Tatyana Mikhailovna Frunze (Russian: Татьяна Михайловна Фрунзе; 2 August 1920 – 15 January 2024) was a Soviet and Russian organic chemist, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, professor (1969). She was the daughter of Mikhail Frunze.

Tatyana Frunze
Татьяна Фрунзе
Frunze in 2020
Born
Tatyana Mikhailovna Frunze

(1920-08-02)2 August 1920
Died15 January 2024(2024-01-15) (aged 103)
Alma materMUCTR
SpouseAnatoly Pavlov
Children2
RelativesTimur Frunze (brother)
Scientific career
InstitutionsN. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds

Early life and career

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Tatyana Mikhailovna Frunze was born into the family of People's Commissar of Military and Naval Affairs Mikhail Frunze. After the death of her father (1925) and mother (1926), together with her younger brother Timur, she lived with her grandmother for some time, and after her death, the children were adopted by family friend Klim Voroshilov.[1]

According to the memoirs of Semyon Budyonny, she studied at the Military Academy of Chemical Defense of the Red Army, and during the war she worked at one of the tank factories.[2] As of 10 October 1945, she served at the academy with the rank of lieutenant technician.[3]

In 1947 she graduated from the Moscow University of Chemical Technology (graduate of the Department of Chemistry and Technology of Organic Synthesis).[4][5] Then she worked at the N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, carried out research on the chemistry of polyamides, and defended her Candidate of Sciences thesis on this topic.

In 1954, she moved to the newly founded Institute of Organoelement Compounds, and a few years later she defended her doctoral dissertation on the topic “Research in the field of synthetic heterochain polyamides.” (Исследование в области синтетических гетероцепных полиамидов). In 1964, she headed the newly created laboratory of polymerization processes at the institute.[6]

For several years she was a member of the Expert Council of the Higher Attestation Commission on Organic Chemistry and a member of the Council on Macromolecular Compounds under the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

In addition to scientific work, she was engaged in social work: from 1968 to 1991 she was deputy chairman of the Committee of Soviet Women. She also took part in preserving the legacy of M. V. Frunze.[7]

Personal life

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Tatyana Frunze's husband was Colonel General Anatoly Georgievich Pavlov (1920–2007). Son Timur Anatolyevich Pavlov (1944–2008) (named in honor of Tatyana Mikhailovna’s brother) and daughter Elena Anatolyevna Pavlova (born 1948) are also chemical scientists.[8] She also has grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

In December 2008, Tatyana Frunze’s apartment was robbed, including Mikhail Frunze’s awards. The thieves who had gained the trust of Tatyana Frunze were found, and a number of valuables were returned.[9]

As of April 2020, she lived in Moscow with her daughter Elena.[10] In August 2020, she celebrated her 100th birthday.[11]

Frunze died in Moscow on 15 January 2024, at the age of 103.[12][13]

Awards

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Scientific research

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Frunze's scientific interests were related to the chemistry of macromolecular compounds. She studied polycondensation reactions, in particular those occurring during the synthesis of polyamides, together with her colleagues she obtained many new polyamides (for example, caprolite[15] and declon) and, based on a study of the dependence of the properties of these compounds on their structure, proposed a concept that allows these properties to be changed as needed. In addition, she studied the polymerization of vinyl compounds and heterocycles.[14]

Author of the monograph “Synthetic heterochain polyamides” (1962, together with Vasiliy Korshak), a large number of scientific papers, and several inventions.

References

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  1. ^ ""Хочу быть похороненным на Красной площади…" // В. Эрлихман, Родина, № 416 (4)". 24 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019.
  2. ^ Семен, Будённый (1973). Пройдённый путь. Книга третья. М.: Воениздат.
  3. ^ "Акт вручения награжденным медалей за победу над Германией в ВОВ 1941—1945 гг., стр. 17 п. 229". Archived from the original on 14 April 2010.
  4. ^ "История кафедры Химии и Технологии Органического Синтеза на сайте РХТУ". Archived from the original on 24 January 2017.
  5. ^ Выпускники Российского химико-технологического университета им. Д.И. Менделеева 1906–1950. Москва: РХТУ им. Д.И. Менделеева. 2001. p. 124. ISBN 5-7237-0321-8.
  6. ^ Институт элементоорганических соединений имени А. Н. Несмеянова: История и современность / РАН. Ин-т элементоорган. соединений им. А. Н. Несмеянова; Отв. ред.: М. И. Кабачник, Ю. Н. Бубнов. — М.: Наука, 1999, стр. 227. Наука. 1999. ISBN 9785020044081. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
  7. ^ "94-летняя дочь Михаила Фрунзе готова приехать в Бишкек на юбилей отца // А. Тузов, «Вечерний Бишкек», 07 января 2015". 7 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Женщины из рода Фрунзе // В. Букеева, «Слово Кыргызстана», 8 марта 2013". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Нашли преступников, обокравших дочь Михаила Фрунзе". 29 January 2010. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Дочь Михаила Фрунзе готовится к своему 100-летию и передает привет Бишкеку". 27 April 2020. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Потомки Фрунзе не потерялись во времени". 4 August 2020. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Не стало Татьяны Михайловны Фрунзе". muzeyfrunze.ru (in Russian). Шуйский историко-художественный и мемориальный музей им. М.В. Фрунзе г.о. Шуя. 17 January 2024.
  13. ^ "15 января в возрасте 103 лет скончалась дочь советского полководца Михаила Фрунзе". mkivanovo.ru (in Russian). Московский Комсомолец (МК) в Иваново. 19 January 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Татьяна Михайловна Фрунзе (к 60-летию со дня рождения) // Высокомолекулярные соединения, 1981, т. 23 Серия А, № 4. — С. 954—955" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2017.
  15. ^ "Капролит-РМ — новый конструкционный материал // «Пластические массы», № 9, 1976" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2017.

Further reading

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  • Академик Василий Владимирович Коршак. — М.: Наука, 2003. — 213 с. ISBN 5-02-006446-7
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