FROM SLAVE TO ADOPTED GODSON OF THE RUSSIAN EMPEROR: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF ABRAM PETROVICH GAMMIBAL – A RAINBOW OF ROLE MODELS {WEDNESDAY SERIES}

Peter the Great, the Russian Emperor. Peter was impressed by Gannibal’s intelligence and education, and decided to free him and adopt him as his godson. Gannibal was given the name Abram Petrovich Gannibal, after the biblical character Abraham, and was raised in the court household of the Emperor.

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