Born in Kutaisi into the family of a priest, Giorgadze graduated from a local theological seminary in 1902 and from the Kharkiv University in 1909.
Returning to Georgia, he practiced law in his native Kutaisi from 1909 to 1917.
At the same time, he edited the local Social Democratic Party newspaper P'oni.
From 1920 to 1921, he led an opposition group "Skhivi" ("Beam") within the Georgian Social Democratic (Menshevik) Party.
During Joseph Stalin's Great Purge, he was arrested, exiled to Kazakhstan, and shot at Almaty.