Pyotr Kozmitch Frolov

Pyotr Kozmitch Frolov (Фролов, Пётр Козьмич in Russian) (January 16(27), 1775 – December 10(22), 1839), was a Russian mining engineer and inventor who, in 1809, built the first horse-railway in Russia. 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.