22 moments

1. Birth in Pishpek

   1885-02-02 · Pishpek (now Bishkek), Kyrgyzstan

   Frunze was born in Pishpek, then a Russian imperial garrison town in Turkestan and now Bishkek. This is the opening point of his documented life. Coordinates represent central Bishkek, the modern name of Pishpek.

2. Enrollment at Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute

   1904-01-01 · Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia

   Frunze entered the Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute in 1904, beginning the period in which he became active in the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party.

3. Bloody Sunday demonstration

   1905-01-09 · Palace Square, Saint Petersburg, Russia

   Frunze took part in the Bloody Sunday demonstration on Palace Square and was wounded in the hand, an experience he later regarded as formative. The source gives the date in the Russian pre-revolutionary calendar context; 9 January 1905 was 22 January in the Gregorian calendar.

4. Revolutionary work in Shuya

   1905-05-01 · Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia

   Frunze worked among the revolutionary organizations and textile workers of Shuya during the 1905 Revolution under the pseudonym Comrade Arseny.

5. Textile-strike leadership in Ivanovo-Voznesensk

   1905-05-01 · Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia

   

   From May 1905 Frunze conducted party work in Ivanovo-Voznesensk and was among the leaders of the textile workers' general strike there. Coordinates represent present-day Ivanovo, formerly Ivanovo-Voznesensk.

6. December uprising

   1905-12-01 · Moscow, Russia

   Frunze joined the Moscow armed uprising at the head of a fighting detachment drawn from Ivanovo-Voznesensk and Shuya workers. Coordinates represent central Moscow because the source does not identify a more specific uprising site.

7. Fourth RSDLP Congress

   1906-04-23 · Old Folkets Hus, Stockholm, Sweden

   Frunze attended the Fourth Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party as a delegate from the Ivanovo-Voznesensk district organization; he met Lenin there. The original Folkets Hus was demolished; coordinates mark its former Norra Bantorget site. Date is Gregorian.

8. Arrest in Shuya

   1907-03-24 · Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia

   Frunze was arrested in Shuya in connection with an armed-resistance case against the police, beginning the imprisonment period that led to penal servitude and exile. The source does not specify whether the date is Old Style or New Style.

9. Exile settlement at Manzurka

   1914-03-01 · Manzurka, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

   After prison terms in several hard-labor prisons, Frunze was sent in March 1914 to permanent settlement in the Siberian village of Manzurka. Coordinates represent the settlement of Manzurka.

10. Escape and underground work in Chita

    1915-08-01 · Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

    After arrest for organizing exiles, Frunze escaped to Chita, where he lived under an assumed passport and worked in a resettlement-administration statistics office and at a weekly newspaper.

11. Move to Moscow

    1916-01-01 · Moscow, Russia

    Frunze moved from Chita to Moscow in 1916 before being assigned under a false identity to work connected with the Western Front. The source supports the year but not a more precise date.

12. Chief of Minsk militia

    1917-03-04 · Minsk, Belarus

    Under the pseudonym Mikhailov, Frunze was appointed chief of the All-Russian Zemstvo Union militia responsible for order in Minsk during the February Revolution. The date is presented in the source's Russian revolutionary chronology and may reflect Old Style dating.

13. All-Russian Democratic Conference

    1917-08-01 · Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg), Russia

    As Shuya's representative, Frunze attended the All-Russian Democratic Conference in Petrograd during the political crisis preceding the October Revolution. Coordinates represent central Saint Petersburg; the source does not name the conference venue.

14. Transfer from Minsk to Shuya

    1917-09-01 · Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia

    Frunze served in Minsk through September 1917, after which the Bolshevik Party transferred him to Shuya, where he became a leading Soviet and municipal figure. The source supports month-level precision only.

15. October uprising near the Metropol

    1917-10-01 · Metropol Hotel, Moscow, Russia

    Frunze participated in fighting near Moscow's Metropol Hotel during the October armed uprising, helping the Bolsheviks contest control of the city. The source supports month-level precision only.

16. Military commissar during the Yaroslavl uprising

    1918-08-01 · Yaroslavl, Russia

    Frunze became military commissar of the Yaroslavl Military District in August 1918 and took part in suppressing the Yaroslavl uprising. The source identifies a military district and uprising rather than a precise headquarters or site; coordinates represent Yaroslavl.

17. Residence at Makurin House

    1920-01-01 · Makurin House, Simferopol, Crimea

    

    Frunze lived at Makurin House in Simferopol during the Civil War year in which he led operations against Wrangel's forces in Crimea. Coordinates are a representative point in central Simferopol; the cited caption establishes residence but does not provide a street address.

18. Residence in Kharkiv

    1921-01-01 · Kharkiv, Ukraine

    

    A contemporary reminiscence records that Frunze lived in Kharkiv in 1921 while engaged in the campaign against the Makhnovist movement. The quotation is a memoir reproduced in a documentary collection; it supports year-level precision only.

19. Tenth Communist Party Congress

    1921-03-01 · Moscow, Russia

    Frunze participated in the Tenth Congress of the Russian Communist Party in Moscow and subsequently returned to Kharkiv as a newly elected Central Committee member. Coordinates represent central Moscow because the source does not identify the congress venue.

20. Diplomatic mission to Ankara

    1921-12-01 · Ankara, Turkey

    Frunze visited Ankara as ambassador of the Ukrainian SSR during the Turkish War of Independence, helping establish Turkish-Soviet relations. Coordinates represent central Ankara; the source does not identify the negotiation venue.

21. October Revolution anniversary parade

    1924-11-07 · Lenin Mausoleum, Red Square, Moscow, Russia

    

    Frunze appeared on the Mausoleum tribune during the October Revolution anniversary parade on Red Square, where he spoke with Clara Zetkin. The quotation is a memoir reproduced in a documentary collection.

22. Death during surgery

    1925-10-31 · Moscow, Russia

    

    Frunze died during surgery after hospitalization for a chronic ulcer, ending his tenure as Soviet chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council and military commissar. The cited source identifies Moscow as his place of death but does not name the hospital; coordinates represent central Moscow.