Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Site na 1980 ruo 1985 nakwa site na 1989 ruo 1990, a họpụtara Shengelaia, onye so n'òtù Kọmunist mgbe ahụ, ịbụ onye so na Soviet Kasị Elu nke Georgia SSR nakwa, site na 1989 ruo 1991, ịbụ onye so na Congress of the People's Deputies of the USSR. Ọ bụ onye so na kọmitii Sobchak, nke na-enyocha mkpagbu ndị agha Soviet kpara
na-akwado nnwere onwe rally na Tbilisi, nke o mepụtara a resonant akwụkwọ nkiri. N'ọnwa Julaị n'afọ 1989, Shengelaia ghọrọ onye guzobere People's Front nke Georgia, otu ndị na-akwado nnwere onwe, wee pụta dị ka onye ndu nke nku ya dị nro. N'ọnwa Ọktoba 1990, a họpụtara ya na kansụl kachasị elu nke Georgia na ntuli aka mbụ nke ọtụtụ ndị na Soviet Georgia ma bụrụ onye bịanyere aka na Iwu Nnwere Onwe nke Georgia na Eprel 1991. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ọ nọ na-emegide gọọmentị Zviad Gamsakhurdia mgbe e merisịrị ya na ngagharị iwe ndị agha na Jenụwarị 1992, Shengelaia sonyeere Eduard Shevardnadze na-eduzi State Council nke Georgia. N'afọ 1992, ọ ghọrọ onye otu nzuko omeiwu ebe ọ nọ n'ọkwa osote onye isi okwu kemgbe afọ 1995. Na Mee 1993, ya na ndị otu pro-Shevardnadze Civil Movement Unity and Prosperity jikọrọ aka, nke ọtụtụ ndị ọgụgụ isi ama ama guzobere.