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Frunze: see Bishkek Bishkek (bĭsh`kĕk), formerly Frunze ..... Click the link for more information. , Kyrgyzstan. Bishkekor Pishpek formerly (1926–91) FrunzeCity (pop., 1999: 750,327), capital of Kyrgyzstan. It lies on the Chu River just north of the Kyrgyz Mountains and near the Kazakhstan border. In 1825 the Uzbek khanate of Kokand (see Qo'qon) established a fortress on the site, which in 1862 was captured by the Russians. The Russians mistakenly called it Pishpek. When the Kirgiz (Kyrgyz) Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was set up in 1926, the city became its capital and was renamed Frunze for a Red Army leader who was born there. It developed as an industrial city, especially in World War II (1939–45) when heavy industries from western Russia were moved there. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Frunze High Naval School (1951), High Naval Officers Class (1954), Naval Academy (1965), General Staff Academy (1969). For example, Alexander Marshall provides an excellent analysis of the successful counter-insurgency campaign led by Mikhail Frunze in the early 1920s, which combined innovative military tactics with efforts at conciliation and political reform. I was a student and lecturer at the Frunze Military Academy and an honorary officer of the Red Army," continued Crouch. |
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