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Around 1705, an African boy from the seraglio of the Turkish sultan, was taken to Russia as a gift to Peter the Great. He was to become the great-grandfather of the poet, Alexander Pushkin. It is the contention of the editors that Pushkin's African ancestry has played the role of a wild card as a formative element in Russian cultural mythology.

Under the Sky of My Africa Alexander Pus

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      Publisher: Northwestern University Press
      Publication Date: 5/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780810119710, 978-0810119710
      ISBN10: 0810119714
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      Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Around 1705, an African boy from the seraglio of the Turkish sultan, was taken to Russia as a gift to Peter the Great. He was to become the great-grandfather of the poet, Alexander Pushkin. It is the contention of the editors that Pushkin's African ancestry has played the role of a wild card as a formative element in Russian cultural mythology.

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