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250px|thumb|Portrait of Prince Vasili Osipovich Bebutov The House of Bebutov (, , Bebutovy) was a Georgian and Russian noble family of Armenian ethnicity which played an important role in the economical and social life of the city of Tiflis (Tbilisi) throughout the 17th and 18th century, and later served in the military of the Russian Empire in the 19th century.

thumb|The Coat of arms of Princes Mikeladze The House of Mikeladze () was a Georgian noble family, known from at least the 14th century. The senior, and the princely, line of the Mikeladze flourished in Imereti (western Georgia), while a collateral branch was later established as the petite nobles Mikelashvili (მიქელაშვილი) in Kartli (central Georgia).

Senyavin () (also commonly spelled as Sinyavin) is a Russian noble family (dvoryans), famous for its Imperial Russian Navy officers.

thumb|Genealogy of Princes Palavandov (1892) The House of Palavandishvili () is an ancient Georgian aristocratic family, known from the 12th/13th century and received among the princely nobility of Imperial Russia as Princes Palavandov () in the 19th century. == History == thumb|left|Prince Nikolay Osipovich Palavandov (1790-1855), Imperial Governor of Tbilisi (1830s) "Palavandishvili" means a warrior. When Georgia had a war, they agreed with their enemy not to shed one's blood and to choose one of their chosen warriors and to fight one on one. After a great battle of two magnificent warriors,

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thumb|Ancient gravestones in Vorotynsk The Vorotynsky family was a Russian noble family which was involved in the politics of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Tsardom of Russia. Their lands lay principally in the Upper Oka region and comprised the towns of Peremyshl and Vorotynsk as well as parts (дольницы) of Novosil and Odoyev.

thumb|Coat of Arms of the Princes Jorjadze (1829)

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The House of Tarielashvili () is a Georgian Aristocratic family from Eastern Georgia, which also belonged to the Russian nobility.

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thumb|Coat of arms of Counts Rumyantsev The Rumyantsev family () was an old and prominent Russian noble family, whose members were involved in imperial politics in the 18th and early 19th century. They were granted the title of Count in Russia.

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thumb|right|Coat of arms of the Mikhalkov family The Mikhalkov family () is a Russian noble family, which is known from the end of the 15th century. The family can trace their aristocratic heritage roots to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Many members of the family worked in the Soviet Union and modern Russia.

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thumb|Avalishvili family coat of arms. The House of Avalishvili () is a Georgian noble family, which branched off the Panaskerteli-Tsitsishvili house in the 16th century. The initial appanage of the family was located in the historical area called Tori and now known as the Borjomi Gorge with its center at the village of Sadgeri. From 1545 onward, they were vassals to the princes of Samtskhe, which soon came under the influence of the Ottoman Empire and Islam. Fleeing the Islamization of the area, several members of the Avalishvili family moved into inner Georgia early in the 17th century; thos

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The House of Agiashvili () is an ancient Georgian noble family, whose roots can be traced back to the 12th century noble family House of Omatmatidze (ომათმათიძე).

thumb|The Diasamidze family coat of arms The House of Diasamidze () was an old Georgian noble family known from 1443, later incorporated later into the Russian nobility.

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thumb|right|Coat of arms of Princes Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukov The House of Arghutyan-Yerkaynabazuks, Mkhargrdzeli-Arghutashvilis (, ), later known as Argutinsky-Dolgorukov () were a Georgian and Russian noble family of Armenian descent whose double surname indicates their descent from Arghut and the family's purported origin from the medieval house of Mkhargrdzeli (Zakaryan-Zachariads). "Dolgorukov" is a direct Russian translation of "Mkhargrdzeli" or "Yerkaynabazuk", literally respectively meaning in Georgian and Armenian "a long-arm".