Spiridon Eristovich Zhevakhov (Russian: Спиридон Эристович Жевахов) or Spiridon Javakhishvili (Georgian: სპირიდონ ჯავახიშვილი) (1768 – 25 July 1815) was a Russian general of Georgian noble descent and a participant of the Napoleonic Wars.
Zhevakhov was born in the émigré Georgian family of Prince Javakhishvili who had an estate in Ukraine.
He enlisted in the Leib-Guard Preobrazhensky regiment in 1779 and took part in the war against the Turkey (1787-1792), Poland (1794), Persia (1796), and Suvorov’s campaign in Switzerland (1799).
During the French invasion of Russia in 1812, Zhevakhov served in the 3rd Army of the West and successfully commanded cavalry units.
[1] After the end of the hostilities with France, he commanded a brigade in the 3rd hussar division.