Abram Petrovich Hannibal in Russia: from Peter I to Catherine II

Monument to A.P. Hannibal in the estate of the village of Petrovskoe (Pskov region)

В previous article we talked a little about the mysteries of the origin of Abram Hannibal - the famous "Arap of Peter the Great". We remember that Pushkin showed great interest in the biography of his great-grandfather, and a notebook with an anonymous retelling of the German Biography of Hannibal was found in his archive. Apparently, it was the information gleaned from it that became one of the main sources of Pushkin's unfinished historical novel "Arap of Peter the Great" (this is his second prose work).

Childhood and youth of the "Arap of Peter the Great"

What is known about the childhood of Abram Hannibal?

The German Biography claims that a Muslim boy named Ibrahim came to Constantinople from Africa at the age of 7. A year later, he and two other boys were bought by the Russian ambassador Raguzinsky, but one of them died on the way. However, in 1707, Peter I baptized exactly two “Arapchats” in the city of Vilna, giving them Russian names and his patronymic. Both received the surname Petrov. Hannibal himself, as we remember, in one of the documents claims that the baptism took place in 1705, and at that time he was 7 years old. By age, there are big questions, and the year of baptism is indicated correctly: in the church book of the Orthodox Cathedral of Vilna, an entry was found about the baptism in 1705 of Pyotr Petrovich Petrov (the hero of the article) and his brother Alexei Petrovich Petrov.

So, Ibrahim was called Peter, but he did not like this name, and therefore he was unofficially called Abram. Later, he obtained permission to sign with this name (although his real name is still Peter).

Abram Gannibal, as we have already understood, did not come to Russia with Raguzinsky. Here and chronological discrepancy, and logical. Savva Lukich was in Constantinople as a private person (and not in the rank of Russian ambassador) and did not have any retinue. He simply physically could not bring the “Arapchat” to Moscow - they would have brought too much trouble on the road to an ordinary modest traveler, and this dubious “pleasure” would have been very expensive. He, as an experienced person, could be involved in their purchase, but not in "transportation". It is more likely that the young Ibrahim came to Russia not from Constantinople and under much more prosaic circumstances. Since it is known about the “Arapchats” who appeared at Peter I that they spoke German and did not know other languages, it is assumed that they were presented to the tsar during the Northern War by some Baltic baron. Well, Muslim names could be nicknames given to them for greater exoticism. Perhaps they were baptized according to the Lutheran or Catholic rite, so they had to carry out the rite of Orthodox baptism.

It is not worth overestimating the significance of the baptism of the “Arapchat” by the tsar: Peter I gladly baptized the children of ordinary soldiers of the guard regiments, safely forgetting about his godchildren the very next day. The only thing their parents could count on was a small gift on the day of the ceremony. Elizaveta Petrovna did the same later.

But what happened next? Remember why African children were brought to Europe? They were valued as pages and servants, as well as regimental musicians. Peter I chose the second option: he ordered that the "Arapchat" be assigned to the musical company of the Preobrazhensky Regiment, which at that time was also a music school where foreigners taught - there was no tradition of military bands in pre-Petrine Russia. Abram began to learn to be a drummer, Alexei was determined to learn how to play the oboe. Nothing is known about the further fate of Alexei Petrovich, except that he married a serf girl belonging to one of the representatives of the Golitsyn family (which indicates his low social status). This man, apparently, did not possess any talents in stories did not leave: probably, he played the oboe in the regimental band and was pleased with his fate. Since Abram (Peter) Hannibal never showed any interest in him, we can safely assume that they were not relatives and even friends. The hero of our article was more fortunate than the other godson of Peter I. He studied at a music school for several years. His participation in any hostilities is not documented. One of the episodes of the formation of this legend is known. A. S. Pushkin, having learned from his brother Leo that the future Decembrist K. Ryleev was writing a poem about the Battle of Poltava, asks:

“Advise Ryleev to portray our grandfather in the poem (in fact, great-grandfather - V.R.). His Arap mug will have a strange effect on the whole picture of the Poltava battle.

However, it is known that on the orders of Peter I, all participants in this battle were awarded the silver medal "For the Victory near Poltava" (including doctors, musicians, cooks and other "non-combatants"). Abram Hannibal did not receive such a medal. Moreover, nothing is known about his contacts with Peter I before 1716, and even more so about the participation of the tsar in his fate.

Trip abroad

In 1713, we see Abram Petrovich not as a musician, but as an employee of the drawing department. Here he attracted the attention of Peter I. Since the young man also knew German and French well, in 1716 the tsar took him on a trip abroad - as a translator, draftsman and servant. The travel journal of Peter preserved the drawings and drawings of Abram. In addition, it is known that he participated in the measurements of the buildings that interested the king, including the Amsterdam bell tower. The court service of "Arap" Abram did not last long, since in 1717 he was left in Paris "to study geometry, fortification and other sciences” with a very modest scholarship of 100 rubles a year. It is curious that Gavrila Rezanov, the grandfather of Nikolai Rezanov, who became the main character of Alexei Rybnikov's famous opera Juno and Avos, was among the other Parisian "students". For some time he even lived with Abram in the same room.

N. Pozdnyakov as Nikolai Rezanov, stage of the Gradsky Hall Theater, premiere of the opera Juno and Avos in the author's version, December 15, 2022

The German Biography claims that Abram Petrovich took part in the Franco-Spanish war as a volunteer, was wounded in the head, even captured, rose to the rank of captain of the French army. The same source reports that for two years Hannibal, under various pretexts, refused to return to Russia. However, in reality, Abram's life was not easy in Paris, and having received an order to arrive in Petersburg, he writes to the tsar:

“I’ll go from Paris to Russia even on foot, just don’t make me swim by sea.”

