Alexander Shervashidze

Prince Aleksandr Konstantinovich Chachba-Sharvashidze (; ; 1867–1968) was a Georgian-Abkhazian Chachba, graphic designer, painter, scenographer and art critic.

Following the death of his cousin, Giorgi Mikhailovitch Sharvashidze in 1918, Sharvashidze succeed the Abkhazian throne in pretence.

Early life and family Aleksandr Konstantinovich Chachba-Sharvashidze was born on 1867 in Feodosia, to Nathalie de Enloy de la Garde and . Through his father Sharvashidze was a member of the House of Sharvashidze, the former ruling family of the Principality of Abkhazia.

Sharvashidze was the grandson of the Abkhazian ruler Sefer Ali-Bey Sharvashidze and great-grandson of Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Sharvashidze. Sharvashidze's father Constantine was part of the 1832 conspiracy of Georgian nobility against Russian rule.

Career From 1907 until 1918 Sharvashidze worked as a scenographer at the Mariinsky and Alexandrinsky theatres. He co-operated with Alexandre Benois, Aleksandr Golovin, Valentin Serov and Pablo Picasso.

Exile Fellowing the Russian Revolution, Sharvashidze went into exile in France, and from 1920 lived in Paris. On 24 December 2013, a monument was unveiled on his grave.

On 21 January 2024, the Central Exhibition Hall, in Sukhumi, which stored precious artworks from Abkhazia's National Art Gallery, burned down, resulting in the tragic loss of over four thousand artworks, including up to 300 pieces by Alexander Chachba-Shervashidze.