Abram Hannibal. Lurie F.

The book of the St. Petersburg historian F. M. Lurie talks about the incredible fate of the great -grandfather A. S. Pushkin Abram Petrovich Gannibal. From a young age to the tragic death, Pushkin carefully collected information about his pedigree. All his ancestors belonged to the ancient boyars' births, and only the origin of the great -grandfather on the maternal line, A.P. Gannibal, was shrouded in a secret. Researchers are still arguing about the place of his birth and related ties. F. M. Lurie, on the basis of archival documents, numerous publications and valuable information received during the African expedition, the chief editor of the magazine "World Rastype" by I. V. Danilov, recreates the extraordinary history of the Arapchonka, who became the favorite of the Russian tsar. The reader learns how a boy, stolen from why at home in Africa, received a brilliant European education, overcame the adversity and exile and became a diplomat and the best military engineer of the Russian Empire.