Andrei Evgenyevich Snesarev | |
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 Andrei Snesarev, inspecting the 7th fighter squadron on the eastern front, approximately March 1917, during the First World War. Ivan Orlov on the right | |
| Born | 13 December 1865 Staraya Kalitva, Russian Empire |
| Died | 4 December 1937 (aged 71) Moscow, Soviet Union |
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| Service |  Imperial Russian Army  Red Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Unit | 2nd Combined Cossack Division |
| Commands | 9th Army Corps (Russian Empire) |
| Battles / wars | World War I Russian Civil War |
Andrei Evgenyevich Snesarev (Russian: Андрей Евгеньевич Снесарев; 13 December 1865 – 4 December 1937) was a Russian linguist, orientalist and military leader.[1]
Andrei was the son of a Russian Orthodox priest. After attending gymnasium school in Novocherkassk in 1888, he began studying mathematics at Moscow University. As part of his obligatory military service, he received a commission in the infantry after a period at the Alekseyevsky Junkers Infantry Academy. He soon decided on a military career and attended the Nicholas General Staff Academy. He was then sent to India and also studied at the British Museum, London.[2]
An English translation of his book Afghanistan, published in 1921, was released in England in 1924. The book consists of a written version of the lectures he delivered to the Oriental Section of the Military Academy of the Red Army between autumn 1919 and spring 1920.[2]
In 1910, he became Chief of Staff of the 2nd Combined Cossack Division.
- ^ "Andrei Snesarev". TheFreeDictionary.com. Farlex. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ a b Snesarev, Andreĭ Evgenʹevich (2014). Afghanistan: Preparing for the Bolshevik Incursion Into Afghanistan and Attack on India, 1919-20. Helion. ISBN 978-1-909982-03-1.