Aleksandr Shervashidze

Aleksandr Konstantinovich Shervashidze (Chachba) (Georgian: ალექსანდრე კონსტანტინის ძე შერვაშიძე, Abkhazian: Алеқсандр Константин-иҧа Чачба, 1867–1968) was a painter from the Russian Empire and member of the Shervashidze princely dynasty of Abkhazia. He was the grandson of the Abkhazian ruler Sefer Ali-Bey.[1] His father Constantine was part of the 1832 conspiracy of Georgian nobility against Russian rule. Following the death of his cousin, Giorgi Shervashidze in 1918, Alexander was the locum tenens of the Abkhazian throne.

Aleksandr Shervashidze, a portrait by Vladimir Rossinsky, 1913.

From 1907 until 1918 Shervashidze worked a scenographer at the Saint Petersburg Mariinsky and Alexandrinsky theatres. He co-operated with Alexandre Benois, Aleksandr Golovin, Valentin Serov and Pablo Picasso.[2] He requested for all his work to be left to Georgia after his death.

After the Russian Revolution, Chachba went into exile in France. He died on 17 August 1968 at the age of 101 in the hostel for the elderly in Monaco, and was buried at the Russian cemetery in Nice. On 12 May 1985, Shervashidze was ceremonially reburied in the centre of the Abkhazian capital Sukhumi.[3] On 24 December 2013, a monument was unveiled on his grave.[4]

See also
  • List of Princes of Abkhazia

References
  1. Шервашидзе - страница 7 - Центр генеалогических исследований
  2. "On November 16, 2009 the Bank of Abkhazia issues a silver coin "Александр Чачба" (Aleksandr Chachba) of 10 apsars denomination of the series "Outstanding Personalities of Abkhazia" dedicated to Aleksandr Konstantinovich Chachba". National Bank of the Republic of Abkhazia. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
  3. В Санкт-Петербурге завершилась выставка "В Петербурге мы сойдемся снова…". (in Russian). Администрация Президента Республики Абхазия. 31 March 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
  4. "В центре Сухума, на могиле художника Александра Шервашидзе-Чачба установили памятник". Apsnyprss. 24 December 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
Aleksandr Shervashidze
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Giorgi		 — TITULAR —
Prince of Abkhazia
1918–1968
Reason for succession failure:
Principality incorporated into the Russian Empire in 1866		 Succeeded by
George


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