Family Tree PushkinOrigin of Alexander Pushkin comes from a noble family branched untitled Pushkin, dates back to the genealogical legend, "her husband honest" Ratshe. Pushkin wrote repeatedly about his ancestry in verse and prose; he had seen in a sample of their ancestors ancient family, the true "aristocracy", to serve the fatherland, but not curry favor with the rulers and the "persecuted." More than once he turned (including art form), and to the image of his great-grandfather on his mother - African Abram Petrovich Hannibal, became a servant and disciple of Peter I, and then a military engineer and general .
Paternal grandfather Lev - artillery colonel, Guard Captain. Father - Sergei L. Pushkin (1767-1848), a secular wit and poet-lover. Pushkin's mother - Nadezhda Osipovna (1775-1836), the granddaughter of Hannibal. Paternal uncle, Davidov (1766-1830), was a famous poet of the circle Karamzin. Of the children Sobolev and Hope Osipovna except Alexander, daughter Olga survived (in marriage Pavlishcheva, 1797-1868) and son Leo (1805-1852)