He returned in 1723, and the author of the German Biography, and after him Pushkin, assures that Peter I, accompanied by his wife Catherine, personally went to Krasnoye Selo to meet his godson, and allegedly waited for him there in a simple tavern for two days - the information is absolutely incredible. In fact, Abram Petrovich did not even receive hereditary nobility either from Peter I or from his widow Catherine I, he was forced to humbly ask for it from Elizabeth.

Return to Russia

In 1742, Hannibal fantasizes in a letter to Elizaveta Petrovna:

“After returning from France, I served in the Preobrazhensky Regiment as a lieutenant and during that my service I was in many different military campaigns, battles and actions inseparably.”

However, there were no military campaigns and battles at that time. Catherine I, who since the time of the Prut campaign accompanied Peter on all his trips, knew about this. And Menshikov, who actually ruled Russia at that time, perfectly remembered all the military campaigns. And therefore, Abram did not dare to turn to Catherine I with a story about his “military merits”. Another thing is the frivolous windy Elizabeth, who usually did not delve into such “trifles”. But we're getting ahead of ourselves a little. In the meantime, Abram, who returned to St. Petersburg, received the rank of lieutenant engineer and was assigned to the bombardment company of the Preobrazhensky Regiment, the commander of which was Peter I himself.

Abram Gannibal in the film "Peter I", 1937-1938

At that time, Abram met the future field marshal Burchard Munnich and Willim Mons, the brother of the favorite of Peter I and the lover of the royal wife Catherine I. After the arrest of Mons, Lieutenant Hannibal chose to leave St. Petersburg. For several months he lived in the Baltic States with some acquaintances of Munnich.

Opal

He returned to St. Petersburg in 1725 after the death of Peter I. Having no means of subsistence, he turned to Menshikov for help. In 1727, Abram was appointed to Kazan, where he was to lead the repair of fortifications. However, before reaching this city, he received an order to go to Tobolsk, and then to the city of Selenginsk (in modern Buryatia), bordering China. The author of the German Biography writes:

“Menshikov found him an extremely important assignment in appearance and thus removed him from the capital.”

In Selenginsk, Hannibal had to build a fortress, the place for which was chosen by Savva Raguzinsky-Vladislavich, whom we know. The “student” Abram met him in Paris in 1717 and 1719, now he got to know him better and found out that he had been to Constantinople in 1704-1705. With Raguzinsky, he then decided to "come to Russia."

In Siberia, Abram Gannibal did not show himself in any way, he did not build a fortress in Selenginsk, referring to an unsuccessful choice of location and lack of experience. The legends that he participated in the construction of other fortresses are not documented. And soon an order was issued to arrest the godson of the deceased emperor and escort him to Tomsk. The reason for the criminal prosecution is not clear, but it is clear that this was not the kind of figure that one of the powerful top dignitaries of St. Petersburg suddenly began to take revenge on him.

Anna Ioannovna in 1730 ordered the release of the “Arap” and his appointment to the Tomsk garrison. Returning to St. Petersburg, under the patronage of Minich, with the rank of captain, he was sent to the Pernavsky garrison (the author of the German Biography erroneously ascribes to him the rank of major). According to one version, Abram Petrovich then changed his surname "Petrov" to "Hannibal" - he allegedly feared that the Secret Chancellery would remember him as a friend of Mons. But who at that time was interested in both the deceased Catherine I and her lover Mons? In Pärnu, Abram Hannibal rose to the rank of major.

Domesticity

Abram Hannibal was married twice. The first marriage, concluded in 1731 with the Greek Evdokia Dioper, was unsuccessful: Hannibal was jealous of his wife, accused of treason, terribly beaten and starved. The desperate woman tried to poison him. In 1736, Abram, who had not yet received a divorce, married the already mentioned Christine-Regina von Sjoberg, for which he was later imposed a penance and sentenced to a fine. In this marriage, there were no such “African passions” either: either Hannibal himself became calmer and wiser with age, or the second wife turned out to be a more patient woman and tried “not to endure dirty linen in public”. She gave birth to 11 children, but only seven of them survived - 4 sons and three daughters.

So the creators of the film “The Tale of How Tsar Peter the Arap Married” got a little excited, telling us about the marriage of Abram Hannibal with the noble and well-born hawthorn Natalya Rtishcheva.

By the way, this film was sharply criticized by Mikhail Sholokhov, who really did not like the attempt to present the "Arap Hannibal" as the only "an intelligent person in a non-intelligent country”(This is the phrase of V. Vysotsky, who played the main role).

Since 1733, the retired Hannibal lived in the small estate of Karjaküla near Reval. He kept a diary, wrote a manual on fortification (however, he himself admitted that some of his chapters were a simple translation from French), and also experimented with planting potatoes. He then burned his notes, according to Pushkin, “in a fit of panic».

In the service of Elizabeth Petrovna

Abram Gannibal returned to the service in 1741 - already under Elizabeth Petrovna. He worked as a military engineer, acted as commandant of Revel, took part in the construction of the Kronstadt Canal, and in 1745 headed the commission for the delimitation of the border lands of Russia and Sweden. It is also known that on his initiative a school for workers was opened. As a result, he rose to the rank of general-in-chief and the position of director of the Kronstadt and Ladoga canals. He received land and serfs in the village of Kuchan in the Voronetsky district of the Pskov province, where he built the Petrovsky estate, and in Suyda near Gatchina.

