Palavandisjvili

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,