He also served as the chief of the Russian General Staff Topographical Section for the Red Army.

[1] Andrejs Auzāns was born on April 4, 1872, in Pļaviņu parish, in the Bormaņi homestead.

In 1900, he began his studies in the Russian Academy of General Staff and graduated in 1903 as a captain.

In 1905, he graduated from a practical course in geodesy and astronomy at the Pulkovo observatory and was admitted into the Russian General Staff.

Before the legendary Christmas Battles, Auzāns was appointed as the commander of the 2nd Latvian Rifleman Brigade.

In 1917 he was promoted to the rank of major-general and appointed chief of the Russian General Staff Topographical Section.

He was promoted to the rank of general and became a member of the Military Council at the Ministry of War.