Abram Petrovich Gannibal
Abram Petrovich Gannibal, also Hannibal or Ganibal, or Abram Hannibal or Abram Petrov (Russian: Абра́м Петро́вич Ганниба́л; c. 1696 – 14 May 1781), was a Russian Chief Military Engineer, General-in-Chief, and nobleman of African origin. Kidnapped and enslaved as a child by Ottomans, Gannibal was smuggled to Russia and presented as a gift to Peter the Great, where he was freed, adopted and raised in the Emperor's court household as his godson.
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Abram Gannibal, bust in Petrovskoe | |
| Other name(s) | Petrov Hannibal |
| Born | c. 1696 Ethiopian Empire or Cameroon (see Debate over Gannibal's place of birth) |
| Died | 14 May 1781 (aged circa 85) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
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| Battles/wars | Battle of Fuenterrabia (War of the Quadruple Alliance in the Army of Louis XV) |
| Spouse(s) | Evdokia Dioper
(m. 1731; div. 1753)Christina Regina Siöberg
(m. 1736, unrecognized until 1753) |
| Children | 10 |
| Other work | Master military engineer, military officer, teacher, author |
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Gannibal eventually rose to become a prominent member of the imperial court in the reign of Peter's daughter Elizabeth. He had 11 children, most of whom became members of the Russian nobility; he was a great-grandfather of the author and poet Alexander Pushkin.
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