[2][3][4][5] He also designed the building of the Shota Rustaveli State University in Batumi and the Court of Appeals in Kutaisi.

Mother, Emilia-Anna Maria Petrovna, née Gurskalin, of Swedish-German origin, ancestors have lived in St. Petersburg since the XVIII century.

The family lived on the 11th line of Vasilyevsky Island in Aue's house.

All three sons - Pavel (1856-1900), Alexander (1858-1907) and Peter (1862-1920) studied at the Karl May School, where teaching was conducted in German.

In 1910, an Alexander Shimkevich scholarship was established for students of the Tbilisi Art School.