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	Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The German biography of Gannibal, compiled anonymously from his own words, explains that "the children of the noble families were taken to the ruler of all the Muslims, the Turkish sultan, as hostages", to be killed or sold into slavery if their fathers misbehaved.
		Gannibal was baptized in 1705, in Vilnius, with Peter as his godfather.
		In 1717, Gannibal was taken to Paris to continue an education in the arts, sciences, and warfare.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ibrahim_Petrovich_Gannibal (1016 words)

	Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ibrahim Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696 - 1781) was an Eritrean (Eritrean: A native or inhabitant of Eritrea) who was part of Peter the Great (Peter the Great: Czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government; he extended his territories in the Baltic and founded St. Petersburg (1682-1725)) 's court.
		The German biography of Ibrahim, compiled anonymously from his own words explains that "the children of the noble families were taken to the ruler of all the muslims, Turkish sultan, as hostages", to be killed or sold to slavery (slavery: The practice of owning slaves) if their fathers misbehaved.
		In 1717, Ibrahim was taken to Paris (Paris: The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce) to continue an education in the arts, sciences, and warfare.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/ibrahim_petrovich_gannibal (782 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal
		Ibrahim was born in 1696, on the coast of the Red Sea, near Ethiopia (now Eritrea) with now borders Sudan.
		1703) Ibrahim was taken to the court of the Great Sultan of Ottoman Empire at Constantinople.
		He fought with the forces of Louis XV of France against those of his uncle Philip V of Spain and rose to the rank of captain.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Ibrahim_Petrovich_Gannibal (662 words)

	Russian Film Symposium 2006
		Pushkin's great-grandfather, Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal, who was brought to Russia from Africa in 1704 as a slave and worked his way up to become a great military leader, an engineer, a nobleman, and was eventually adopted by Peter the Great.
		Gannibal was enslaved by Peter's orders not only because it was fashionable to have fl children in European courts at the time, but because Peter wanted to prove that even the most savage "Arap" could be civilized through a Russian education and a Christian baptism.
		Natasha, who initially found Ibrahim so repulsive that she fainted upon discovering that she was betrothed to him, comes to love her admirer—the man with "the face of a Moor and the soul of a Russian"—and the two live happily ever after.
	www.rusfilm.pitt.edu /2006/taleofhow.htm (732 words)

	Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ibrahim Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696 - 1781) was an Eritrean (A native or inhabitant of Eritrea)
		Ibrahim is taken away by the deputy of the Russian (A native or inhabitant of Russia)
		Ibrahim was taken to Paris (The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/ibrahim_petrovich_gannibal (2022 words)

	Library7: Who is Gannibal? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ibrahim Abram Petrovich Gannibal is now known as the maternal great-grandfather of Russian Poet and writer Alexander Pushkin.
		Gannibal was an Ethiopian slave boy, rumored to be a son of king or warlord, who was taken by orders of the great-grandfather of Leo Tolstoy from Constantinopole to the Court of Peter the Great in Moscow.
		And Peter did succeed, Gannibal (the name he took in honor of Hannibal, Gannibal is the Russian form of the name) became the Engineer-General of his Peter the Great and an intellectual who conversed with Voltaire, Baron de Montesquieu and Denis Diderot.
	library7.blogspot.com /2005/08/who-is-gannibal.html (384 words)

	Aleksandr Pushkin - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speech in his poems and plays, creating a style of storytelling which mixed drama, romance and satire that has been associated with Russian literature ever since and greatly influenced later Russian writers.
		Pushkin's father was a descendant of one of the Russian gentry's oldest families, while his mother was the grand-daughter of Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal, a slave from Abyssinia (Ethiopia) who became the adopted godchild and Engineer-General of Peter the Great.
		By the time he finished as part of the first graduating class of the prestigious Imperial Lyceum in Tsarskoe Selo, his talent was widely recognized within the Russian literary scene.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /a/al/aleksandr_pushkin.html (663 words)

	Ibrahim I Definition / Ibrahim I Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ibrahim I (November 5November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining.
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		Change of Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from Murat IV (1623-1640) to Ibrahim I (1640-1648) First book printed in North America, the Bay Psalm Book First known European coffee house opens in...
	www.elresearch.com /Ibrahim_I (529 words)

	The Moscow News
		Pushkin, born in 1799, was the great-grandson of Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal, an African slave who was brought to Russia by Peter the Great and went on to become a major-general.
		It is suggested that Gannibal was born in northern Abyssinia, which is in the place of the present-day Eritrea, north-eastern Africa.
		As a slave of the Ottoman Empire, Gannibal was taken to Russia in 1704 by a deputy of the Russian ambassador on the orders of Peter the Great.
	english.mn.ru /english/issue.php?2006-9-9 (728 words)

