He was the grandson of Niko Nikoladze, a prominent Georgian social democrat from the late nineteenth century, and a member of meore dasi, a collection of Georgian liberal intelligentsia.
Era neto de Niko Nikoladze, un socialdemócrata xeorxiano prominente de finais do século XIX e membro de Meore Dasi, un grupo de intelectuais liberais xeorxianos.