Abraim Petrovich Ganibal was one of the most notable Russians of the 18th century.

He was the godson of Peter the Great.

He was among the most educated men and best engineers in the Russian Empire.

He served as a general to Catherine the Great, and one of his great

grandsons was the greatest poet in the history of the Russian language.

There was however one thing that set him apart from all other Russians.

He came from Africa. set him apart from all other Russians.

He came from Africa.

Learn more about Abram Petrovich Ganibal and his incredible story on this episode of

Everything Everywhere Daily. everywhere daily. The story of Abram Petrovich Ganibal, here by just referred to as

Abram Petrovich using the Russian Russian Patrionic Naming Convention, is too unbelievable to possibly

be fiction.

His story starts sometime around the year 1696.

Details surrounding his early life are very sketchy.

Originally it was said he came from the modern day country of Sudan and others have placed his birth somewhere in what is either today a retreatria or Ethiopia.

However subsequent research has placed his birth near Lake Chad

in what is today the nation of Cameroon. His father was, by all accounts, very wealthy. He was

a Muslim, had multiple wives, owned multiple wives, and had 19 children.

Abraim's birth name was probably Ibrahim, which is just the name Abraham in Arabic.

When he was around six years old, he was captured by Ottoman slavers and

sold into slavery. He was sent to Constantinople to serve in the household of the

Sultan Ahmed the third. It is possible that he had a sister by the name of Lagan who was captured with him and

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