[1] It was the third and the last armed uprising of Georgian mountaineers against the Russian Imperial rule, the other two being the Mtiuleti rebellion of 1804 and the Kakheti revolt of 1812.

On a farewell audience in Kutaisi, he quarreled with a local Russian administrator, Alexander Gagarin, and stabbed him to death along with three of his staff.

Several members of the Dadeshekeliani family were exiled to the remote Russian provinces and those who remained in Georgia were deprived of their autonomous powers.

Under the command of Farjiani (Georgian: ფარჯიანი), an oath was sworn in the church of Kvirike that if the government did not give up it intentions, then they would defend themselves fighting with arms.

Sixteen men were arrested and sentenced to several years in prison or deported from Svaneti for leading systematic protests against government measures and participating in the latest riots.

A regular army unit of 1200 men, an artillery battery, a detachment of destroyers and a hundred militiamen under the leadership of General Erast Tsytovich arrived at the Lower Svaneti Gate.

Despite fervent sympathy and support, all participants in the uprising were sentenced to long prison terms or life imprisonment.