Ivan Gannibal
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Ivan Abramovich Gannibal was a Russian military leader. He was the son of military commander, general and engineer Abram Petrovich Gannibal, as well as the great-uncle of Russia's most famous poet, Al
Gannibal wearing the cross of the Order of St. George
Portrait by Dmitry Levitzky, c. 1790
Abram Petrovich Gannibal
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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
Ivan Gannibal
…Ива́н Абра́мович Ганниба́л; 5 June 1735 – 12 October 1801) was a Russian military leader. He was the son of military commander, general and engineer Abram Petrovich Gannibal, as well as the great-uncle of Russia's most famous poet, Alexander Pushkin. Gannibal led a detachment of the Imperial Black Sea Fleet, which besieged…
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