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Abram was Peter the Great's godson - an Ethiopian in 18th Century Russia who rose to become a general in the Russian imperial army. He was also writer Alexander Pushkin's great-grandfather.
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Abram was Peter the Great's godson - an Ethiopian in 18th Century Russia who rose to become a general in the Russian imperial army. He was also writer Alexander Pushkin's great-grandfather.
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