 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Aibva mumhuri yakakurumbira, Gabashvili akashanda semukuru mukuru muuto reRussia uye akapinda muhondo ya1877-78 neOttoman Empire. Ipapo akarwa muHondo yeNyika I uye akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant general muna 1916. Akashanda semutungamiriri wemauto eTiflis kubva muna 1916 kusvika muna 1917 paakagadzwa kuve mutungamiriri weGeorgian Army Corps ichangobva kugadzirwa iyo yakapa hwaro hweuto ramangwana renyika reGeorgia. Akachengeta chinzvimbo chepamusoro chemauto panguva yekuzvimiririra kweGeorgia kwenguva pfupi 1918-1921, asi akasiya basa mushure mekutora kweSovietmuna 1921. 