Background
Rattel, Nikolai was born in 1875.
Rattel, Nikolai was born in 1875.
Graduated from the Academy of the General Staff, 1902.
Took part in the Russo-Japanese war, 1904-1905, and World War I as a major-general. Drafted into the Red Army, where he held high staff-officer positions until the mid-1920s. Thereafter, economic administrator.