 Rall akatanga basa rake neImperial Navy, achitora kurovedzwa uye kurairirwa paKronstadt Naval Engineering School uye Naval Cadet Corps, ane ruzivo rwechokwadi semukuru wezvikepe muBlack Sea Fleet. Akashanda muBaltic Fleet munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yokutanga, achipedza kudzidza kuzvidzora kwake pachake kusvika pakuguma kwehondo. Mukuru mukuru akakurumbira nokuda kwokuitira hanya kwake mapoka akaderera, akatsigira vaBolshevik pashure peRussian Revolution, uye akasarudzwa kuva mumwe wemakomiti engarava. Mukati meHondo yeVanhu veRussia akarwa neWhite Finns nemauto eBritish ekupindira. Somukuru mukuru ane ruzivo akanga akapiwa basa nevakuru vakuru vanoverengeka mushure mehondo, uye akatora basa rinotungamirira mukudzorera simba rezvikepe munguva yekutanga kweSoviet. Akatora kufarira kwakanyanya mukudzidzisa maofficial matsva, uye akatora mabasa akati wandei muzvikoro zvengarava. 