Manor of the Hannibals in the village of Petrovsky

Suyda Estate Museum

The last years of the life of Abram Hannibal

The godson of Peter I finally retired almost immediately after the death of Elizabeth - in 1762. He spent the last years of his life in Suida, where he cultivated potatoes (some argue that he did this at the request of Catherine II). It was in Suida that his granddaughter Nadezhda Osipovna Gannibal, Pushkin's mother, was later born.

A.P. Hannibal died in 1781. The entry in the church book says that at the time of his death he was 98 years old. But Pushkin claimed that at the time of his great-grandfather's death, he should have been 92 or 93 years old, but he did not rely on family traditions, but on the very “German Biography”.

Perhaps Abram Petrovich would have remained in the people's memory just a little-known hero of a funny episode in Russian history. However, just 18 years after his death, a great great-grandson, A. S. Pushkin, was born. Thanks to him, we still remember Abram Hannibal as "Peter the Great's arab".

Comments

[Basil50]

Ibragim Petrovich Ganibal was raised by Peter and grew up to be the same flayer. Descriptions of his entertainment on the estate cause nothing but disgust.
It is known how Vasily Ivanovich Suvorov met and then became friends with Hanibal. Arap, out of habit, climbed under the girl's skirt, and Suvorov for this he was properly * marked *, despite the claims of proximity to the emperor. Arap Petru did not complain.
By the way, in Rus' - arap, this is the concept of scholarship, and not * swarthy * face. It is not in vain that even today they say about * skygazer * - * arapa refuels *.
Nowadays, they are diligently forgetting why they brought blacks to Europe.
In those days, now perceived as a *brilliant age*, wealthy ladies, completely delighted with Roman legends, ordered blacks in the hope of *African passions* and no less legendary *physical conditions*. Less wealthy ladies got dogs of a special breed - Italian Greyhounds.
If you remember this, then the pride of the countess in a letter to her friend becomes understandable, from the fact that she dragged Ganibal to bed.

[know]

in Rus' - arap, this is the concept of scholarship,

But where do you get such a game? From what "very alternative" sources? "Take on the arapa", "refuel the arapa" - this is from thieves' jargon:

To act rudely, impudently, applying rough pressure

[VLR]

it becomes clear the pride of the countess in a letter to her friend, from the fact that she dragged Ganibal to bed

If you mean the episode with the birth of some Parisian countess of a child from Hannibal, then this is a historical myth. There is no evidence in the documents, on the contrary, there is evidence that Hannibal did not lead a "beautiful social life" there, but almost starved, since the "stipend" was small and she was constantly delayed.

[Basil50]

It was from the * lack of maintenance * Ibragim Petrovich Ganibal that he went * for maintenance * to the ladies who had the means and the opportunity to pay for * African passion *.
And about the fact that someone there from Hanibal was born-unborn centuries later is unknown. France was then a racist country and today, despite the crowds of Africans and other Jewish Armenians. So the ladies, boasting of their lover, did not particularly advertise the birth of a Negro.
Remember * pedigree * A Dumas.

[Trilobite Master]

Quote: Vasily50

It is known how Vasily Ivanovich Suvorov met and then became friends with Hanibal. Arap, out of habit, climbed under the girl's skirt, and Suvorov for this he was properly * marked *, despite the claims of proximity to the emperor. Arap Petru did not complain.

How interesting...
When did the epoch-making event you described occur and from what sources do you know this?
In 1723, when Abram Petrovich returned from France, Vasily Ivanovich Suvorov was eighteen years old, in the year of the death of Peter I, Abram Petrovich was about thirty, and Vasily Ivanovich was not even twenty years old. The first was a well-educated, experienced military officer, the second was a youngster who had never seen anything in his life except the barracks of the Life Guards. Abram Petrovich was an engineer-lieutenant of a bombardment company, and Vasily Ivanovich was a bombardier-sergeant. How do you imagine their quarrel and, moreover, a fight?

Quote: Vasily50

Nowadays, they are diligently forgetting why they brought blacks to Europe.

Well, let's think then why were they at the court of nun Martha, the mother of Mikhail Romanov? Was she, too, a slave to "African passion" and a fan of the anatomical "excesses" of the Negroid race?
As far as I remember, the expression "to take on a black sheep" has nothing to do with either scientists or blacks.

[Basil50]

Yeah, really.
Well, how nuns lived in monasteries, a lot is written both in Europe and in the RUSSIAN EMPIRE. And how to * sinlessly comfort the flesh * there were entire treatises with drawings and not only in Latin.
By the way, brothels * were supervised * by the church, both in Europe and in the RUSSIAN EMPIRE.
Well, or remember at least * life * of Sophia, also Romanova. And do not want to remember the merry Catherine, that the first that the second, or remember Elizabeth. These are all sitters on the throne, but there was *a crowd at the throne* who knew and knew how to have fun. Remember why troupes of ballerinas and ballerinas were created.
It's a pity that now there are really too many * refueling arap *.

[Trilobite Master]

That is, Martha was a harlot?
You are a sharp person, as I see ...
And they took black boys, what, for growth? Say, he is growing up, and that's when ... They made me laugh, thanks!
What about the fight between Suvorov and Petrov-Hannibal? Did you come up with it yourself?

[know]

the film was sharply criticized by Mikhail Sholokhov, who did not like the attempt to present the "Arap Hannibal" as the only "intelligent person in a non-intelligent country"

I remembered the plot of "The Tale of How Tsar Peter Married Married" - and I agree with Sholokhov. In a nutshell: a cultured and educated Negro comes from enlightened Paris to wild Petersburg and sees there lazy, boastful and incompetent natives. Peter I is an epileptic tyrant, acting on the principle of "first punish, then deal with." The boyar daughter Natalia, because of which all the fuss is a typical stupid, but cute Pocahontes, who immediately and head over heels falls in love with an overseas black "prince", even without really talking to him. A ready-made plot for Hollywood, you don’t even need to change anything, even shoot a remake tomorrow.

