What was the attitude toward black people in imperial Russia? I assume"shockingly racist", but maybe they had positive views of Ethiopia?
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Probably similar to attitude toward Native-Americans in PLC or attitude toward Chinese in Sweden 
Other than some generic "those weird peoples from far away are prolly somewhat primitive" that all Europeans shared, blacks most likely would have been far too rare and exotic sight in Imperial Russia to actually warrant any serious racism.
Other than some generic "those weird peoples from far away are prolly somewhat primitive" that all Europeans shared, blacks most likely would have been far too rare and exotic sight in Imperial Russia to actually warrant any serious racism.
I think Wikipedia article regarding Afro-Russians will help. Some Afro-Russians rose significant positions because of their skills so one cannot say that they only despised in the Imperial Russia by the local population or the ruling class.
Except from the Abkhazian Negroes and of course the forefather of our "Sun of the Poetry", I don't think there have been any. So the question didn't really matter.
So the question didn't really matter.
Yeah, Abram Petrovich Gannibal mentioned by Amallric was his great-grandfather.
AFAIK it was all see more in religious terms than racial ones. Ethiopia and Ethiopians were seen very positively and there are some interesting accounts of Russian officers as observers/attaches aiding the Ethiopians against the Italians and others in the late 19th century. Muslim blacks were of course the enemy. Everyone else was too remote to be of interest. There were no 'color' boundaries in their society.
Usually you see them referred to in writings as "black arabs" since religion seemed more important in defining ethnicity in Eastern Europe than the actual physical features.
Edit: in other words, pretty much exactly what you said