31 January] 1886) was an Imperial Russian bureaucrat and an Orientalist historian, with principal interests in the history and culture of the South Caucasus.

[2] Trained in Oriental studies at Saint Petersburg University, Berzhe's was dispatched to the chancellery of the Viceroy of the Caucasus Prince Mikhail Vorontsov in 1851.

He died at Tiflis in 1886, leaving behind a number of works pertaining to the history of the Caucasus and Middle East, including the monumental 11-volume collection of archival documents titled Akty, sobrannye Kavkazskoy arkheograficheskoy komissiyey (Documents collected by the Caucasian Archaeographical Commission, Tiflis, 1866–1886), the last volume of which appeared in print after Berzhe's death.

In 1852, Berzhe accompanied the expedition of Aleksandr Meyendorff [ru], the materials of which were used for his work Prikaspiysky kray (The Caspian region).

[5] Berzhe further improved his knowledge of the Persian language, became acquainted with Iranian scholars, acquired rare books and manuscripts, wrote travel notes, and collected materials for stories that could have interested Russian readers.

While there, he wrote a correspondence to the newspaper Kavkaz [ru] containing information about the recent events in Iran like the Persian campaign in Khiva or the Babid uprising in Zanjan in 1850–1852.

[7] During his visit in Iran, Berzhe published his Russian translation of the work of Azerbaijani historian Mirza Jamal Javanshir, Tarikh-e Qarabagh.

Berzhe's most important archaeographic discovery was the library of Kalust Shirmazanian, a wealthy Armenian merchant who had moved from Persia to Russia in 1821.

With the help of the local administration and especially Dagestani scholars, notably Imam Shamil's former philosophy teacher Bin Khitinou Lachinilou, the chest was found.

It contained the genealogy of the Avar khans in its postscript that was published by Berzhe in one of the volumes of the Acts of the Caucasian Archaeographic Commission [ru].

[8] Berzhe also discovered the autograph of the famous Kabardian author Shora Bekmurzin Nogmov's [ru] History of the Adyghe people.

[8] For many years, in collaboration with local scientists, Berzhe collected samples of Azerbaijani poetry of the 18th–19th centuries that he wanted to publish in Russia.

The purpose of the trip was to publish the collection of Azerbaijani poetry and a Persian-French dictionary intended for those involved in the translation of Persian official documents.