[mmaxx]

An ordinary lucky life, an ordinary rootless adventurer of an adventurous age.
You can set an example as an opportunity to go upstairs, having only literacy and being able to sycophantize and keep your nose to the wind. Well, yes, what if it weren’t for Pushkin, only historians in the subject would know about the arap Hannibal.

[parusnik]

In general, so-so, a tale about the life of a "foreigner" who has received an education .. And if it were not for the great right-hander ...

[Catfish]

Good morning friends!

Perhaps Abram Petrovich would have remained in the people's memory just a little-known hero of a funny episode in Russian history. However, just 18 years after his death, a great great-grandson, A. S. Pushkin, was born. Thanks to him, we still remember Abram Hannibal as "Peter the Great's arab".

The whole beautiful story turned out to be another myth , though invented by a talented person. Involuntarily with a smile you think

Still, it’s a pity that you can’t have dinner with Alexander Sergeyich at the Yar and pop in for at least a quarter of an hour.

, I would have told him purely in a friendly way: "Sasha, I understand that I am a relative, but why should the whole country powder their brains?"

But, to be honest, I didn’t like the film about how Tsar Pyotr Arap got married less and somehow I’ll review it with pleasure.
Now it only remains for Rybnikov and Voznesensky to write a new rock opera, and for Zakharov to stage it. Well, one myth is worth another.

[Korsar4]

I feel the same way about the movie.

The question is not in order. The film is a work of art. And the characters are bright enough to be remembered. From Peter I to Philemon.

And if among the descendants - A.S. Pushkin, life is clearly not lived in vain.

[Catfish]

Good morning, Sergey!
With regard to characters, you accurately noticed that any character there is a living person, with all the quirks, advantages and disadvantages.
"-- So he is a rap!!!!"

[Korsar4]

Good morning, Constantine!

One excitement before the arrival of the Tsar to the Rtishchevs' house is worth something.

[Korsar4]

Yes, Andrew. A brief retelling of the construction of a shipyard in Arkhangelsk and other strongholds of shipbuilding.

But this does not make it any less pleasant to visit either Arkhangelsk or Voronezh.

[Trilobite Master]

Hello, Uncle Kostya.

Quote: Sea Cat

I would have told him purely in a friendly way: “Sasha, I understand that I am a relative, but why should the whole country be fooled?

And I just imagined that my great-grandson would become a famous writer and write a historical detective novel about me, which would be translated into all languages ​​of the world, they would shoot a bunch of holographic films or what would they shoot then, in which I would be oh so strong, wise and beautiful... For women to love me, worthy men to respect, villains to tremble, and for me, for example, during some secret special operation, heroically, to save the world from nuclear war... What's wrong with that? Personally, I like it ... And then historians will study my biography, argue, build hypotheses, you see, they will raise the archives of the Military Review, read this commentary ...
If I had a chance to sit with Pushkin over a glass, I would probably say to him: “Come on, Sergeyich, burn, burn with napalm, write everything that comes into your head of genius. You are a genius for ages, you can. And we are already there, Who wants to, then we'll figure it out ... "

[Catfish]

Misha, hello!

And then historians will study my biography, argue, build hypotheses

And when you leaf through their works, you will probably have only one desire - "to catch up, catch and ... bang on the threshold."

[Trilobite Master]

Quote: Sea Cat

bang on the threshold

Well, not without it, of course, but to a greater extent, you probably want to giggle
For example, will they argue until they are hoarse in the first "A" I studied or in the first "B" and why, what were the general principles for the distribution of children into classes in the early 80s. XX century ... It's funny ...
But such a great-grandson can be mine, and you, and anyone else ... And then historians in their writings will argue about you - in what class did you study, with which girl were you friends, which of your classmates did you clean the stigma and for what...
You know, with such thoughts you want to live somehow ... more noble. So that great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and other descendants would not be ashamed to read these studies later.

[Korsar4]

Until it's too late, Michael, clarify to which letter they belonged.

PS From 1-B to 10-B passed sequentially.
Of course, this is evidence of sustainability. And somewhere thoroughness.
True, up to and including the 8th grade, there were 40 people in the class. And the lessons could not be done. It also affected the character.

[Trilobite Master]

In elementary school - in "B", after - in "A". In our school, there was definitely a distribution principle: children from more prosperous families or those who studied better were sent to "A". We also had forty people in the class, but the written homework was checked strictly. And on oral yes - all spat.

[Catfish]

I studied at "A" until the eighth, but we had everything in a bunch, excellent students and losers, repeaters and "masters", as far as I remember, no more than thirty people. Homework was also checked strictly, and oral too. I did not like school, I was catching up with melancholy. By the way, my kids went to the same school as me.

[Korsar4]

All five of mine studied at the same school, and someone continues to study. But not in mine.

[Korsar4]

With oral everything passed. The memory is really good.
Maybe that's why I'm on this thread of the forum.

Another 1000 questions and answers - and you can compose a biography of Mikhail.
If perishing diaries not all write.

[Trilobite Master]

Quote from Korsar4

you can write a biography of Michael

No, no, I'm on my own, but later. So there is something to tell, but it is better to do it in the form of stories or fiction. There you will lie - it will be normally perceived. And to tell the whole truth - many people can be offended, both bad and good.

[Korsar4]

For starters, it’s better to get on the Forbes list or the list of some glamorous party.

