Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I whanau a Snetkov i te 27 o Hui-tanguru 1925 i Saratov, ka mutu i te Kura Tuarua o Pugachyov. I whakauruhia ia ki te Ope Whero i te 1942 a i te Oketopa 1943 i puta ia i nga akoranga tere i te 2nd Kiev Self-Propelled Artillery School hei rangatira iti. Ka rite ki te rangatira o te SU-152 patu whaiaro i roto i te 9th Kaitiaki Motuhake Breakthrough Tank Regiment o te 38 Army o te 1st Ukrainian Front, i kite a Snetkov i tana whawhai tuatahi ki te hauauru o Rozhiv i te Pakanga o Kiev
i te 25 o Noema, i te wa i korerotia ai e tana kaitohutohu kua whakangaromia e ia he tank Tiger me nga pupuhi e rua. Mo ana mahi, i whakawhiwhia a Snetkov ki te Order of the Red Star i te 12 o Tihema. I a ia e anga whakamua ana ki te hauauru puta noa i a Ukraine i te takurua, ka whawhai ia me tana rerenga ki te Zhitomir<unk>Berdichev Offensive me te Korsun-Shevchenkovsky Offensive hei waahanga o te 38 Army. I te wa o te mahi whakamutunga, i te 26 o Hanuere, i ripoatahia e tana rangatira kua whakaekea e ia tetahi pou perehi Tiamana tata ki te 20 nga peihana me te whakangaro i te toru, ko tetahi o ratou ko te Tiger, i runga i te huarahi LipovetsRososhe. Mo tenei mahi, i whakawhiwhia a Snetkov ki te Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class, i te 2 o Hui-tanguru.