Pete Doherty — doherty with roots in the Russian Empire
Pete Doherty is a British rock musician who co-founded The Libertines with Carl Barât — one of the most celebrated and troubled bands in British rock history. Known for his raw songwriting, his tabloid-filling personal life, and his literary romantic persona, he won a Russian poetry competition as a teenager and visited Moscow.
Tracing the roots — UK
His maternal grandfather was the son of Moise Michels and Chana Peress — Jewish immigrants who fled from Russia to France. Doherty has spoken about this heritage. Additionally, at age 16 he won a British Council poetry competition and toured Russia — an early formative encounter with Russian culture that he has cited as significant.
.svg?width=900)
UK. At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.