However, the ZhZL version of the branch of our forum is also accepted.

Vanek and Schweik can only be obtained: as historiographers.

[KolVisin]

Would you mind substantiating your assertion somehow? I've been in school since '64 and don't remember anything like that. (in "in" class)

[Catfish]

School... so many pleasant memories... And this is the most pleasant thing

And the lessons could not be done.

[Korsar4]

I think it also helps in life.
And what you do - do it with love.

[Fat]

Seryoga! Fuck off with this, In my school, where all the sisters and I studied, there were always three streams: A, B and C, about 120 souls. Wonderful! When the people were a little absorbed into technical schools and vocational schools ... There were still at least two classes left. "A" and .... (don't fall) "G"
"Geshniks" are those who passed the exam in such a way that they got into the "matclass" (I'm a Geshnik, of my classmates, I'm the only "free proletarian") in class G, "mathematicians" out of the total number of "prodigies" 23-25, girls it was three or five. (geshniks are still considered lovers of "foreign" girls and they can reasonably be beaten ...) Kh ... m when the "novices" came to classes B and C, there were many conflicts, especially among the former "ashniks", in the graduating classes there were about 20 people, and in elementary school often more than 40 souls....

[Korsar4]

How can you fall behind when such a delightful reaction.

Who better than us to tell about the school life of the 60s - 80s?!

[Fat]

Greetings, Michael. You are not the first who would like to sit with San Sergeyich at the table ... From the reports I know (about the experiment) - Mayakovsky - Yubileinoye:

Alexander Sergeevich,
let me introduce.
Mayakovsky.
Give your hand
Here is the ribcage.
Listen
no longer a knock, but a groan;
I'm worried about him,
in a humble lion cub puppy.
I never knew
what so much
thousand tons
in my
shamefully frivolous little head.

[Trilobite Master]

My respect, Andrey Borisovich.
It is clear that not the first, at least the fourth, after Mayakovsky, Okudzhava and Uncle Kostya.
But in terms of communication with the poet, I would adhere to the principle set forth by Vadim Shefner:

Do not be proud, because you are not Pushkin
And don't you dare compare yourself to him.
Brick on the skull
We will bless you.

[Catfish]

and Uncle Kostya. smile

Well, special thanks for the brick, of course.

[Fat]

Oh, hello Michael! How the hell am I going to forget Shefner, my favorite romantic writer...
by heart:
You loved others, but you threw yourself at me,
And I'm not a bad person.
And in my heart accumulated fatigue
I will be abandoned by you...
I'm leaving you in the forest no longer believing
Sad for the autumn motive.
Accept me, all kinds of animals
in your ingenuous team ...
Didn't hurt! nevertheless, I agree with you. Dot.

[Trilobite Master]

Quote: Thick

Didn't hurt!

I didn’t even try.
I just remembered the quatrain. There's plenty of those at the Debtor's Shack, for every occasion. Although I liked "Sister of Sorrow" more at the time.
And about Shefner's poetry, I recall the parody of Alexander Ivanov.
Shefner had this poem:

They say it's a bad omen
To see yourself in a dream.
Last night an hour before dawn
On the road I met me
Was mysterious and incomprehensible
A businesslike and strict old man.
To my question: "Where are you, buddy?" -
The lone doppelgänger was silent.
He walked to the edge of the sky,
Where the autumn star went out, -
And I felt sorry for that pedestrian
Like no one has ever regretted.

And here's the parody:

Certainly not believing in signs,
Devilry brains without ruining
Still before dawn
On the road I met myself.
Surprised, of course, but still
He showed no surprise.
I introduced myself: "Chiefner". Me too
He bowed and "Shefner" said.
We liked each other right away.
Both are elegant.
I uttered a phrase
I answered and shuffled my foot.
We've both seen a lot in life
But the date promises good.
I told myself about Daedalus,
I told myself about Lilith.
Me and I were enchanted
They parted as friends.
For a long time hats floated through the air,
For a long time I smiled and I.
We have been accustomed to miracles for a century,
But this is not easy to do!
With a smart, you know, man
Pleasure business to have!

[Fat]

Well, for consensus! Everything went well. But a parody of a parody is "really" cool
Thank you! Haven't seen/heard before

[Fat]

I will continue .... Shefner quote
I'll go green to the forest
I will stand under the crown
I choose strong
Quality souk
There is a rope, Soap!
Farewell, Lyudmila!
Moose sob, badger sad....

[Catfish]

In sins we are all like flowers in dew,
There are no saints between us.
And if you are holy, you are not my brother,
Not my friend and not my neighbor.

I was in trouble like a fish in water
I understood the law is simple:
There the sinner comes to the rescue, where
The saint turns away.

[Trilobite Master]

It's kind of pastoral.
And if the rope is hemp, then it is environmentally friendly.
And here's what else I like from "Shack":

Don't believe in novels and stories
And believe what your eyes see

[3x3zsave]

"I am François, which I am not happy about,
Alas, the death of the villain awaits,
And how much does this ass weigh
The neck will soon recognize "(C)

[Fat]

I'm glad, Anton, that my stupid repost of Vadim Shefner touched you to the quick. Thank you. Usually I'm not like that...

- No, OSEPSON is not powered by the mains, - Sergey answered. - A thousand Dneproges would not be enough here. It feeds directly from the sun. Please open the window.

- It's mine

[3x3zsave]

Hello Borisych!
1. My comment is a quote from François Villon.
2. Shefner read at the turn of adolescence and youth. I don't remember well, but the name "Debtor's Shack" is imprinted in my brain.

