the Russian annexation of Georgia (1801), the Andronikashvili were confirmed in the dignity of knyaz in 1826 and mostly served in the Russian army. Following the Bolshevik takeover in the 1917 October Revolution, the head of the family, Jesse Andronikashvili (Andronikov), managed to send his family to France, while he himself spent several years in Soviet prisons before being shot in 1937. His son, Constantin Andronikof (1916–1997) became a French diplomat, the Dean of St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris, and translator of Sergei Bulgakov's theological writings into French. Family tree of the main princely line Notable members Zakaria Andronikashvili (c. 1740–1800), military commander Zaal Andronikashvili (died 1803), military commander Ivane Andronikashvili (1798–1868), general in the Russian service Ivane Andronikashvili (1862-1947), agronomist, viticulturalist Salomea Andronikova (1888–1982), socialite Alexander Andronikashvili (1892–1923), anti-Soviet guerrilla leader Elepter Andronikashvili (1910–1989), physicist Irakly Andronikov (1908–1990), historian, philologist and media personality Constantin Andronikof (1916–1997), diplomat in the French service and a major French translator of Russian religious thought. References See also List of Georgian princely families Komnenos dynasty Noble families of Georgia (country) Russian noble families Georgian-language surnames