George Vladimirovitch Shervashidze

George Vladimirovitch Shervashidze (born 1894 in Vladimir, d. 1978 in Sofia), titular Prince of Abkhazia from 1968 after the death of his uncle.

He was a captain of the Russian army and fought in the First World War. He participated in the Yaroslavl uprising against the Bolsheviks and later emigrated to Bulgaria. He was married to Tatiana Afanasyevna Bendereva who was a doctor, born in Tbilisi in 1901.[1]

See also

  • List of Princes of Abkhazia

References

  1. "Abaza Duney - Interview of Nikita Georgevitch Shervashidze (Russian)". Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
George Vladimirovitch Shervashidze
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Alexander
 TITULAR 
Prince of Abkhazia
1968–1978
Reason for succession failure:
Principality incorporated into the Russian Empire in 1866
Succeeded by
Nikita
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