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my first serious post here, so please don't rip me to bits if I've misunderstood how to format or phrase a thread? Cheers.

Mikhail Frunze was a Bolshevik, and a major military and political leader with roles in both the 1905 and 1917 Russian Revolutions, and in the Russian Civil War.

He was the overall commander for the Eastern Front, defeated Admiral Kolchak and many other enemies of the Soviet state. He was a friend of Kemal Ataturk, and supported Zinoviev against Stalin after the death of Lenin.

He died in October 1925 of chloroform poisoning during surgery.

Had he lived, he may have had sufficient clout to oppose Stalin, and/or provided a strong leader for the Red Army, and a voice for the non-Russian states within the USSR. As an affiliate of Trotsky and Zinoviev, with him alive the USSR might have had a more active role in aiding left-wing movements abroad, particularly in Germany and Turkey.

On the 10th anniversary of the revolution, in 1927, the United Opposition organised demonstrations which were dispersed by force. This might have gone very differently with the support of the "Starets" of the Red Army.

so, um ... thoughts anyone?
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