Abram Petrovich Gannibal, also Hannibal or Ganibal, or Abram Hannibal or Abram Petrov, was a Russian Chief Military Engineer, General-in-Chief, and nobleman of African origin. As a child, Gannibal was
Modern depiction of Abram Gannibal, bust in Petrovskoe c. 1984
Letter signed by A. Ganibal (note only one 'n') on 22 March 1744. Tallinn City Archives.
Portrait of German-Russian General Ivan Ivanovich Möller-Sakomelsky, as identified by Natalya Teletova; other studies identify it as a portrait of Abram Petrovich Gannibal
Ivan Gannibal, Gannibal's eldest son, with Order of St. George
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, as well as the founder of modern Russian liter
Abram Petrovich Gannibal
…Peter's daughter Elizabeth. He had ten children, most of whom became members of the Russian nobility. One of his great-grandsons was the author and poet Alexander Pushkin. The main reliable accounts of Gannibal's early life come from The Moor of Peter the Great, Pushkin's unfinished biography of his great-grandfather…
Portrait [ru] by Orest Kiprensky, 1827
Coat of arms of the Pushkin family
Pushkin in his youth, by Sergey Chirikov [ru]
Arina Rodionovna Yakovleva (1758 - August 12, 1828) at ages 70, the serf of Hannibal family and nanny of Alexander Pushkin.