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279: Cameroon: The Slave General of Peter the Great
Episode 279

279: Cameroon: The Slave General of Peter the Great

The Rest Is History

December 11, 202235m 38s

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Show Notes

In today’s World Cup special on Cameroon, Tom and Dominic tell the fascinating story of “probably the most famous Cameroonian to become a Russian General”. Learn about the extraordinary life of Major-General Abram Petrovich Gannibal, the great-grandfather of Russia’s most famous poet, Alexander Pushkin.


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