[2] In 1870 Sreznevsky graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Saint Petersburg Imperial University.

He was also a teacher of Russian language and literature in the St. Petersburg 2nd realschule and the Imperial Alexander Lyceum.

In 1882 he invented a special weather-resistant camera for Nikolay Przhevalsky's expeditions to Central Asia.

Since 1878, Sreznevsky took an active part in the Russian Technical Society: he was the founder of its photographic department, and led it until 1916.

[4] Sreznevsky contributed to the development of bandy, speed skating and other sports in Russia.