Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Snetkov na 27 February 1925 na Saratov, ma gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Pugachyov's School Nke 2. A kpọbatara ya n'ime Red Army na 1942 na Ọktọba 1943 gụsịrị akwụkwọ na ọmụmụ ihe na-agba ọsọ na 2nd Kiev Self-Propelled Artillery School dị ka onye isi ndị isi. Dị ka onye isi nke egbe SU-152 nke onwe ya na 9th Separate Guards Breakthrough Tank Regiment nke 38th Army nke 1st Ukrainian Front, Snetkov hụrụ ọgụ mbụ ya n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ nke Rozhiv na
Agha nke Kiev na 25 Nọvemba, nke onye isi ya kwuru na ndị ọrụ ya bibiri tankị Tiger na egbe abụọ. Maka omume ya, Snetkov natara Order nke Red Star na 12 Disemba. Ka ọ na-aga n'ihu n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ gafee Ukraine gara n'ihu n'oge oyi, ya na ndị agha ya lụrụ ọgụ na Zhitomir<unk>Berdichev Offensive na Korsun-Shevchenkovsky Offensive dị ka akụkụ nke 38th Army. N'oge ọrụ nke ikpeazụ, na Jenụwarị 26, onye isi ya kwuru na ndị ọrụ ya na-arụ ọrụ na kọlụm tankị German nke ihe dị ka tankị 20 ma bibie atọ, otu n'ime ha bụ Tiger, n'okporo ụzọ LipovetsRososhe. Maka omume a, Snetkov natara Order nke Agha Patriotic, klas nke 1, na 2 Febụwarị.