- Ivane Andronikashvili
Prince Ivane Andronikashvili ( _ka. ივანე ანდრონიკაშვილი), also known as
Knyaz "Ivan Malkhazovich Andronnikov" ( _ru. Иван Малхазович Андронников) (1798 –November 19 ,1868 ) was a Georgian noble and general in theImperial Russia n service.He was born in Qudaghlo in the
Kingdom of Kartli and Kakheti to Prince Malkhaz Andronikashvili and Princess MariamBagrationi . (In 1801, theKingdom of Kartli and Kakheti became part of the Russian Empire.) His mother, Princess MariamBagrationi , was the sister of the last Imeretian king Solomon II.When Andronikashvili turned nineteen, he was enrolled in the
St Petersburg Cavalry Regiment of the Leib Guard. In 1824 he joined theNizhniy Novgorod dragoon regiment as a major. He served later in theCaucasus during the wars with Persia (1826-1829) and Turkey (1828-1829). He was promoted Major General in 1841 and appointed Governor General ofTiflis in 1849. He took part in theCaucasian War and led an expedition against the rebellious Ossetes in 1840 and 1850.The
Crimean War was the apex of Andronikashvili’s military career. OnNovember 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. He achieved another victory against considerable odds over Selim Pasha’s 36,000 troops at theCholoki River with the force of 13,000. Prince Andronikashvili was promoted General of Cavalry just a few months before his death in 1868.ee also
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* [http://www.rulex.ru/01010521.htm Russian Biographical Dictionary]
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