Mykola Frolov

For other people named Frolov, see Frolov (disambiguation).

In this article, the patronymic is Oleksandrovych and the family name is Frolov.

Mykola Frolov
Микола Фролов
Official Verkhovna Rada portrait, 2014
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office 27 November 2014 – 29 August 2019
Constituency	No. 76 (Zaporizhzhia Oblast)
Personal details
Born	(1959-01-09)9 January 1959 Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	27 June 2026(2026-06-27) (aged 67) Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Political party	Independent (affiliated with Petro Poroshenko Bloc / European Solidarity)
Spouse(s)	Natalia Frolova
Children	Oleksandr, Yuliia
Awards	Order of Merit, 3rd class (2009) Order of Merits for the Zaporizhzhia Land, 1st Class (2021) Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine (2004)
Mykola Frolov Born 💼 Occupation

Mykola Oleksandrovych Frolov (; 9 January 1959 – 27 June 2026) was a Ukrainian politician and historian. He served as the rector of Zaporizhzhia National University from 2012 to 2024 and was a member of the Verkhovna Rada from 2014 to 2019.

Education

Frolov completed his secondary education at Zaporizhzhia Municipal Secondary School No. 31. In 1981, he graduated from the Orel State Pedagogical Institute, where he qualified as a teacher of history and English. Following his graduation, he worked as the principal of the Maryinska eight-year school in the Orel Oblast from 1981 to 1983. He then performed compulsory military service in the Soviet Armed Forces from 1983 to 1984.

Frolov returned to academic work in the late 1990s. In 2002, he defended his candidate's dissertation, titled "People from Other Political Parties in the CP(b)U," at Zaporizhzhia National University, obtaining the degree of Candidate of Historical Sciences. In 2012, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the political system of Soviet Ukraine in the 1920s and 1930s, receiving the degree of Doctor of Historical Sciences.

Career

In his early professional career, Frolov worked as a teacher at Zaporizhzhia Secondary School No. 1 and served as the principal of Zaporizhzhia Secondary School No. 76. Between 1986 and 1988, he was an instructor in the department of science and educational institutions of the Zaporizhzhia municipal committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. He then directed the education department of the Zaporizhzhia City Council from 1988 until 1999.

From December 1999 to April 2001, Frolov worked as the Deputy Governor of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast State Administration, with a portfolio focused on social and humanitarian policy. He was appointed rector of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education in 2001, holding the post until 2006. He returned to the regional administration in March 2006, serving a second tenure as Deputy Governor under Governor Yevhen Chervonenko until 2010. Between 2010 and 2012, he worked as the first vice-rector of the Classic Private University in Zaporizhzhia.

In June 2012, Frolov was elected rector of Zaporizhzhia National University, receiving 50% of the vote of the university labor collective. From 2017 onward, he performed his rector duties on a voluntary basis. In December 2024, Frolov stepped down from his position as acting rector due to legislative limits restricting university rectors from serving more than two consecutive terms. Following his departure, he worked as an advisor to the newly appointed rector, Halyna Shylo.

Public and political activity

From 2001 to 2005, Frolov led the Zaporizhzhia municipal organization of the SDPU(o). In the 2006 regional council elections, he was a candidate for the Socialist Party of Ukraine. From July 2008 to April 2010, he served as the head of the Zaporizhzhia regional organization of the United Centre party. During the 2010 local elections, he was elected to the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council as a representative of the All-Ukrainian Union 'Fatherland' and worked as the deputy head of its regional branch.

In the 2014 parliamentary elections, Frolov was elected to the Verkhovna Rada for electoral district No. 76, taking office on 27 November 2014. He served as the deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Tax and Customs Policy. Originally an independent affiliated with the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, he later joined the European Solidarity party. In 2015, Frolov ran for Mayor of Zaporizhzhia, advancing to the second round of voting. In 2018, the Russian Federation included Frolov in its economic sanctions lists. During the 2020 local elections, he was a candidate for the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council under the 'For the Future' party.

Academic work

Frolov published several scholarly monographs and papers detailing twentieth-century political elites and the history of Soviet Ukraine. He also headed the specialized scientific council at Zaporizhzhia National University for dissertations in Ukrainian history.

Selected publications

• M. O. Frolov. In Honor of Professor Fedir Hryhorovych Turchenko / M. O. Frolov // Scientific Works of the Faculty of History of Zaporizhzhia National University. — Zaporizhzhia: ZNU, 2016. — Issue 46. — pp. 13–14;
• M. O. Frolov. Ukrainian-Montenegrin Relations: A Decade of Achievements and Overcoming Problematic Issues (2006–2016) / M. O. Frolov // Scientific Works of the Faculty of History of Zaporizhzhia National University. — Zaporizhzhia: ZNU, 2016. — Issue 46. — pp. 316–354.

Awards

• Order of Merit, 3rd class (2009)
• Order of Merits for the Zaporizhzhia Land, 1st Class (2021)
• Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine (2004)

Death

On 27 June 2026, Frolov died from a cardiac arrest in Zaporizhzhia at the age of 67.

See also

• Zaporizhzhia National University
• List of members of the parliament of Ukraine, 2014–2019

External links

• Biography on Kto.org.ua

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