Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Snetkov akaberekwa musi wa27 Kukadzi 1925 muSaratov, uye akapedza kudzidza paChikoro chaPugachyov No. 2. Akanyorerwa muuto reRed Army muna 1942 uye muna Gumiguru 1943 akapedza zvidzidzo zvekukurumidza pa2nd Kiev Self-Propelled Artillery School semutevedzeri mudiki. Somutungamiri SU-152 self-propelled pfuti muna 9th Separate Guards Breakthrough Tank Regiment pamusoro 1st wokuUkraine Front kuti 38th Army, Snetkov akaona hondo yake yokutanga kumadokero Rozhiv mu
Hondo yeKiev musi wa 25 Mbudzi, apo vashandi vake vakashumwa nemukuru wavo kuti vakaparadza tangi reTiger uye zvombo zviviri. Nokuda kwezviito zvake, Snetkov akagamuchira Order of the Red Star musi wa 12 December. Sezvo mberi kumadokero mhiri Ukraine akaramba muchando, iye nechikwata chake vakarwa muna Zhitomir<unk>Berdichev Kurwisa uye Korsun-Shevchenkovsky Kurwisa sezvo chikamu 38th Army. Munguva yebasa rekupedzisira, musi wa 26 Ndira, vashandi vake vakashumwa nemukuru wavo kuti vabatana nekoramu yematanki eGerman yematanki makumi maviri uye vakaparadza matatu, rimwe rawo raive Tiger, pamugwagwa weLipovetsRososhe. Nokuda kwechiito ichi, Snetkov akagamuchira Order yeHondo yePatriot, 1st class, musi waFebruary 2.