 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Shaumian akasungwa nehurumende yeCzarist nokuda kwekutora rutivi mumibato yezvematongerwe enyika yevadzidzi pamusasa uye akadzorerwa kuTranscaucasia. Shaumian akaenda kunyika yeGermany, uko akasangana nevakanga vadzingwa muUmambo hweRussia vakadai saLenin, Julius Martov naGeorgi Plekhanov. Paakadzokera kuTranscaucasia, akava mudzidzisi, uye mutungamiri weSocial Democrats yemuno muTiflis, pamwe nemunyori anobudirira wemabhuku echiMarxist. Pamusangano wa1903, akabatana nemaBolshevik. Pakazosvika 1907 akanga atamira kuBaku kuti atungamirire sangano rinokosha reBolshevik muguta racho. Muna 1914, akatungamirira kuramwa basa kukuru muguta racho. Kurwisa kwacho kwakaparadzwa neuto reUmambo uye Shaumian akasungwa ndokuendeswa kujeri. Akapukunyuka apo chimurenga chaFebruary cha1917 chakanga chichitanga. 