Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze (Russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Фру́нзе; 2 February 1885 – 31 October 1925) was a Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Frunze was born in what is now modern day Kyrgyzstan, and rose to the rank of a major Red Army commander in the Russian Civil War. He is best known for defeating Baron Peter von Wrangel in Crimea.