 The Russian annexation of Imereti in 1810 brought the princedom of Saabashidzeo to an end.Henceforth, the family was equated to other noble families of the Russian Empire and confirmed as princes on September 20, 1825.On July 29, 1876, Prince Simon Abashidze (1837–1891) was granted the right to assume the surname and coat of arms of his father-in-law, the late Ukrainian nobleman Semen Davydovych Gorlenko, for himself and his male-line descendants (Abashidze-Gorlenko, Абашидзе-Горленко), but he died without a male heir.