Political Career in The Soviet Union
From March 1961 until January 1965, Zarandia was Secretary of the Komsomol Committee of the Georgian Institute for Subtropical Agriculture in Sukhumi, and then until November 1967, Chairman of its United Trade Union Committee. From November 1967 until August 1971, he was instructor with the Abkhazian Obkom of the Communist Party, and then until January 1974, Department Head. Between January and November 1974, Zarandia was both Head of the Agriculture Department of the Abkhazian gorkom of the Communist Party, and Chairman of the Sukhumi District Executive Committee. From November 1974 until December 1991, he was the head of the State Procurement Inspectorate for the Abkhazian ASSR of the Union Ministry for Procurement.
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