Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - 1948-kii, Shevardnadze oo labaatan jir ah, wuxuu ku biiray Xisbiga Shuuciga ee Georgia (GCP) iyo Xisbiga Shuuciga ee Midowga Soofiyeeti (CPSU). Wuxuu si joogto ah ugu soo koray darajooyinka Komsomol-ka Georgia ka dibna wuxuu noqday Xoghayaha Labaad, wuxuu noqday Xoghayaha Koowaad. Intii uu ahaa Xoghayaha Koowaad ee Komsomol, Shevardnadze wuxuu la kulmay Mikhail Gorbachev markii ugu horreysay. Shevardnadze wuxuu sheegay inuu ka niyad jabay nidaamka siyaasadeed ee Soofiyeeti ka dib Nikita Khrushchev "Hadalka Qarsoodiga ah" ee Shirweynihii 20aad ee CPSU. Sidii dad badan oo Soviet ah, Shevardnadze wuxuu aad uga argagaxay dembiyadii uu Joseph Stalin galay, iyo sida ay dowladdii Soviet uga jawaabtay mudaaharaadyadii 1956 ee Georgia
waxayna u dhibaatayn naftiisa si daran. Waxaa la hoos u dhigay 1961 by Politburo ee Xisbiga Shuuciga ee Georgia ka dib markii uu ku xadgudbay sarkaal sare.