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Common languages
Official Georgian
Native
Svan
Religion
Orthodox Christianity (Georgian Orthodox Church)
Government
Principality
Prince of Svaneti
Historical era
Late Middle Ages
• Established
1463
• duchy of Kingdom of Georgia
1008-1490
• subject of Kingdom of Imereti
1463-1833
• vassal of Russian Empire
1833-1857
• Disestablished
1857- 1858
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Imereti
Russian Empire
Today part of
Georgia
The Principality of Svaneti (Georgian: სვანეთის სამთავრო, romanized:svanetis samtavro) was a small principality (samtavro) in the Svaneti region of the Greater Caucasus mountains that emerged following the breakup of the Kingdom of Georgia in the late 15th century. It was ruled successively by the houses of Gelovani and Dadeshkeliani, and was annexed to the Russian Empire in 1858.
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