sentences:  After leaving 24th class of the Army Staff College in 1912, he has served as a military attaché to the Empire of Russia from 1916 to 1918, and was thus witness to many of the events of the Russian Revolution and the overthrow of the Romanov dynasty.After his return to Japan, he became Chief of Staff of the IJA 12th Division.Suzuki was promoted to lieutenant colonel in March 1924 and was attached to the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from December of that year.