Prince Ivane Andronikashvili (Georgian: ივანე ანდრონიკაშვილი; Russian: Иван Малхазович Андронников, romanized: Ivan Malkhazovich Andronnikov; 1798 – November 19, 1868) was a Russian general from the Georgian noble Andronikashvili family.
He was born in Qudaghlo in the Kingdom of Kartli and Kakheti to Prince Malkhaz Andronikashvili and Princess Mariam Bagrationi.
[1] When Andronikashvili turned nineteen, he was enrolled in the St Petersburg Cavalry Regiment of the Leib Guard.
On November 14, 1853, he defeated Ali Pasha's army of 20,000 men at Akhaltsikhe with as few as 5,000 soldiers, mostly irregular Georgian cavalrymen.
He achieved another victory against considerable odds over Selim Pasha’s 36,000 troops at the Choloki River with the force of 13,000.