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Mikha T. Frunze was born into a family of mixed ethnicity. His father, Alexander Frunze, was of Russian and Romanian descent. His mother, Mariya, was Russian. Frunze was born in the village of Pishpek (now Bishkek), Kyrgyzstan, which was part of the Russian Empire at the time. He was raised in a Russian-speaking household and attended Russian schools.