Iosif Unshlikht
E1020927
Iosif Unshlikht was a Soviet Bolshevik revolutionary and early Cheka security official who held several key positions in the nascent Soviet state.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iosif Unshlikht canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10932585 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iosif Unshlikht Context triple: [Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, member, Iosif Unshlikht]
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A.
Mihail Lupoi
Mihail Lupoi was a Romanian military officer and politician known for his role during the 1989 Romanian Revolution and subsequent involvement in post-communist politics.
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B.
Viktor Sadovnichiy
Viktor Sadovnichiy is a Russian mathematician and academic leader who has long served as the influential rector of Moscow State University.
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C.
Mikhail Diterikhs
Mikhail Diterikhs was a Russian Imperial and later White movement general who played a leading role in anti-Bolshevik military operations in Siberia during the Russian Civil War.
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D.
Boris Vilkitsky
Boris Vilkitsky was a Russian Arctic explorer and hydrographer known for leading early 20th-century expeditions that charted previously unknown regions of the high north.
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E.
Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko
Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko was a Bolshevik revolutionary and military leader who played a key role in the October Revolution and later held various command and diplomatic posts in the early Soviet state.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iosif Unshlikht Target entity description: Iosif Unshlikht was a Soviet Bolshevik revolutionary and early Cheka security official who held several key positions in the nascent Soviet state.
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A.
Mihail Lupoi
Mihail Lupoi was a Romanian military officer and politician known for his role during the 1989 Romanian Revolution and subsequent involvement in post-communist politics.
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B.
Viktor Sadovnichiy
Viktor Sadovnichiy is a Russian mathematician and academic leader who has long served as the influential rector of Moscow State University.
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C.
Mikhail Diterikhs
Mikhail Diterikhs was a Russian Imperial and later White movement general who played a leading role in anti-Bolshevik military operations in Siberia during the Russian Civil War.
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D.
Boris Vilkitsky
Boris Vilkitsky was a Russian Arctic explorer and hydrographer known for leading early 20th-century expeditions that charted previously unknown regions of the high north.
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E.
Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko
Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko was a Bolshevik revolutionary and military leader who played a key role in the October Revolution and later held various command and diplomatic posts in the early Soviet state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bolshevik
ⓘ
Cheka officer ⓘ Soviet politician ⓘ human ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Cheka
ⓘ
GPU ⓘ OGPU ⓘ
linked to:
GPU
Red Army ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russian Empire
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jews ⓘ |
| familyName | Unshlikht ⓘ |
| givenName | Iosif ⓘ |
| ideology | Marxism–Leninism ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Russian
ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
ⓘ
linked to:
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ |
| movement |
Bolshevism
ⓘ
communism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in early Soviet secret police
ⓘ
service as a high-ranking Soviet security official ⓘ |
| notableWork |
involvement in early Soviet counterrevolutionary suppression
ⓘ
participation in establishing the Soviet state security apparatus ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
revolutionary ⓘ security officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Russian Civil War
ⓘ
Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
linked to:
Russian Revolution
|
| partOf |
Soviet state security apparatus
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet secret police
|
| placeOfBirth | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
deputy chairman of the Cheka
ⓘ
deputy chairman of the GPU ⓘ deputy chairman of the OGPU ⓘ deputy people’s commissar for defense of the USSR ⓘ head of the Red Army’s political directorate ⓘ member of the Central Control Commission of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ member of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR ⓘ member of the Revolutionary Military Council ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Moscow
ⓘ
Petrograd ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Iosif Unshlikht Description of subject: Iosif Unshlikht was a Soviet Bolshevik revolutionary and early Cheka security official who held several key positions in the nascent Soviet state.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.