რამდენიმე დეტექტიური ეპიზოდი ალექსანდრე ჭავჭავაძის ცხოვრებიდან

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The biography of some writers appears to us as a chronicle of great political and state events. This becomes particularly noticeable when this or that episode of the creator's life relates to the struggle for a great humani­tarian idea or to save the country and involves self-sacrificial action.

Literary history is well acquainted with the life of English poet George Byron. It is also known that he directly participated in the Italian people's struggle against Austrian rule, then the poet went to Greece to participate in the Greek people's national liberation struggle, where he became ill and died.

The life of Hungarian poet Sandor Petofi remains a symbol of heroism and self-sacrifice. He was one of the leaders of the national liberation strugg­le directed against Austrian rule and died on the battlefield, so that his com­rades could not even find his body.

In both the first and second cases, the biographers of these poets speci­fically note these episodes of their lives and give very high praise to their decisions.

We think it is also admirable that our romantic poet Alexandre Chav­cha­vadze participated in the national liberation struggle in his youth, regardless of how his life continued afterward, how faithful he remained to his youthful aspirations.

Unfortunately, today's Georgian reader somehow passes indifferently by this episode of the poet's life, as if it was an ordinary story - an eighteen-year-old young man from the highest aristocratic family fleeing from home and joining the rebellious Mtiulian units.

Geronti Qiqodze wrote: "Alexandre fled from his father and sided with the rebellious Mtiulians, who were led by Prince Pharnaoz." However, we do not know what the researcher meant by "fleeing from his father" - should these words be understood literally or does it mean leaving home without permission; was this protest momentary or was there some internal confron­tation between father and son, between Garsevan and Alexandre Chavcha­vadze; was fleeing to Mtiulians caused by patriotic feeling or did youthful romanticism predominate more in Alexandre's decision.

It should also be said that this incident did not pass without a trace in Alexandre Chavchavadze's life. The young poet was properly punished for his actions. His creative work was often inspired precisely by this episode. Many of the poet's poems directly echo his romantic step.

It is true that years later, in a report sent to the emperor, the poet "repented" this youthful step: "I left my parents and fled... This was, I think, in 1803, under the bad influence of some misguided youth I sided with Prince Pharnaoz who was in Mtiuleti at that time," however, the poet's sub­sequent life and especially his creative work can be considered precisely as an echo and a kind of justification of that "wrong step."

This is precisely what we will try to prove in this article. For this pur­pose, let us study more deeply Alexandre Chavchavadze's life itself, this episode of his biography, as well as the entire history of Garsevan Chavcha­vadze's diplomatic service, his role in Georgian-Russian relations and possible participation in the entire process shrouded in secrecy until the day of the abolition of the monarchy in Georgia. The reader will undoubtedly be interested in Alexandre Chavchavadze's personal relationship with the princes of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti as well as the causes and goals of the Mtiulian rebellion.