Garsevan Chavchavadze

Prince Garsevan Chavchavadze (Georgian: გარსევან ჭავჭავაძე) (July 20, 1757 - April 7, 1811) was a Georgian politician and diplomat primarily known as a Georgian ambassador to Imperial Russia. He came from a noble family of the 3rd rank from the kingdom of Kakheti, eastern Georgia. For years, Chavchavadze served as adjutant-general to Erekle II, king of Kartli and Kakheti. He was also Governor-General of the Qazakh province. He was involved in the negotiations that led to the 1783 Treaty of Georgievsk with Russia, placing the Georgian kingdom under the protection of Tsarina Catherine II. In 1784, Prince Chavchavadze was appointed as an ambassador to St Petersburg. He was welcomed in Russia, and Empress Catherine became a godmother at the...