Alexander Imeretinsky

Alexander Imeretinsky was born in Moscow Gubernia on 24 September 1837 to a Georgian royal family of Imeretinsky, a sub branch of the Bagrationi dynasty. His father, Prince Constantine of Imereti was a head of the royal house of the former Kingdom of Imereti (annexed by Russia in 1810) and a Major General in Russian army. Imeretinsky graduated from Page Corps in Saint Petersburg. ==Imperial Russian service==

In 1855 Imeretinsky served in a mounted Imperial Guard pioneer squadron. From 1856 to 1859 he took part in the Caucasian War against Chechens and Dagestanis with a Georgian Grenadier Regiment, during which he was promoted to lieutenant colonel upon request on January 31, 1857. He then studied at the Nicholas General Staff Academy (1859–1863). He took part in suppressing the Polish January Uprising in 1863, earning the Captaincy for Distinguished Service on July 4 of that year, Imeretinsky also gave permission to erect a monument to Adam Mickiewicz, the great Polish poet. He was criticized for his liberal stance by certain Russian and Polish factions. After the Polish Socialist Party published an article critical of Imeretinsky's liberal policy in 1898, it gained much notoriety, and Imeretinsky was dismissed in 1900, dying on 17 November that year. ==Awards==

• Order of St. Anna, 2nd class (1866) and 1st class (1875) • Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class (1871), 2nd class (1879) and 1st class (1896) • Order of St. Stanislaus, 1st class (1873) • Golden Sword for Bravery (1877) • Order of St. George, 4th class (1877) and 3rd class (1877) • Order of the White Eagle (1882) • Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1885) • Captaincy for Distinguished Service (1863) == References ==