[Fat]

And I was postponed for the rest of my life: "The Belated Gunslinger" Sometimes in magazines this novel is called "The Tale of the Wings"
Oh you are wings, my wings
My white wings
You fly effortlessly
How Cranes Fly...

And not without reason "Sam", Recumbent
leading our flight..."

That's it, fretello...

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in which I will be soooo strong, wise and beautiful... So that women love me, worthy men respect me, villains tremble, and so that, for example, during some secret special operation, heroically, I saved the world from a nuclear war...
I begin to feel like the one who "shaked hands with Che" (C).))))

[Trilobite Master]

Considering that you may have the same great-grandson, Anton is a random thing - all of us should experience such feelings ... And in a more general sense - all people on the planet, because where the next genius will be born is a mystery shrouded in darkness . And he, please note, will have four great-grandfathers and four great-grandmothers ...

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And the poor slave Izaura did not know that her grandson would become the most famous "literary slave owner" ...)))

[Trilobite Master]

Luis Alberto only guessed. Or who was there? Juan Pedro Gomez? I don't remember anymore.

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Or who was there?
Antoine Delisle Davi de la Pailletry

[Trilobite Master]

I had to look for what kind of fruit this is ... But I still don’t remember ...

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Until today, I did not know at all that Marie-Sesseta Dumas had a name! And that the great novelist and falsifier of history would take her name!
I think, with this comment, I set a certain course for the author ...

[Catfish]

Alexandre Dumas Davi de la Pailletri, portrait from the museum at Villa Cotre

[north 2]

In today's Tallinn, not far from the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, there is still the Commandant's House, in which the residence of the chief commandant of Revel, Moyor General Abram Petrovich Gannibal, was still standing. And this is a big position, the commandant of the capital of Estonia. He was only subordinate to the governor-general in St. Petersburg. As the chief commandant of Reval, Hannibal is also known for the fact that he stood up for the peasants when they came with complaints about the tenant-landlord. The landowner beat the peasants for this, and Hannibal for this terminated the contract with the landowner for the right to rent.
And Hannibal met his second wife in Estonia. Her parents had estates in today's Azeri and Kunda, but they themselves and Hannibal's future second wife lived in Revel. Moreover, Revel was then both a port and a coastal fortress, so the position of chief commandant in such a city is really an important and interesting stage in the biography of Hannibal. Of course, an interesting fact in the biography of Hannibal is also the fact that he found the reign of eight emperors and empresses. Well, the first wife of Hannibal was really unfaithful to him, she, in marriage with Hannibal, gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, the matter went to court and she was put in prison for ten years. And although Hannibal was fined for the second marriage, his second marriage was recognized as valid.
You can also "look" at Abram Petrovich Hannibal in the film "The Ballad of Bering and His Friends". There is a whole galaxy of, then still young, stars of Soviet cinema - Ledogor, Nazarov, Kuravlev, Mordyukov, Basilashvili ...

[VLR]

Hanibal's first wife was indeed unfaithful to him, she gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, the case went to court and she was imprisoned for ten years.

That's right, but they still imprisoned her not for infidelity, but for trying to poison her unloved husband. Now it is no longer possible to figure out who is to blame for such a situation in the family, and "who started it first": he beat because he cheated, or cheated because he mocked and beat.

[VLR]

The landowner beat the peasants for this, and Hannibal terminated the contract with the landowner for the right to rent

.
But this is pure pragmatism. The peasants are their own, and the tenant who cripples them is someone else's. Serfs were treated like property,
and therefore the indignation of Hannibal, who learned about the "improper treatment" of his property, is understandable Imagine you gave a car to a friend, and he returns it to you with a broken headlight. Who will like it?

[Catfish]

Thanks for being reminded, I saw the film a very long time ago and I don’t remember Hannibal there at all. But it seems that he was played there by a "real" black man.

[north 2]

the role of Hannibal in the film "The Ballad of Bering and His Friends" was played by the actor Konovalov. I saw him in a performance at the theater "At the Nikitsky Gates" in the late eighties. And then I remembered about the youth I saw the film "The Ballad of Bering and His Friends", where the role of Hannibal was played by exactly the same person as in the play. So from the program for the play, I then learned the name of the actor who played the role of Hannibal in "Ballad ...".

[Catfish]

Almost like the old joke:

Two people are traveling in a compartment - a Negro and a Jew. The Jew asks the negro:
“Are you by any chance a Jew?”
- Not. I am African-American.
- Or maybe your mom or dad were Jews?
- No.
You don't need to be shy in front of me. Do you have Jewish roots?
- No.
After prolonged interrogation of this kind, out of patience
Negro exclaims:
- Yes, yes, yes, I am a Jew!!!
- Well, that's it! Jew, but looks like a Negro!

[Fat]

Hello Konstantin! Joking aside, here's what the help in this case looks like:

The Jewish communities in Africa are made up of communities of Sephardi and Mizrahim Jews living predominantly in North Africa or the Maghreb, including Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia, as well as in Sudan and Egypt. Some of these communities formed during the emergence of the Jewish diaspora, others after the expulsion from the Iberian Peninsula at the end of the XNUMXth century, as well as from South African Jews, mainly Ashkenazi, descendants of Litvak immigrants before and after the Holocaust, and Ethiopian Jews who call themselves "Beta Israel" ( House of Israel) and living mainly in the Amhara and Tigray regions of Ethiopia.

And how, father, to be after this "fresh anti-Semite" in "hungry Africa"?

[Catfish]

Antiworlds.
"A Jew got into an anti-city, walks along an anti-street, jumps into an anti-house, climbs an anti-ladder, enters an anti-room, and there, on an anti-stool, sits ... an anti-sim!"

