The exchange and ransoming from Schamyl of the family of Prince David Chavchavadze and Princess I. Orbelian with their children and family, March 12, 1855

Lithograph after Pitolshchyev, printed by Oranin; boat with Russian officers crossing river, soldiers from Caucasus awaiting it on left bank, Russian officers on right bank welcoming women and children, Russian army on hill in right distance, Caucasus troops on left; text below. Lithograph after Pitolshchyev, printed by Oranin; boat with Russian officers crossing river, soldiers from Caucasus awaiting it on left bank, Russian officers on right bank welcoming women and children, Russian army on hill in right distance, Caucasus troops on left; text below. In July 1854, Shamil's forces entered Kakheti where they looted and burned the country estate of Prince David Chavchavadze before kidnapping him and his family for 8 months. The hostage crises was resolved in March 1855 when Shamil exchanged his captives for his long-lost son and 40,000 rubles; [See Susan Layton, 'Imagining a Chechen military aristocracy: the story of the Georgian princesses held hostage by Shamil', Central Asian Survey (June 2004) 23 (2), 183-203.] New York, Rockman Prints, 1958. original title in Russian, translated by cataloger