<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Kusukela ngo-1980 kuya ku-1985 futhi kusukela ngo-1989 kuya ku-1990, uShengelaia, ngaleso sikhathi owayeyilungu leqembu lamaKhomanisi, wakhethwa ukuba abe yilungu leSoviet Ephakeme yeGeorgian SSR futhi, kusukela ngo-1989 kuya ku-1991, waba yilungu leCongress of the Peoples Deputies of the USSR. Wayeyilungu lekomiti likaSobchak, elaphenya ngokucindezelwa kwebutho laseSoviet  <response>: embuthanweni wokuzimela eTbilisi, lapho enza khona ifilimu edumile. NgoJulayi 1989, uShengelaia waba yilungu elisungula i-Peoples Front of Georgia, iqembu elixhasa ukuzimela, futhi wavela njengomholi wophiko lwayo olulula. Ngo-Okthoba 1990, wakhethelwa uMkhandlu Ophakeme waseGeorgia okhethweni lokuqala lwamaqembu amaningi eSoviet Georgia futhi wayengumsayini weSivumelwano Sokuzimela saseGeorgia ngo-Ephreli 1991. Ngemuva kwalokho, wayephikisana nohulumeni kaZviad Gamsakhurdia ngemuva kokudilizwa kwakhe ekuvukeleni kwezempi ngoJanuwari 1992, uShengelaia wajoyina uMkhandlu Wombuso waseGeorgia owaholwa ngu-Eduard Shevardnadze. Ngo-1992, waba yilungu lephalamende lapho abambe khona isikhundla sokuba yiphini likasihlalo kusukela ngo-1995. NgoMeyi 1993, wahlangana nenhlangano yezakhamuzi eyayisekela uShevardnadze i-Unity and Prosperity eyasungulwa izihlakaniphi eziningana ezivelele. 