Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze (Russian Михаил Васильевич Фрунзе) (1885 – 31 October 1925) was a Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917. October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Leaders of the Bolshevik Party and the Communist International, a painting by Malcolm McAllister on the Pathfinder Mural in New York City and on the cover of the book Lenin’s Final Fight published by Pathfinder. ... The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political events in Russia, which, after the elimination of the Russian autocracy system, and the Provisional Government (Duma), resulted in the establishment of the Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party. ...

Frunze was born in Bishkek, then a small Russian garrison town in the Kyrgyz part of Turkestan, the son of a Romanian peasant, originally from Bessarabia. At the Second Congress of the Social Democratic Party in London in 1903, there was an ideological split between Vladimir Lenin and Julius Martov, two main party leaders. Martov argued for a large party of activists, whilst Lenin wanted a small group of professional revolutionaries with a large fringe group of sympathisers. Martov won, 28-23 and Lenin stormed out, forming his own faction known as the Bolsheviks (Russian: majority), which Frunze joined. Those who supported Martov were called Mensheviks (Russian: minority). Image File history File linksMetadata Mikhail_Frunze. ... Bishkek cityscape Bishkek (Бишкек, بىشكهك) (population in 2005 approx. ... Kirghiz (also Kyrgyz) are a Turkic ethnic group found primarily in Kyrgyzstan. ... Map of Turkestan (green) with borders of modern states in white Turkestan (Persian: ترکستان ) (also spelled Turkistan or Türkistan) is a region in Central Asia, which today is largely inhabited by Turkic people. ... 1927 map of Bessarabia from Charles Upson Clarks book Bessarabia or Bessarabiya (Basarabia in Romanian, Besarabya in Turkish) was the name by which the Imperial Russia designated the eastern part of the principality of Moldavia annexed by Russia in 1812. ... Social Pyramid. Reads top to bottom - We rule you; We fool you; We shoot you; We eat for you; and finally; We work for all - We feed all The Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party, or RSDLP (Росси́йская Социа́л-Демократи́ческая Рабо́чая Па́ртия = РСДРП), also known as the Russian Social-Democratic Workers Party and the Russian Social-Democratic... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... (help· info) IPA: (Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин), born Ulyanov (Улья́нов) (April 22 [O.S. April 10] 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Communist revolutionary of Russia, the leader of the Bolshevik party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union, and the main theorist of Leninism, which he described as an adaptation of Marxism to the... Julius Martov Julius Martov or L. Martov (Ма́ртов, real name Yuli Osipovich Zederbaum (Ю́лий О́сипович Цедерба́ум)) (November 24, 1873-April 4, 1923) was born in Constantinople in 1873. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Revolution. ... Leaders of the Menshevik Party at Norra Bantorget in Stockholm, Sweden, May 1917. ...

Two years after the Second Congress, Frunze was an important leader in the 1905 Revolution, at the head of striking textile workers. Following the disastrous defeat of the revolution at the hands of the Tsar, Frunze was arrested and sentenced to death, but he was later reprieved and his sentence was commuted to life at hard labour. The Russian Revolution of 1905 was an empire-wide spasm of both anti-government and undirected violence. ... It has been suggested that Textile manufacturing be merged into this article or section. ... Look up Tsar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary For the US community of Czar, see Czar, West Virginia. ... It has been suggested that Capital punishment debate be merged into this article or section, because the split violates the Wikipedia:Content forking guideline. ... Penal labour is a form of the unfree labour. ...

After ten years in the camps in Siberia, Frunze escaped to Chita, where he became editor of the Bolshevik weekly newspaper called Vostochnoe Obozrenie. Siberia Siberia (Russian: , common English transliterations: Sibir’, Sibir; from the Tatar for “sleeping land”) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ... Chita (Russian: Чита́) is a city in Russia, and functions as the administrative center of Chita Oblast in eastern Siberia. ... An Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ...

During the February Revolution, an early stage of the 1917 Revolution, Frunze was head of the Minsk civilian militia before being elected president of the Byelorussian Soviet. He later went to Moscow and led an armed force of workers to aid in the struggle for control of the city. The February Revolution of 1917 in Russia was the first stage of the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political events in Russia, which, after the elimination of the Russian autocracy system, and the Provisional Government (Duma), resulted in the establishment of the Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party. ... Victory Square, the central place of Minsk Minsk or Miensk (Belarusian: ; Russian: ; Polish: ) is the capital and a major city of Belarus with a population of 1. ... Lexington Minuteman representing militia minuteman John Parker A militia is a group of citizens organized to provide paramilitary service. ... Motto: none Anthem: My Belarusy Capital Minsk Largest city Minsk Official language(s) Belarusian, Russian Government President Prime Minister Republic Alexander Lukashenko Sergey Sidorsky Independence  - Declared  - Established From the Soviet Union July 27, 1990 August 25, 1991 Area  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Water (%)   207,600 km² (93rd) negligible (183 sq. ... A soviet (Russian: сове́т) originally was a workers local council in late Imperial Russia. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (help· info)) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ...

