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Abram Petrovich Gannibal
- gglulz 5y agoGavin Newsom is a hair gel nazi and Fauci is a genocidal piece of shit.
- cafard 5y agoAccording to Glenn Seaborg's memoirs, his family's name was something like "Sjoborg" before changed by US immigration. My impression is that the family was not particularly distinguished, as APG's second wife's family was said to be. Still, curious to imagine an American Nobelist having Pushkin as an mth cousin n times removed.
- dmitriid 5y agoLermontov posting about Pushkin's famous ancestor. There has to be a joke in there somewhere. (Speaking as someone who's suffered through Russian literature at school, and is no stranger to some weird Russian literature-related humour).
- stevespang 5y agoSo melanin was introduced into the Russian nobility . . . .