Given the question: Facts:   - death place: stockport ,    - battles: russo japanese war world war i russian civil war    - death date: 23 march 1953    - allegiance: russian empire soviet russia latvia      - awards: order of anna ii and iii degree order of st. george of iv degree order of three stars order of st. vladimir st. iv and ii degree order of the three stars stanislaus ii and iii degree order    - birth date: 4 april 1871    - laterwork: lecturer , publisher    - name: andrejs auzāns    - branch: army    - image: auzans.jpg    - birth place: pļaviņu -rrb- parish , russian empire -lrb- now klintaine parish    - rank: general   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of andrejs auzāns .
The answer is:
andrejs auzāns -lrb- 1871-1953 -rrb- was a latvian general and topographer .auzāns was a major general in the imperial russian army , best known for being the commander of the 7th bauska rifleman regiment and the 2nd rifleman brigade .he also served as the chief of the russian general staff topographical section for the red army .