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 6
Nikolay Krymov
Russian painter
Piotr Krivonogov
Russian painter
Stanislav Zhukovsky
Polish painter
Constantin Kluge
Painter
Anna Larina
Author ‧ Nikolai Bukharin's wife
Vasily Chichagov
Explorer
Nikolay Rtishchev
Rashid Nezhmetdinov
Soviet chess player
Mark Reizen
Opera singer
Viktor Gromov
Russian-Soviet film director
Andrey Dostoevsky
Russian architect
Volodymyr Oskilko
Duke Constantine Petrovich of
Moisey Toidze
Painter
Abraham Lishinsky
American artist
Jack Zuta
Aleksandr Nikolaevich Muravʹev
Biographer
Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova
Serial killer
Vsevolod Kochetov
Soviet writer
Peter Lesgaft
Russian teacher
nikolai ruzsky
Russian general
Antoni Berezowski
Jānis Mendriks
Georgy Oppokov
Vasily Malyshkin
Leonid Serebryakov
Politician
Shota Managadze
Russian-Soviet film director
Fyodor Matveyev
Russian painter
Grigory Gagarin
Russian painter
Pranciškus Ramanauskas
Sergei Chavain
Poet
Gershon Zak
Voitto Kolho
Olympic athlete
Murray Spivack
American audio engineer
Yakov Kapkov
Russian painter
Aleksandra Yablochkina
Actress
Franz Albert Seyn
Nikolay Kamensky
Russian general
Pavel Chatilov
Nikolay Gondatti
Antonina Miliukova
Russian composer ‧ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's wife
Nikita Naidenov
Russian pilot
Nadezhda Fedutenko
Military personnel
Ludwik Narbutt
Military officer
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Grechkin
Soviet military commander
Grigory Shchedrin
Aleksandr Rochegov
Russian-Soviet architect
