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Frunze

American  
[froon-zuh, froon-zyuh] / ˈfrun zə, ˈfrun zyə /

noun

  1. a former name (1926–91) of Bishkek.


Frunze British  
/ ˈfrunzɪ /

noun

  1. the former name (until 1991) of Bishkek

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But he might review a 1991 study of lessons from Afghanistan, prepared by Russia’s Frunze Military Academy and translated into English with the title “The Bear Went Over the Mountain.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2015

When the chance came for a military course at Moscow's Frunze Academy, he grabbed it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Educated at Moscow's Frunze military academy, got final professional polish in Germany under famed monocle-wearing General von Seeckt, who taught him the tactics and strategy of the "breakthrough."

From Time Magazine Archive

He is a product of Frunze Military Academy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Early in 1939, she began a two-year course at the M. V. Frunze Military Academy.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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