Pyotr Frolov Explained

Pyotr Kozmich Frolov
Native Name:Пётр Козьмич Фролов
Native Name Lang:ru
Birth Date:27 January [O.S. 16 January] 1775
Death Date:22 December [O.S. 10 December] 1839 (aged 64)
Death Place:Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Occupation:Engineer, inventor
Father:Kozma Dmitrievich Frolov

Pyotr Kozmich Frolov (ru|Пётр Козьми́ч Фроло́в; [1][2]) was a Russian mining engineer and inventor who built the first horse-railway in the Russian Empire in 1809. He elaborated on various canal projects and other artificial water constructions. Frolov also contributed to the development of scientific research and to the culture of the Altay 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.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sovetskai͡a geologii͡a . 1965 . Ministerstvo geologii i okhrany nedr . 145 . 27 November 2024 . ru.
  2. Book: Джинова . Зоя Петровна . Отечественные создатели новой техники XVII-XX вв: популярные биобиблиографические очерки . 2006 . Пашков дом . 978-5-7510-0373-9 . 15 . 27 November 2024 . ru.
  3. Web site: Фролов Петр Козьмич . nlr.ru . 27 November 2024.