Category
page 1Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom
Vladimir Lenin
founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)
Joseph Conrad
Polish-British writer (1857–1924)
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
Anna Pavlova
Russian ballet dancer (1881–1931)
Chaim Weizmann
Israeli statesman and British chemist (1874–1952)
Vaslav Nijinsky
Polish-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
Tamara Karsavina
Russian ballet dancer
Noor Inayat Khan
WW2 SOE British agent (1914–1944)
George Sanders
British actor (1906–1972)
Vera Menchik
Czech chess player (1906–1944)
Felix Yusupov
Russian prince
Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia
Grand Duchess of Russia (1875–1960)
Ahad Ha'am
Hebrew essayist and thinker (1856–1927)
Leonid Pasternak
Russian artist (1862-1945)
Nikolai Medtner
Russian composer and pianist (1879–1951)
Vladimir Minorsky
Russian historian, orientalist, iranist (1877–1966)
Maria Bochkareva
Russian counter revolutionary (1889–1920)
Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia
Russian princess (1895-1970)
Abba P. Lerner
American economist (1903-1982)
Isaac HaLevy Herzog
1st Chief Rabbi of Ireland and Israel (1888–1959)
Lydia Lopokova
Russian ballet dancer (1892–1981)
Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia
Russian Grand Duke (1861–1929)
Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia
Russian prince (1897–1981)
Barbara Karinska
Ukrainian-born US costumer
Vera Weizmann
First Lady of Israel (1881–1966)
Vasily Chichagov
Russian admiral (1726–1809)
Max Black
British-American philosopher
Benno Moiseiwitsch
Russian-British musician (1890–1963)
Nahum Sokolow
Hebrew journalist, editor, essayist, and political leader (1859–1936)
Tom Conway
British actor (1904-1967)
Prince Feodor Alexandrovich of Russia
Russian prince (1898–1968)
Nina Georgievna of Russia
Russian princess (1901-1974)
Vladimir Chertkov
Russian editor (1854–1936)
Pavel Chichagov
Russian admiral
Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia
Russian prince (1907–1989)
Paul Vinogradoff
Russian historian (1854–1925)
Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia
princess of Russia (1903–1965)
Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia
Russian prince (1900-1974)
Natalia Brasova
Russian empress for one day (1880–1952)
Dimitri Buchowetzki
Russian film director (1885–1932)
George Mikhailovich, Count Brasov
Russian noble (1910–1931)
Richard Marner
British actor (1921–2004)
Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich of Russia
Russian prince (1901–1980)
Jacob Adler
Russian-American actor of Yiddish theater
Emily Shanks
Russian artist (1857-1936)
Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich of Russia
Russian prince (1902-1978)
Alexander Werth
Russian-born British writer, journalist, and war correspondent (1901-1969)
Boris Anrep
Russian artist, active in Britain (1883–1969)
Sophrony Sakharov
Russian monk, theologian and writer (1896–1993)
Saul Adler
Israeli microbiologist (1895–1966)
Aleksandr Rodzyanko
Ukrainian general (1879–1970)
Serge Chermayeff
British architect (1900-1996)
Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams
politician, editor (1869–1962)
Selig Brodetsky
Russian-born English mathematician
Thomas Tooke
British economist (1774-1858)
Olga Menchik
Czech-British chess player (1908-1944)
Michael Marks
Polish-Jewish entrepreneur, co-founder of Marks & Spencer retailer
Catherine Vorontsov
Russian diplomat (1783-1856)
Sophie von Buxhoeveden
Lady-in-waiting to Tsarina Alexandra; author of memoirs about life at court (1883-1956)
Lazare Saminsky
Ukrainian opera composer (1882–1959)