Prince Andronikashvili

Prince Ivane Andronikashvili (Georgian: ივანე ანდრონიკაშვილი), also known as Knyaz Ivan Malkhazovich Andronnikov (Russian: Иван Малхазович Андронников) (1798 – November 19, 1868) was a Georgian noble and general in the Imperial Russian service. Georgian (ka ქართული ენა kartuli ena) is the Official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus. Kniaz’ or knyaz is a word found in some Slavic languages, denoting a Nobility rank Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya

He was born in Qudaghlo in the Kingdom of Kartli and Kakheti to Prince Malkhaz Andronikashvili and Princess Mariam Bagrationi. The Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti (1762-1798 was created in 1762 by the unification of two eastern Georgian kingdoms which had existed independently since the disintegration of Origins See also Origin of the Bagratid dynasties According to a family legend taken down by the eleventh-century Georgian chronicler Sumbat Davitis-Dze (In 1801, the Kingdom of Kartli and Kakheti became part of the Russian Empire. The Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti (1762-1798 was created in 1762 by the unification of two eastern Georgian kingdoms which had existed independently since the disintegration of ) His mother, Princess Mariam Bagrationi, was the sister of the last Imeretian king Solomon II. Origins See also Origin of the Bagratid dynasties According to a family legend taken down by the eleventh-century Georgian chronicler Sumbat Davitis-Dze The Kingdom of Imereti (იმერეთის სამეფო was established in 1455 by a member of the house of Bagration when the Kingdom of Georgia Solomon II (სოლომონ II ( 1772 - February 7, 1815) of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was the last King of Imereti (western

When Andronikashvili turned nineteen, he was enrolled in the St Petersburg Cavalry Regiment of the Leib Guard. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Leib Guard (Ле́йб-гва́рдия from German Leib, meaning body; cf Life Guards) were military units serving as personal guards In 1824 he joined the Nizhniy Novgorod dragoon regiment as a major. Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Nizhny Novgorod (Ни́жний Но́вгород Nižnij Novgorod) colloquially shortened as Nizhny, is the fourth largest city in Russia He served later in the Caucasus during the wars with Persia (1826-1829) and Turkey (1828-1829). The Caucasus ( also referred to as North Caucasus) is a geopolitical region located between Europe Asia & Middle East The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display He was promoted Major General in 1841 and appointed Governor General of Tiflis in 1849. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Tbilisi (ˌtbiˈliːsi in Georgian: თბილისი is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He took part in the Caucasian War and led an expedition against the rebellious Ossetes in 1840 and 1850. The Caucasian War of 1817–1864 also known as the Russian conquest of the Caucasus was an invasion of the Caucasus by the Russian Empire ended with the The Ossetians (ирæттæ irættæ are an Iranic Ethnic group indigenous to Ossetia, a region that spans the Caucasus Mountains Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link

The Crimean War was the apex of Andronikashvili’s military career. The Crimean War, also known in Russia as the Eastern War (Восточная война Vostochnaya Vojna) (March 1854–February 1856 was fought On November 14, 1853, he defeated Ali Pasha's army of 20,000 men at Akhaltsikhe with as few as 5,000 soldiers, mostly irregular Georgian cavalrymen. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Battle of Akhalzic may refer to one of the following A battle under the walls of Akhaltsikhe during the Russo-Turkish War 1828-1829 on August He achieved another victory against considerable odds over Selim Pasha’s 36,000 troops at the Choloki River with the force of 13,000. The Choloki River (in Georgian ჩოლოქი in Georgia forms the border between the autonomous province of Ajaria and the province of Guria. Prince Andronikashvili was promoted General of Cavalry just a few months before his death in 1868. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap

See also

• Andronikashvili

External links

• (Russian) Russian Biographical Dictionary