Conscripted into the Red Army on 27 April 1923, he was sent to the Separate Artillery Battalion of the Georgian Rifle Division at Tbilisi. In October he was sent to become an officer cadet at the Georgian Combined Military School, and while there participated in the suppression of the August Uprising and anti-Soviet rebels with a cadet detachment that included students from the school. After his graduation in September 1926, Abramidze was sent to the 5th Caucasian Red Banner Regiment of the 2nd Caucasian Rifle Division at Baku, where he served as a platoon commander in the regimental school. Following his completion of the Tbilisi Machine Gun Command Course during October and November 1930, he resumed his previous position with his regiment, later becoming a company commander, acting chief of the regimental ammunition store, and chief of staff and commander of the regimental training battalion.