What do we know about Abram (Ibrahim) Hannibal? "The Arap of Peter the Great." Pushkin's great-grandfather. Cheren. Originally, it seems, from Abyssinia. I like cruel. Passions African. General Anshef, it seems. For what? For what merits? After all, he seems to be famous only for a descendant-poet... Everything is completely different. An amazing, unusually noble and decent person. Brilliant military engineer. Outstanding mathematician. Nice family. Numerous offspring: four sons and three daughters. Abram Petrovich himself and his two sons - Ivan and Peter - did a lot for the military glory of Russia...