11.   Lebed is a hero of the Afghan war who calls for the restoration of the Russian empire, but bitterly criticizes the war in Chechnya.

12.   The Cossacks served as peasant warriors for the czar, extending the Russian empire and defending the Orthodox faith.

13.   The following century brought an end to serfdom throughout the Russian empire.

14.   They be remembered forever, like Lenin, killing czar and Russian empire.

15.   Yashin showed the world, especially those Ottawa fans he now praises, that honor is as old-world as the one-time Russian empire.

16.   His party platform called for restoration of the Russian if not Soviet empire.

17.   His party platform calls for restoration of the Russian empire.

18.   The academic center is devoted to the study of the Russian empire, the Soviet Union and the post-communist states.

19.   Their fate has become a favorite rallying cry for ultranationalists and superpatriots who long for the revival of the Russian empire -- or at least the Soviet Union.

20.   To rebuild the Russian empire, he demanded the return of Finland, Poland and Alaska.