	Aleksandr Pushkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speech in his poems and plays, creating a style of storytelling—mixing drama, romance, and satire—associated with Russian literature ever since and greatly influencing later Russian writers.
		Pushkin's father descended from one of the Russian gentry's oldest families who traced their history to Khutyn Monastery in the 12th century, while his mother's grandfather was Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal, an African who was abducted and enslaved when he was a child.
		He was brought to Russia and became a great military leader, engineer and nobleman after his adoption by Peter the Great.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pushkin (1569 words)

	Pushkin's African background - the Pushkins and the Gannibals
		According to his son-in-law and first biographer, Abram (or Ibrahim) was the son of a ruler in Africa: possibly Chad, possibly Abyssinia.
		Hugh Barnes, in his book Gannibal: The Moor of Petersburg (2005), has shown that this portrait, long thought to be of Gannibal, cannot be of him.
		Gannibal's third son (of 11) by his second marriage Osip Abramovich married Marya Alexeevna Pushkin, and their daughter was Pushkin’s mother Nadezhda.
	www.bl.uk /onlinegallery/features/blackeuro/pushkinback.html (395 words)

	Africans In Early Europe at OnePeoples.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		His African lineage stemmed from his great grandfather Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal.
		Gannibal was given as a personal gift to the Tsar Peter the Great and though functioned merely as a page, became a type of son to the Russian Emperor and an important figure in the royal court.
		The Queen of Poland was said to be his Godmother.
	onepeoples.com /current/africansinearlyeurop.html (1916 words)

	Le Cinquième
		Many even go so far as considering him the very greatest of all Russian poets, as well as the father of modern Russian literature.
		His paternal line could be traced back to the 12th century, one of Russia's oldest families from the gentry, whereas on his maternal side of the family, he was the maternal grandson of Ibrahim Petróvich Gannibal, an African who had been kidnapped and taken to Russia, where Peter the Great adopted him.
		Ibrahim Petróvich went on to become a nobleman, an engineer, and a great military leader, much like his patron Peter the Great.
	www.angelfire.com /retro/purple_vinyl/tooyoungtoosoonV.html (10181 words)

	EARLY LIFE OF ABRAHAM> (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Abraham Petrovich Hannibal (the Russian way) or some call Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal is somewhat of an enigma.
		There is not much information on him in today's literature, but where there is mention of Pushkin and Peter the Great, Abraham's name is also brought up.
		Peter the Great, the czar of Russia at that time, began looking for “clever little African slaves.” When the Sultan heard of Peters request, he soon traded Abraham.
	it.stlawu.edu /~rkreuzer/pmonus/1stpara.html (299 words)

	Note on Pushkin's ancestry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Abram (Ibrahim) Petrovich Gannibal (1696-1781) married Christine von Schöberg (1717-1781).
		Their third son Osip Abrahamovich Gannibal (1744-1806) married Marya Alexeevna Pushkina (1745-1818).
		When their daughter Nadezhda Gannibal married Sergei Lvovich she became a Pushkin.
	www.bl.uk /onlinegallery/features/blackeuro/treelge.html (91 words)

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		That voice, I suppose, would be of Pushkin, and of the works that Murray namechecks for each movement of his “Pushkin Suite #1.”
		That bracing opening is entitled “Blackamoor of Peter the Great,” after Pushkin's unfinished romance about his African great-grandfather, Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal.
		A slave who rose to become a prominent member of Empress Elizabeth's court, the story fictionalizes the youth's assimilation to Russian society--and those seesawing strings and oft-times lyrical clarinet and sax stabs offer a rich portrait of angsty yearning.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/review_print.php?id=20158 (479 words)

	African Bullets & Honey: Gannibal: the Moor of St. Petersburg
		On the right is Ibrahim Abram Petrovich Gannibal flanked by his great grandson, Aleksandr Pushkin.
		The extraordinary Gannibal was the African great-grandfather of Aleksandr Pushkin, Russia's greatest poet, who spoke proudly of his own inherited "flamoor profile".
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	bulletsandhoney.blogspot.com /2005/08/gannibal-moor-of-st-petersburg.html (505 words)

	Jihad Watch: Hugh Fitzgerald Announces the Spring 2006 Contest at Jihad Watch: Name the City, Name the Writers
		I’m stumped on A and don’t have time to do any more research into who he might be so I’m submitting an incomplete guess.
		Pushkin (1799-1837) is tied to city X through his maternal great-grandfather, Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal, an Abyssinian who was enslaved by the Ottoman sultan in city X before being brought to Russia.
		Pushkin, the national poet of Russia, died young and tragically in a duel.
	www.jihadwatch.org /archives/010532.php (2633 words)

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