 Born in Kars Oblast in 1893, he entered service in the Imperial Russian Army as a volunteer and fought during World War I in Persia and also on the Caucasus Front, where many Armenians, Caucasus Greeks, Georgians, and Russians fought against the forces of the Ottoman Empire.During the Russian Civil War Kromiadi joined the White movement, achieving the rank of colonel.After the war he emigrated to Munich where he worked as automobilist.