Garsevan Chavchavadze
Garsevan Chavchavadze | |
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გარსევან ჭავჭავაძე | |
Born | |
Died | April 7, 1811 | (aged 53)
Nationality | Georgian |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Known for | Georgian royal envoy to the Russian Empire |
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He came from a
Family and early career
He was involved in the negotiations that led to the 1783
During his tenure as ambassador, Garsevan urged the Russian government to timely fulfill the promise of protection, but Georgia was left without any assistance when, in 1795,
Russian annexation and disillusionment
Upon the death of George XII of Georgia in 1800, Russia put in place a plan to absorb Georgia outright, officially declaring its annexation in 1801 and removing the Georgian Bagrationi dynasty from the throne.[3] Shocked by this decision, Prince Chavchavadze wrote to his relatives in Tbilisi, that the Russians "not fulfilled [even] one of King Giorgi's requirements. They have abolished our kingdom... No country has ever been so humiliated as Georgia."[4] In September 1801 he presented a formal note of protest against the annexation to the Russian Vice Chancellor Prince Alexander Kurakin.[3]
Back in Georgia, he fruitlessly attempted to lobby for the preservation of a degree of internal autonomy for his native country. He remained in opposition to the Russian rule throughout the following years, prompting the new administration of Georgia to deport him to Russia in 1805. Not allowed to return to his homeland, Chavchavadze settled in St. Petersburg. He died there in 1811, and was buried at Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
See also
- Georgia under the Russian Empire
- Russians in Georgia
References
- ^ Lang, DM (1962), A Modern History of Georgia, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, p. 38
- ISBN 0-7007-1162-7, p. 145
- ^ a b Lang, DM (1957), The Last Years of the Georgian Monarchy: 1658-1832, New York City: Columbia University Press, pp. 242, 251
- ISBN 0-253-20915-3, p. 59
- Думин С. В., Чиковани Ю. К. Дворянские роды Российской империи. — М.: Ликоминвест", 1998. — Т. 4
- თავადი ჭავჭავაძეები. ჩიქოვანი, ი. თბ.: არტანუჯი, 2002
- Государственный музей искусств Грузинской ССр. — М.: «Государственное издательство изобразительного искусства», 1960.