The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-03
War COmmiSSGr Frunze Dies

front until the revolution Of 1917.
During his sojourn at the front he
spent his time principally working to
create revolutionary organizations in
the szarist army.
After the revolution of February,
1917, Comrade Frunze became men,
Der of the Workers and Soldiers
Deputies of Minsk, member of the
army committee of the western front,
chief organizer and president of the
Soviet of Peasant Deputies of White
Russia. During the Kornilov mutiny,
he was elected commander of the rev.
dictionary troops in the sector Of
Minsk Soon afterwards he returned
to Ivanovo-V oznessensk, where he was
elected president of the zemstvo in
the district of Chovia, president Of the
municipal council, and of the Soviet
of the district.
Defending the Revolution.
After the October revolution, Frunze
became president of the executive
committee of the Russian Communist
Party in the government of Ivanovo-
Voznessensk. 1t was at this time that
he began his military career as mill
tary commissioner for the govern
ment of vo-Voznessensk. Follow
ing the instruction of Jaroslav, he
was named commissar for the military
district of Jaroslav, post which he
occupied until the end of 1918. In De-
cember, 1918. he was sent to the front
as commander of the fourth army,
which operated in the Urals.
Defeats koItchak; Wounded.
At the height of the Koltchak Of
fensive, Frunze assumed command of
the four armies of the southern group
of the eastern front, and inflicted on
Koltchak's troops the first defeat,
which led to decisive revival in our
position upon the oriental front. Dur
ing the advance he was wounded by
an anti-aircraft bomb. At the end of
June, 1919, Comrade Frunze was ap-
pointed to be commander of the whole
eastern front With the advance Of
the Red Army troops of the oriental
division towards the Siberian and
Turkestan fronts, he was then APP
pointed commander of the Turkestan
fronts and rapidly cleared the coun-
try of white troops, annihilating Kolt-
chak's southern army.
smashes WrangeI Forces.
In August, 1920, during the Wrangel
offensive in the south of Russia, and
the Ukraine, Frunze was appointed
commander on the southern 'front.' and
directed with energy the operations
which resulted in dislodging the
whites from their last refuge in the
Ukraine and in the Crimea. For his
military services, our comrade receiv-
ed several decorations, two of these
being the order of the Red Flag, and
Sword of Honor.
After the liquidation of Wrangel,
Frunze became commander of the
troops in the Ukraine and Crimea, and
plenipotentiary delegate of the revolu-
tionary military council of the U. S.
s. r. to which is attached the Soviet
Republic of the Ukraine. In April,
1921, he was nominated vice-president
of the revolutionary military council
of the U. S. S. R.
Frunze was a member Of the central
committee of the Communist Party of
Russia, of the central committee of
the Communist Party of Ukraine, and
of the presidium of the Central Elk
ecutive Committee of the U. S. S. r.
When Comrade Trotsky fell ill, Com
rade Frunze became commander Of
the Red Army, and, on January 26,
1925, he was formally nominated
chairman Of the Revolutionary Mill
tary Council.