In 1918 Frunze became Military Commissar for the Voznesensk Province. During the early days of the Russian Civil War, Frunze was appointed as head of the Southern Army Group. After defeating Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak and the White Army in Omsk, Leon Trotsky (the head of the Red Army) gave total command of the Eastern Front to him. Frunze went on to rid his native Turkestan of White troops. Ivanovo (Russian: Ива́ново) is the administrative center of Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. ... The Russian Civil War was fought from 1918 to 1922. ... Admiral Kolchak Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak (Александр Васильевич Колчак in Russian) (November 4 (November 16 NS), 1874 – February 7, 1920) was a Russian naval commander and later head of part of the anti-Bolshevik White forces during the Russian Civil War. ... The White movement, whose military arm is known as the White Army (Белая Армия) or White Guard (Белая Гвардия, белогвардейцы) and whose members are known as Whites (Белые, or the derogatory Беляки) or White Russians (a term which has other meanings) comprised some of the Russian forces, both political and military, which opposed the Bolsheviks after the... Serafimo-Alekseevskaya chapel, Oktyabr (formerly Rossiya) hotel, and Organ music hall Omsk (Russian: ) is a city in the southwest of Siberia in Russia, the administrative center of Omsk Oblast. ... Leon Trotsky (help· info) (Russian: Лев Давидович Троцкий; also transliterated Leo, Lev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij and Trotzky) (November 7 [O.S. October 26] 1879 – August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Лев Давидович Бронштейн), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. ... The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (in Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya), the armed forces first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ...

In November 1920, Frunze retook the Crimea and managed to push General Pyotr Wrangel and his troops out of Russia. He was also instrumental in the destruction of Nestor Makhno's anarchist movement in Ukraine after Makhno refused to merge with the Red Army. Crimea /kraɪˈmia/ is a peninsula and an autonomous republic of Ukraine on the northern coast of the Black Sea. ... Pyotr Nikolaevich Wrangel (1878 - 1928) was a Russian general and counter-revolutionary. ... Nestor Makhno in 1909 Nestor Ivanovich Makhno (October 27, 1889–July 25, 1934) was an anarcho-communist Ukrainian revolutionary who refused to align with the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution. ... Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ...

In 1921 Frunze was elected to the Central Committee and in January, 1925, became the Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council. A strong supporter of Grigory Zinoviev, Frunze came into conflict with Josef Stalin, one of Zinoviev's chief opponents. He supposedly died during a stomach operation of a "chloroform overdose" on 31 October 1925, though it is believed by some that Stalin arranged his death. 16th Central Committee meeting of the Communist Party of China Central Committee most commonly refers to the central executive unit of a communist party, whether ruling or non-ruling. ... Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic or Revvoyensoviet (Революционный Военный Совет, Реввоенсовет) was the supreme military authority of the Soviet Russia. ... Grigory Zinoviev Grigory Yevseevich Zinoviev (Григо́рий Евсе́евич Зино́вьев, alternative transliteration Grigorii Ovseyevish Zinoviev, real name Ovsel Gershon Aronov Radomyslsky (Радомысльский), also known as Hirsch Apfelbaum, primary revolutionary pseudonym Grigory, privately Grisha), (September 23 [September 11, Old Style], 1883 - August 25, 1936) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet Communist politician. ... Joseph Stalin Iosif (Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი; see Other names section) (December 21, 18791 – March 5, 1953) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a political leader in the Soviet Union. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He was buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis. The Kremlin Wall Necropolis (Некрополь у Кремлёвской стены in Russian) is a part of the Kremlin Wall, which surrounds the Moscow Kremlin and overlooks the Red Square, where traditionally the Soviets used to bury the most prominent figures of the USSR and other countries. ...

Memory

In 1926, the city of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, was renamed Frunze in his honour. It reverted back to its former name in 1991. Frunze himself is still commemorated in the city, however: a street and a museum in the centre of the city are named after him. Bishkek cityscape Bishkek (Бишкек, بىشكهك) (population in 2005 approx. ...

The Frunze Military Academy, one of the most respected in the former USSR, was also named in his honour. Also, the honorific title of the Soviet 2nd Rifle Division was at some point the 2nd Belarusian Red Banner Rifle Division in the name of M.V. Frunze. There were a number of military academies in Soviet Union of different specialties. ... The Soviet 2nd Rifle Division was an infantry division that served during The Great Patriotic War (World War II). ...

A Metro station in Moscow was named Frunzenskaya in his honour, and a stone carving of his likeness stands in one end of the station. A current map of the Moscow Metro. ... edit Frunzenskaya is a Metro station on the Sokolnicheskaya Line in Moscow, Russia. ...

Quotes

"All that we do, every action, should correspond to the highest ideals of the Revolution."

"The Red Army was created by the workers and peasants and is lead by the will of the working class. That will is being carried out by the united Communist Party."