Tsulukidze (family)

The Tsulukidze ( _ka. წულუკიძე) are a Georgian noble family, known in the western part of the country since 1451.Toumanoff, Cyril (1967). "Studies in Christian Caucasian History", p. 272. Georgetown University Press.] According to a traditional account, they were elevated to a princely dignity (tavadi) by King George III of Imereti in 1605. [Ioane Bagrationi, [http://www.geogen.ge/indexen.php?id_menu=12&id_menu_up=2&lang=en&id_let=37&abc=1 Dsulukidze (Princes of Imerethi)] . Retrieved on 2008-07-15.]

Under the western Georgian kings of Imereti, the Tsulukidze served as Constables of Lower Imereti and had a fiefdom in Racha, with a familial burial ground at the Nikortsminda Cathedral. The Tsulukidze were involved in a series of civil wars which plagued Imereti until the eventual annexation by the Russian Empire in 1810. The family was confirmed as princes (knyaz) of the Russian Empire in 1850. [ru icon [http://www.rulex.ru/01230092.htm Цулукидзе (Tsulukidze)] . "Russian Biographic Dictionary". Retrieved on 2008-07-15.]

The Tsulukidze family produced several notable political and military leaders from the 17th century into the 20th, including General Varden Tsulukidze and the Marxist revolutionary Alexander Tsulukidze.

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