Konstantin Dadiani

nobleman

Konstantin Dadiani
nobleman; Konstantin Dadiani
	General Dadiani
Born	18 October 1819
Died	25 April 1889
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army
Years of service	1839–1887
Rank	Lieutenant general
Battles/wars	Caucasian War; Crimean War; Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

Prince Konstantin Dadiani (

Russian Imperial Army. During his nearly four-decade long military career, he fought in the Caucasian, Crimean, and Turkish

wars.

Caucasus mountains

Prince Dadiani was the third son of

Order of St. Vladimir, 4th Class. In August 1853, he was fighting again in Chechnya, when the death of his brother, David, Prince of Mingrelia, compelled Konstantin Dadiani to return to Mingrelia to become part of the regency council for his underage nephew Niko presided by David's widow Princess Ekaterina.^[1]

Crimean War

Dadiani's return to Mingrelia coincided with the outbreak of the Crimean War, followed by landing of the Ottoman troops in Mingrelia in May 1854. He assumed command of a Mingrelian militia and engaged the superior Ottoman forces at Koki and Kokati on 25 October 1854. With the Ottoman advance, the Russian regular troops retreated from Mingrelia and parts of Mingrelian militia deserted their ranks. Dadiani, with a remaining force, moved to the highlands to protect the family of his late brother. After the Ottoman withdrawal, Konstantin Dadiani marshaled his militia again and joined the Guria detachment in its operations against the Ottoman forces.^[1]

Later career

During a peasant revolt in Mingrelia in 1857, Konstantin Dadiani and his brother,

uyezd.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Tageev, Boris L. (1905). "Дадиан, Константин Леванович [Dadian, Konstantin Levanovich]". In Polovtsov, Alexander (ed.). Русский биографический словарь, Т. 6 [Russian Biographic Dictionary, Vol. 6] (in Russian). St. Petersburg. pp. 37–38.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[rbd-1] Tageev, Boris L. (1905). "Дадиан, Константин Леванович [Dadian, Konstantin Levanovich]". In Polovtsov, Alexander (ed.). Русский биографический словарь, Т. 6 [Russian Biographic Dictionary, Vol. 6] (in Russian). St. Petersburg. pp. 37–38.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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