<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ekupheleni kwawo-1980 njengoba iSoviet Union yayingene enkingeni, uShevardnadze wayelokhu engathandwa kakhulu futhi ephikisana nabalandeli bakaSoviet abanenkani ababengazithandi izinguquko zakhe nomugqa wakhe omnene neNtshonalanga. Wagxeka umkhankaso wamasosha aseSoviet wokubhubhisa i-  <response>: ukuvukela ezweni lakubo laseGeorgia ngo-1989. Emelene nethonya elikhulayo labashisekeli benkolelo eqinile ngaphansi kukaGorbachev, uShevardnadze ngokuzumayo wasula esikhundleni ngo-December 1990, ethi, Kuyeza ubushiqela. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, ukwesaba kwakhe kwabonakaliswa ngokwengxenye lapho ukuvukela kwamakhomanisi okunzima kungaphumelelanga futhi kwabangela ukuwa kweSoviet Union. UShevardnadze wabuyela okwesikhashana njengoNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle waseSoviet ngoNovemba 1991 kodwa wasula kanye noGorbachev ngenyanga elandelayo, lapho iSoviet Union ihlakazwa ngokusemthethweni. 