1827–1904
Biography · Military
Abram Petrovich Gannibal
c. 1696–1781
Russia / Central Africa
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Biography
Enslaved as a child and later gifted to Peter the Great, Gannibal rose through the Russian military and engineering ranks to become a general, leaving a legacy that includes his celebrated great-grandson, the poet Alexander Pushkin.
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