofei Lebeshev
Cinematographer
Lili Dehn
Nikolai Podvoisky
Revolutionary
Isatay Taymanuly
Roman Rudenko
Lawyer
Georg von Stackelberg
General
Mikhail Miloradovich
Russian general
Dmitri Kedrin
Russian poet
Lev Nussimbaum
Writer
George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of
Alexei Pakhomov
Russian painter
Ivan Kharitonov
Head cook
Salomea Andronikova
Russian socialite
Bobbie Rosenfeld
Canadian athlete
Ahmet Zhubanov
Composer
Robert Huber
Finnish olympic athlete
Charles Birger
Mieczysław Cybulski
Polish film actor
Vasily Botkin
Eugen Slutsky
Dmitri Usatov
Tenor
Lya Mara
Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov
Dmitry Shcherbachev
Natalia Fonvizina
Zygmunt Padlewski
Mikhaïl Jebrak
Military personnel
Matvei Vasilenko
Nikolai Skoblin
Russian spy
Boris Annenkov
General
Duke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg
Military officer
