<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: U-Abashvili, ongowesizwe saseGeorgia, wazalelwa eTbilisi, eGeorgia, ngaleso sikhathi eyayiyingxenye yoMbuso WaseRussia. Wathweswa iziqu eLeningrad Naval College ngo-1931 futhi wajoyina iSoviet Baltic Fleet lapho akhonza khona phakathi neMpi Yezwe II.  <response>: Umkhankaso waseFinland neMpi Yezwe II. Ngo-1944, waba yiphini likamongameli wezikhulu zeBaltic Fleet futhi wabuye wayala i-division of destroyers eyadlala indima ebalulekile ekunciphiseni ukuvinjelwa kweLeningrad. Ngo-1953 wayeyisikhulu esiphezulu emikhunjini yaseSoviet evakashele ePoland futhi ngo-1954 nalabo ababizwa eFinland. Ngesikhathi seCuban Missile Crisis ngo-1962, u-Abashvili wayengumsizi womkhuzi-jikelele ku-Issa Pliyev kanye nomkhuzi wemikhumbi yempi eqenjini elihlongozwayo lamabutho aseSoviet eCuba Operation Anadyr. Ngokokulandisa okuthile, wayemelene nokusetshenziswa kwamandla ngokushesha phakathi nezinsuku zobunzima. Kuthiwa wabambezela umyalo waseSoviet wokwethula izikhali ngesikhathi kunezingxabano ezinkulu futhi waba ngomunye wabantu abafaka isandla ekuvimbeleni impi yenuzi. Wathatha umhlalaphansi ngawo lowo nyaka futhi washona ngo-1982 ngenxa yokuhlaselwa unhlangothi eLeningrad. 