Roman | Roman Empire | Holy Roman Empire | Roman Republic | Holy Roman Emperor | Roman Polanski | Roman Britain | Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor | Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor | Roman Emperor | Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor | Roman mythology | Roman law | Roman consul | Roman Curia | Roman emperor | Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor | Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor | Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor | Roman province | Roman Catholicism in Bolivia | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires | Roman Abramovich | Lola Montez | Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor | Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor | Greco-Roman wrestling | Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor | Roman Senate | Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor |
The chain was launched by private investors in 2003, with 36% of its shares owned by Alexander Mamut (also a shareholder in Ingosstrah, and Corbina Telecom, a Golden Telecom subsidiary); a further percentage split equally between Roman Lola, Dmitry Kushaev and Maxim Scherbakov, and the rest by Waterstone’s founder, Tim Waterstone.