Valerian Aleksandrovich Frolov (; June 7 ( O.S. May 26), 1895 – 1961) was a

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(1943). Frolov participated in the

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and the

Russian Civil War The Russian Civil War () was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the 1917 overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. I ...

. From June 1937 he was commander of the 16th Infantry Division. From October 1937 to September 1938 he participated in the Spanish Civil War. Since January 1939 he was commander of the

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of the Leningrad Military Forces.
In October 1939 he became commander of the ''Murmansk Army Group'' which was transformed into the 14th Army, at the head of which he participated in the Soviet-Finnish war. The army operated in the Arctic. At the start of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

in June 1941, he remained the commander of the 14th Army, and from September 1941 to February 1944, of the

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. After the war from 1945 to 1956 commanded the troops of

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and

Arkhangelsk Military District The Arkhangelsk Military District () was a regional Military districts of the Soviet Union, military district of the Red Army which oversaw the North-Western part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The district was formed in 1940 ...

. From 1956 he was placed in reserve.

Awards

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Valerian Frolov was awarded three

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, four Orders of the Red Banner,

Order of Kutuzov The Order of Kutuzov ( ''orden Kutuzova'') is a military decoration of the Russian Federation named after famous Russian Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov, Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov (1745–1813). The Order was established during World War II t ...

(1st class), Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky (1st Class),

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and numerous medals, including the

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" The Medal "For the Victory Over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" () was a military decoration of the Soviet Union established on May 9, 1945, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to denote military partici ...

, the Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic" and the

Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" The Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" () was a state military commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established on January 24, 1938 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to denote the twentie ...

. A street was named in his honour in the Kukkovka district of the Karelian capital

Petrozavodsk Petrozavodsk (, ; Karelian language, Karelian, Veps language, Vepsian and ) is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, which stretches along the western shore of Lake Onega for some . The population of the city is 280,890 as of 2022. ...

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1895 births 1961 deaths Military personnel from Saint Petersburg People from Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd Bolsheviks Second convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Fourth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic people Soviet colonel generals Russian military personnel of World War I Soviet military personnel of World War II Russian people of World War II Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Recipients of the Order of Kutuzov, 1st class Recipients of the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky (Soviet Union), 1st class Burials at Bogoslovskoe Cemetery Frunze Military Academy alumni {{russia-mil-bio-stub