Andrei Snesarev
Andrei Snesarev | |
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2nd Combined Cossack Division (Russian Empire) 12th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) | |
| Commands held | 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
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 published 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
2nd Combined Cossack Division
.
Final Years and Death
In 1930 Snesarev was arrested and charged with participating in counter-revolutionary activities. He was imprisoned in
Stalin intervened and had his sentenced reduced to ten years imprisonment in the Gulag camp system, first at Svir, then at Solovki prison camp
.
He suffered a severe
Leningrad by his family to receive better medical care and released on parole in September, 1934. He suffered two more strokes and passed away at a Moscow
hospital in December 1937.
He was re-habilitated in 1958.[3]
References
- ^ "Andrei Snesarev". TheFreeDictionary.com. Farlex. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-909982-03-1.
- ^ Zelenko-Zhdanova, Olga. "Faithful son of Russia. Andrey Evgenievich Snesarev". Top War.
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