"Well, where should the peasant go?" (c)

[Aviator_]

Judging by the given frame, Roman Tkachuk played Peter 1 there (Pan Vladek from "Zucchini 13 Chairs")

[Catfish]

Roman Tkachuk

Exactly - he, but I did not recognize at first.

[Fat]

In vain you are open about it,

Quote: north 2

In today's Tallinn, not far from the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, there is still the Commandant's House, in which the residence of the chief commandant of Revel, Moyor General Abram Petrovich Hannibal, was still standing. And this is a big position, the commandant of the capital of Estonia. He was only subordinate to the governor-general in St. Petersburg.

"Now" they will definitely demolish the entire microdistrict on the wave of "opposition to the eastern barbarians"

[Catfish]

"Now" they will definitely demolish the entire microdistrict on the wave of "opposition to the eastern barbarians"

Easy! They themselves will live on the street, and at home under the bulldozer. A matter of principle.

[Fat]

Hello colleagues.

Abram's gorget - before the battle of Narva.
And this is what after

[Catfish]

"Do not shoot the pianist, he plays as best he can" (c)

Hi Andrew.

[Fat]

Hello Konstantin! But I didn’t see any “historical-material anachrenism” in this frame ... No, of course, I can’t say that about the whole film. This "suit is normal" not a single guardian of the dress code will find fault, except that after scratching his turnips he will say: "Usually we do not serve such people, but you are in uniform - Please, come in, mister bombardier ..."

[Catfish]

And I'm not talking about contradictions , I'm talking about the fact that Hannibal was still not a Tatar. (just in case - I have nothing against the Tatars)

[Kote Pan Kokhanka]

Quote: Sea Cat

And I'm not talking about contradictions , I'm talking about the fact that Hannibal was still not a Tatar. (just in case - I have nothing against the Tatars)

Well, it's you, my friend, that you are so sure in vain? Everything was simple for Hannibal's contemporaries, if not a Russian, then a German, or a Tatar - there is no third way !!! No wonder Peter Petrov changed his first and last name? Though Arap, but more cunning than Tatar. Apparently from the genus-kola Arapo-Tatars or Tatar-Arapov !!!

[Luminman]

Quote: Vasily50

By the way, in Rus' - arap, this is the concept of scholarship, and not * swarthy * face

It would be interesting to know if the arp and the special whip for hunting - arp, have the same meaning? Or is it just a phonetic similarity?

[VLR]

It is believed that the name of the whip is of German origin - from herab ("away"), but the word came to Russian from the Polish language. By the way, the circus whips that are "clicked" are rapniks.
Yes, one more thing: "to take on a rap" - perhaps this is an abbreviated version of the phrase "to take on a rapnik", that is, to carry on a conversation, threatening with a whip.

[setter]

It is believed that the name of the whip is of German origin - from herab ("away").

The Germans would be surprised to read this. In addition to the fact that herab in German means "down", German etymologists, starting with Konrad Alexander Friedrich Duden, believe that the German word Knute is borrowed in the XNUMXth century. Russian "knut".

[setter]

I understand everything, even the fact that chmoshnichestvo is fate, but I would like to see at least some sane arguments from the minus chmoshnik. Still, this is a type of "historical article".

[Luminman]

Quote from Passeur

I would like to see from the minus chmoshnik

Spit on them. Saliva...
Plusanul, to raise the spirit ...

[Catfish]

chmoshnichestvo is destiny,

I would like to see at least some sane arguments from the minus chmoshnik.

This is impossible "You can't shove the unpushed!" (c)

[Trilobite Master]

Quote from Passeur

I would like to see at least some sane arguments from the minus chmoshnik.

And for me, it’s necessary to thank for anonymous minuses without explanation.

Thank you, unknown creature, for limiting yourself to just pressing a button, and not bursting into a stream of incoherent nonsense that I would have to read, if only out of politeness. Thank you for not making me waste my time trying to come up with an answer, which saves me time. And special thanks for reminding me of the imperfection of this world with your existence. In a difficult time of despondency, when the world seems colorless and joyless to me, your minus will remind me that I am not the most insignificant creature in this universe. Thank you!

Something like that.

[Catfish]

They will kill you someday. For a long time I have not seen someone so poked in the face into their own insignificance.

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Mikhail can, he can always pretend to be a villager.)))

[Trilobite Master]

But in the village for a long tongue you can really get cabbage soup. But there and cons anonymously put will not work.

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"Here the people went! You spit in the face - they climb to fight !!!"

[Fat]

What an outdated you are .... It is enough to wet the castle or the gate itself, well, or the wheel in the cold ....
And to fight - already half - honest, because they don’t lie in wait for "villains" in one person ....

[Trilobite Master]

Quote: Sea Cat

They will kill you someday.

Minuses? This is unlikely ... Unless I get tired of thanking ...

[Catfish]

That is unlikely...

But you can't stop dreaming. A man without a dream is like a bird without wings, and hamsters - they too ... dream.

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they, too... dream.
Become a "Stainless Steel Rat"!

[Trilobite Master]

My brother had a hamster for a while. So he liked to climb up the wallpaper to the very ceiling and jump from there. There was a soft carpet on the floor, and a light, fluffy hamster, spreading its paws, landed painlessly. I saw it myself.
And then the brother rearranged the table and the hamster flew headlong to its edge. Death was instant.
Moral: if you want to fly, watch the landing area.

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Moral: if you want to fly, watch the landing area.
Another moral: if you want to fly, think with your head, not with a landing pad.

[Catfish]

think with your head, not with your landing pad.

Often this is dangerous to health.

