Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Shevardnadze wuxuu sanadkii 1948 -kii oo uu labaatan jir ahaa - 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. Sida dad badan oo Soviet ah, danbiyadii uu Joseph Stalin geystay waxay ka argagaxeen Shevardnadze, iyo jawaabtii dowlada Soviet-ka ee ku aadaneyd
Dibadbaxyada 1956 kii ka dhacay Georgia ayaa aad uga naxay. Waxaa la hoos u dhigay 1961 by Politburo ee Xisbiga Shuuciga ee Georgia ka dib markii uu ku xadgudbay sarkaal sare.