 Once, when he was visiting the Zarafshan glacier, Andreev returned through the Yangi-Sabak pass and subsequently traveled from Shakhrisabz to the Gissar Valley and the upper reaches of the Obihingou river to the Yaghnob River.He returned to Tashkent through Istaravshan.After graduating from the Tashkent Teacher's Seminary in 1893, Andreev worked in Khujand as the "head of evening courses for the local population".