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Life, in general, is an incurable disease, one hundred percent die from it.

[Catfish]

Eh, they didn’t use the animal for business, the brother didn’t read the instructions.

[Fat]

You are all monsters, inhumane, there is no one to thread "by conversation ..." as usual ... poison to death .... quietly ...
Explosions, fire shots...
Yes, ... I have a battle track on my urgent message!
When I receive SMS, everything falls to the floor

[Fat]

Quote: Sea Cat

How they poked their faces into their own insignificance.

- This is "SUBSTITUTION"!
- Is it very gross?
- absolutely!
Go on! be kind....
"The Adams Family!

[Luminman]

Thank you, unknown creature, for limiting yourself to just pressing a button

Taking off my hat!

[Trilobite Master]

Thank you, thank you... I did not expect such warm responses to such an ambiguous message.

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Don't be fooled. A removed hat does not guarantee protection from a headshot.

[Kote Pan Kokhanka]

Something like that. smile

Wow Michael! Now the hamsters will drop everything and begin to take revenge on you "viciously plus" !!!

[Senior seaman]

Quote from Passeur

but I would like to see at least some sane arguments from the minus chmoshnik

Most likely, you have greatly affected someone's subtle mental organization.

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Most likely, you have greatly affected someone's subtle mental organization.
Probably mitochondria.

[VLR]

This is the version of the Polish Academician Brückner, a foreign corresponding member of the Imperial St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, the Prague and Belgrade Academies of Sciences. He wrote:

Arapnik - from the Polish harapnik (the call of a hunter driving dogs away from prey), from the German herab.

The literal translation of herab is down. But there is also the meaning "away", outdated and little used.

[setter]

So we are discussing the etymology of what word - "whip" or "arapnik"? Your first comment says:

It is believed that the name of the whip is of German origin - from herab ("away"), but the word came to Russian from the Polish language

In reality, everything is quite the opposite - the Polish word Knut is a borrowing from the Russian language - a whip, an instrument of punishment, torture.
But the arapnik, a hunting whip, is really a borrowing from the Polish - harap, from the German herab - a command that the kennel used to besiege the dogs.

[VLR]

It's just that in the message to which I was responding, it was about the rapnik, so by the word "whip" I meant exactly the rapnik.

[Fat]

setter
"Hello, I was born yesterday" (c) Luntik ...
Sometimes I watch with my grandchildren. Helps a lot with... a lot

[setter]

My grandson has already left Luntik's age, but I have not yet fallen into it.

[Trilobite Master]

I don’t know about the whip, but the word “heap” (patrol detachment, reconnaissance) in Russian was, “from the heap” meant something like “quickly”, “with a swoop”, “without preparation”. Later it turned into "in an impudent manner", and even later, apparently, into "on the arap", retaining its original meaning.

[Luminman]

Quote: Trilobite Master

"unceremoniously"

It seems that the etymology of this word is somehow connected with a horse ...

[Trilobite Master]

The word "snoring" in Russian has many meanings, but not a single one that refers purely to horses, so the connection with the horse is doubtful here.

[Luminman]

Quote: Trilobite Master

The word "snoring" in Russian has many meanings, but not a single one that refers purely to horses, so the connection with the horse is doubtful here.

Cuff (one of the meanings) - a horse's muzzle and something connected with a harness ...

[Trilobite Master]

One of the meanings of the word "snoring" is the bridge of the nose in an animal. Not necessarily a horse. Somewhere there was a meaning in the sense of "neck", "throat". Type "to take for snoring". This word does not apply to the horse, as far as I understand.

[Kote Pan Kokhanka]

I don’t know the history of the etymology of the word “snoring”, but for example, “mug” is a mask of an animal that was worn during Christmas time or cold weather.

[Catfish]

for example, "mug" is a mask of an animal that was worn during Christmas time or kaledovaniya.

Well, this is how to say, for some it is from birth - mug.
"-- Pitkin! Give birth!!!"

[Luminman]

Quote: VlR

the name of the whip is of German origin

In German, it probably also came from somewhere else from other languages. Some kind of not German weapon at all, and the phonetics is not quite German ...

[Alex242]

He returned in 1723, and the author of the German Biography, and after him Pushkin, assures that Peter I, accompanied by his wife Catherine, personally went to Krasnoye Selo to meet his godson, and allegedly waited for him there in a simple tavern for two days - the information is absolutely incredible. In fact, Abram Petrovich did not even receive hereditary nobility either from Peter I or from his widow Catherine I, he was forced to humbly ask for it from Elizabeth.

a harsh life fell to him, especially after the death of Peter ....

[Tests]

The owner of Trilobite (Mikhail), dear, in the 70s in Severodvinsk in new schools, all classes with the letter "A" from grades 1 to 3 are classes with an extended day group (there were no extensions in the city in many schools at the end of 90 - early 2000s), regardless of the address of residence of the child. I went to 1 "B", in 70 to school number 22, there were 6 first grades in our school in total. Our class was from neighboring 6 houses of 5-storey "brezhnevka". The city was being built very quickly, in our quarter they built the first two residential 9-story buildings in the city (how cool it was to climb to the very top on them! and run away from the construction watchman ...), we handed over 2 more schools in neighboring quarters: No. 25 and 26. And already in the 3rd grade I went with the letter "B". In the 2nd grade we studied in 2 shifts and there were 42 students in our class. Then, naturally, the number of students decreased and the number of classes per parallel decreased to 4 ... Somewhere in the late 80s, school 26 was closed and a teacher training college was placed in its building. And today there is one of the buildings of NArFU (Northern Arctic Federal University). And No. 26 received a school in the village of Beloe Lake.