The Principality of Svaneti (Georgian: სვანეთის სამთავრო) was a small principality (samtavro) in 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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