Frolov, Petr Aleksandrovich (General)

The son of the Decembrist Alexander Filippov , was born on October 4, 1852 in the Yenisei province , where his father was serving a link. On August 8, 1868, he was enrolled in the 3rd Military Alexander School , from which he was released on July 21, 1870 as a lieutenant in the 51st Lithuanian Infantry Regiment .

On March 6, 1872, he was transferred by the ensign to Kerch fortress artillery, where he was promoted to second lieutenant on November 6 of the same year, and to lieutenant on December 29 of the following year.

In 1875 he entered the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff , on December 9, 1876 received the rank of staff captain . At the end of the course in 1878, for excellent achievements in the sciences, on January 6 he was promoted to captain and on May 5 he was assigned to the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Division , which was part of the Army in Bulgaria ; passed through the Balkans , arrived at the division, received the position of senior adjutant at the headquarters and until the beginning of 1879 was located in Turkey: in Razgrad , Pravoda , Varna and Demotoka; In March 1879, he returned from Russia by sea to Burgas .

Upon his return, he consistently held the posts of senior adjutant of the 1st Grenadier Division (from March 23, 1879) and headquarters officer for assignments at the headquarters of the troops of the Moscow Military District (March 22, 1880); On April 12, 1881, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and on April 8, 1884, to colonel . In 1886, he was assigned to the 3rd Grenadier Pernovsky Regiment , where he commanded a battalion for a year.

On April 2, 1888, he was transferred to the General Headquarters as one of the General Staff staff officers, and on January 5, 1890, he became the head of the department. On January 26, 1893, he was appointed district chief of staff of the Kiev Military District . The following year, on March 2, he was promoted to major general (with seniority of 30 August) for service, and on January 31, 1898, he returned to service at the General Staff, receiving an appointment as assistant chief of the General Staff. On January 1, 1901, he was promoted to lieutenant general (with seniority of December 6, 1900) and from May 1, 1903, held the post of general on duty.

During his service on the General Staff, he performed various assignments, took part in the writings of a special commission for drafting the statute on Zemstvo duties, and from March 11, 1903 he temporarily corrected the position of the Chief of the General Staff. June 28, 1905 was appointed a member of the Military Council .

At the end of the Russian-Japanese war, he was chairman of the Central Administrative Committee for the evacuation of Russian prisoners from Japan . December 6, 1907 promoted to the generals of the infantry.

During World War I, Frolov from September 5 to September 14, 1915 corrected the position of the Chief of the Petrograd Military District , then was the Chief of Supply for the armies of the Northern Front, and from April 2, 1916 he was an Assistant Secretary of War and was also a member of the Main Military Court. On January 13, 1917, he was appointed a member of the State Council , leaving the post of Assistant Minister of War and a member of the Military Council. From May 9, 1917, he was again the chief of supplies for the armies of the Northern Front, and on December 12 he returned to work in the Military Council.

March 21, 1918, in connection with the abolition of all institutions of the former Russian Empire , Frolov was dismissed. His further fate is not clear.

Among other awards, Frolov had Russian orders:

• Order of St. Stanislav 3rd degree (1880)
• Order of St. Anne 3rd class (1883)
• Order of St. Stanislav 2nd degree (1887)
• Order of St. Anne 2nd Class (1890)
• Order of St. Vladimir of the 3rd degree (May 14, 1896)
• Order of St. Stanislav 1st degree (May 19, 1899)
• Order of St. Anne 1st Class (October 5, 1904)
• Order of St. Vladimir 2nd degree (July 30, 1905)
• Order of the White Eagle (1910)
• Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (December 6, 1913, diamond signs with swords of this order were granted on January 23, 1915)
• Order of St. Vladimir 1st degree (December 6, 1916)

Foreign Orders:

• Bukhara Order of the Rising Star 1st degree (1893)
• Bukhara Order of the Golden Star with diamonds (1898)
• Bulgarian Order "Saint Alexander" 2 nd degree (1898)
• Romanian Order of the Crown of the Great Cross (1899)
• Italian Order of the Crown of the Great Cross (1903)

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