Aleksandre Tarsaidze

He was born on June 22, 1901 in Tbilisi, in the family of Giorgi Tarsaidze, the first Georgian ophthalmologist.

He then worked for the Istanbul-based American Relief Administration and emigrated to the United States in 1923.

He was employed by several cosmetic and jewelry enterprises including the Matchabelli Perfumes run by the émigré Georgian Prince Georges V.

[1] During World War II, he served in the United States Army Military Intelligence.

[2] Tarsaidze's main works are: Морской корпус за четверть века, 1901-1925 (The Naval Corps for a Quarter of the Century, 1901-1925; NYC, 1944), Czars and Presidents.