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Prince David Chavchavadze (May 20, 1924 – October 5, 2014) was an American author and a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer of Georgian-Russian origin. Background David Chavchavadze’s family genealogical tree is filled with nobles. On his mother’s side, he belongs to the Russian Romanov family.
It came true. Ekaterine Chavchavadze. Ekaterine was born in Tbilisi on March 19, 1816. Her father, Alexandre, named her in honor of his godmother, Russia’s Tsarina Ekaterine. After obtaining her primary education, Ekaterine entered the exclusive private boarding school of Praskovya Nikolaevna Arsenyeva Akhverdova in St. Petersburg.
Tsinandali (Georgian: წინანდალი) is a village in Kakheti, Georgia, situated in the district of Telavi, 79 km east of Tbilisi.It is noted for the palace and historic winery-estate which once belonged to the 19th-century aristocratic poet Alexander Chavchavadze (1786–1846) and which, since 2019, is the venue for the Tsinandali Festival.
Their son, Prince David Chavchavadze, served with the U.S. Army during World War II and, thanks in part to his knowledge of Russian, eventually became a CIA officer. After his retirement, he wrote his memoirs and published those of his grandmother, Grand Duchess George, as well as a book about the grand dukes of Russia.
David Chavchavadze is the author of The Grand Dukes (3.75 avg rating, 8 ratings, 1 review, published 1990) and Crowns and Trenchcoats (4.00 avg rating, 4...
15 nov 2014 · After David Chavchavadze’s death, due to the failure to pay the debt to the Russian Public Bank, the estate passed to the property of the Imperial family. The Tsinandali garden was renovated in 1887 and passed to the state n 1917.
English: Prince Alexander Chavchavadze (1786–1846) was a notable Georgian poet, public benefactor and military figure. Regarded as the "father of Georgian romanticism ," he was also known as a preeminent aristocrat of Georgia and a talented general in the Imperial Russian service.
