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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

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

From Literature

Ion Frunze, from Corby, was prosecuted in January at Leicester Magistrates' Court for drink driving, driving without due care and attention, driving without a licence and having no insurance.

From BBC

"Mikhail Frunze may have been a Red commander, but at least he was a real person who doesn't get 'overgrown with details'," one supporter wrote to Radio Azattyk.

From BBC

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

Sentences for both were suspended by two years, the Frunze district court of Minsk ruled.

From Reuters