Pyotr Kozmich Frolov (; – ) was a Russian

mining engineer Mining engineering is the extraction of minerals from the ground. It is associated with many other disciplines, such as mineral processing, exploration, excavation, geology, metallurgy, geotechnical engineering and surveying. A mining engineer m ...

and

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who built the first horse-

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in the

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in 1809. He elaborated on various

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projects and other artificial water constructions. Frolov also contributed to the development of scientific research and to the culture of the

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region. His activities as a head of the Kolyvano-Voskresensk factories promoted a great advance of Russian technology in the beginning of the 20th century. He was appointed a senator in 1831.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Frolov, Pyotr 1775 births 1839 deaths Inventors from the Russian Empire People from Tomsk Governorate Engineers from the Russian Empire Russian mining engineers Saint Petersburg Mining University alumni Senators of the Russian Empire