devdariani graduated from the tbilisi theological seminary in 1898. he was involved in menshevik party in 1900. during the russian revolution of 1917, he was a leading menshevik in kharkiv. he was a member of the georgian national council from 1917 to 1919 and of the constituent assembly of the democratic republic of georgia for the social-democrats from 1919 to 1921. after the fall of the georgian republic, devdariani became involved in anti-soviet opposition. between 1921 and 1924 he was a chairman of the underground central committee of the georgian social-democratic party, in 1922-1924 member of the underground committee of independence of georgia. in 1937, he was arrested in tbilisi and executed by the soviet government.