He served with the rank of Colonel in the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Georgia during the short period of its independence following World War I.

[1] Following the Bolshevik occupation of his country, Chkheidze (along with thousands of other Georgian officers) migrated to Poland, where he received further training in the Higher War School.

[citation needed] He took part in the Polish Defensive War of 1939 and fought with distinction in a number of battles.

Taken prisoner by the Germans, he was handed over to the USSR in accordance with the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact.

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