<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1948, Shevardnadze paakanga ava nemakore makumi maviri, akabatana neGeorgian Communist Party GCP uye neCommunist Party of the Soviet Union CPSU. Akasimuka zvishoma nezvishoma mumapoka eGeorgian Komsomol uye mushure mekushanda semunyori wechipiri, akava munyori wekutanga. Munguva yake Komsomol First Secretariat, Shevardnadze akasangana naMikhail Gorbachev kekutanga. Shevardnadze akataura kuti akaodzwa mwoyo negadziriro yezvematongerwe enyika yeSoviet pashure peKutaura Kwakavanzika kwaNikita Khrushchev kuCongress yechi20 yeCPSU. Kufanana navanhu vazhinji veSoviet, utsotsi hwakaitwa naJoseph Stalin hwakakatyamadza Shevardnadze, uye mhinduro yehurumende yeSoviet ku  <response>: Kuratidzira kweGeorgia kwa1956 kwakamutyisa zvikuru. Akaderedzwa muna 1961 nePolitburo yeGeorgian Communist Party mushure mekugumbura mukuru mukuru. 