Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze (Russian: ?????´? ????´?????? ???´???; 2 February 1885 – 31 October 1925) was a Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Frunze was born in what is now modern day Kyrgyzstan, and rose to the rank of a major Red Army commander in the Russian Civil War.
He is best known for defeating Baron Peter von Wrangel in Crimea.
The capital of the Kyrghyz SSR (modern Bishkek) was named in his honor from 1926 until 1991.