H.
Ex.
Lieutenant
General
Prince
Tsitsianov
was
appointed
to
the
postof
the
Administrator-in-Chief
of
Caucasian
districts
in
1803/1219.
He
introduced
the"guberny
system"
thus
establishing
five
provinces
(Gubernis)
of
Qizliar,
Mozdok,
Georgievsk,
Aleksandrovsk
and
Stavropol.
He
opened
state
offices
in
the
provinces
toimplement
Russian
laws
and
order.
Similar
to
early
days
the
princes
of
Georgia
refused
to
agree
withthese
changes
and
started
to
revolt.
Though
Prince
Tsitsianov
preached
them
and
gave
wiseadvices
not
to
fall
for
useless
ideas,
they
did
not
listen.
(106a)
Lastly,
Prince[Tsitsianov]
found
them
incorrigible
and
considered
it
better
to
send
all
of
them
toRussia.
Among
them
was
Vali
's
wife
Dedavalu,
who
protested
andrejected
going
to
Russia.
H.
Ex.
Prince
[Tsitsianov]
sent
General
Lazarev
to
convince
herof
the
need
to
moving
to
Russia.
The
General
went
and
admonished
her
long,
but
all
was
invain.
Ungratefully
disregarding
all
the
praiseful
deeds
done
by
General
Lazarev
forGeorgian
people,
she
imperceptibly
drew
the
dagger
and
wounded
the
General.
And
GeneralLazarev
died
there.
The
Prince
[Tsitsianov]
ordered
to
take
her
to
Russia
by
force.
Afterwards,
not
a
single
heir
of
Vali
remained
in
Georgia.
Then
the
affairs
ofGeorgia
became
stable
and
the
troubles
raised
in
its
regions
calmed
down.
