Ivan Felaretovich Babichev

The article is devoted to the life and works of Fitaurari I.F. Babichev, the man whose name is not mentioned in the studies of any Russian or foreign authors, including Ethiopians. The biography I.F. Babichev, who took an active part in the most important military and diplomatic events during the beginning of the modernization of the administrative apparatus of the Ethiopian empire, deserves a separate study, which has not previously been carried out. The authors are attempting to fill the gap, on the basis of unpublished archival material sources.