Chkhetidze

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Chkhetidze (Georgian: ჩხეტიძე) was a Georgian noble family known in west Georgia from the tenth century.

It formed the following lines:

• The Princes Chkheidze (ჩხეიძე) in Imereti, confirmed in the princely title under the Russian Empire in 1850 and 1861.
• The Eristavi of Racha (ერისთავი რაჭისა) since the 15th century, later entitled as Princes Eristov of Racha under the Russian rule in 1850.
• Chkhotua (Chkotua; ჩხოტუა, ჩქოტუა) in Mingrelia and Abkhazia, elevated to the princely rank of the Russian Empire in 1901.^[1]

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• Nikolay Chkheidze