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Constantine Dadeshkeliani

1826–1857 · 19th century

Constantine Dadeshkeliani was the last ruling prince of Svaneti in the Georgian Caucasus. Resisting the Russian authorities' plans to remove him, in 1857 he stabbed to death Prince Alexander Gagarin, the governor of Kutaisi, during a meeting. He was court-martialled and shot, and in 1858 the Russian Empire abolished his principality.

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Principality of Svaneti

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