Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (6 June 1799 – 10 February ... A remarkable fact about his ancestry is that his great-grandfather – Abram Gannibal – was brought over as a slave from Africa ...

The great Russian literary genius Alexander Pushkin dies on this day as a result of a duel. He is generally considered Russia’s great­est poet. Unlike many famous Euro­peans of color, Pushkin was ...