Yuri Zhivago
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Yuri Zhivago is the idealistic physician and poet whose personal and romantic struggles amid the upheavals of the Russian Revolution form the emotional core of Boris Pasternak’s novel "Doctor Zhivago."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yuri Zhivago canonical | 23 |
| Yuri Andreievich Zhivago | 1 |
| Yuri Zhivago (fictional character) | 1 |
| Yury Zhivago | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1158679 — 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: Yuri Zhivago Context triple: [Doctor Zhivago, hasCharacter, Yuri Zhivago]
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A.
Konstantin Vershinin
Konstantin Vershinin was a prominent Soviet military leader who served as a senior commander of the Soviet Air Forces during and after World War II.
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B.
Alexei Tolstoy
Alexei Tolstoy was a prominent Russian writer and novelist known for his historical epics, science fiction works, and contributions to Soviet literature.
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C.
Andrei
Andrei is a masculine given name commonly used in Slavic and Eastern European countries, equivalent to the English name Andrew.
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D.
Tatyana Tolstaya
Tatyana Tolstaya is a contemporary Russian writer, essayist, and television host known for her imaginative, stylistically rich fiction and sharp cultural commentary.
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E.
Konstantin Dmitrievich Levin
Konstantin Dmitrievich Levin is a thoughtful, idealistic landowner and one of the central protagonists in Leo Tolstoy’s novel "Anna Karenina," known for his spiritual and philosophical quest for meaning.
- 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: Yuri Zhivago Target entity description: Yuri Zhivago is the idealistic physician and poet whose personal and romantic struggles amid the upheavals of the Russian Revolution form the emotional core of Boris Pasternak’s novel "Doctor Zhivago."
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A.
Konstantin Vershinin
Konstantin Vershinin was a prominent Soviet military leader who served as a senior commander of the Soviet Air Forces during and after World War II.
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B.
Alexei Tolstoy
Alexei Tolstoy was a prominent Russian writer and novelist known for his historical epics, science fiction works, and contributions to Soviet literature.
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C.
Andrei
Andrei is a masculine given name commonly used in Slavic and Eastern European countries, equivalent to the English name Andrew.
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D.
Tatyana Tolstaya
Tatyana Tolstaya is a contemporary Russian writer, essayist, and television host known for her imaginative, stylistically rich fiction and sharp cultural commentary.
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E.
Konstantin Dmitrievich Levin
Konstantin Dmitrievich Levin is a thoughtful, idealistic landowner and one of the central protagonists in Leo Tolstoy’s novel "Anna Karenina," known for his spiritual and philosophical quest for meaning.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ physician ⓘ poet ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
character in television adaptations of Doctor Zhivago
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character in the 1965 film Doctor Zhivago ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Doctor Zhivago
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linked to:
Doctor Zhivago (novel)
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| appearsInGenre | novel ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Moscow
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Varykino ⓘ Yuriatin ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
idealistic
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introspective ⓘ sensitive ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Russia ⓘ |
| createdBy | Boris Pasternak ⓘ |
| ethnicCulture | Russian ⓘ |
| familyName |
Zhivago
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linked to:
Doctor Zhivago (novel)
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| fictionalUniverse | Doctor Zhivago universe ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
Doctor Zhivago (published 1957 in Italian, 1958 in Russian abroad)
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linked to:
Doctor Zhivago (novel)
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| fullName |
Yuri Andreievich Zhivago
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linked to:
Yuri Zhivago
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| givenName | Yuri ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Sasha Zhivago
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Tanya Zhivago ⓘ |
| hasLover |
Larisa (Lara) Antipova
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linked to:
Larisa Antipova
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| hasSpouse | Tonya Gromeko ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century Russian literature ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central character ⓘ |
| notableFor |
idealism
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moral dilemmas ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ |
| occupation |
doctor
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physician ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| patronymic | Andreievich ⓘ |
| setDuring |
Russian Civil War
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Russian Revolution ⓘ |
| specialization | internal medicine ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the conflict between private emotion and public duty
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the suffering Russian intelligentsia ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
conflict between personal life and history
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individual conscience under totalitarianism ⓘ power of art and poetry ⓘ |
| writes | poems ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Yuri Zhivago Description of subject: Yuri Zhivago is the idealistic physician and poet whose personal and romantic struggles amid the upheavals of the Russian Revolution form the emotional core of Boris Pasternak’s novel "Doctor Zhivago."
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Pasha Antipov in Doctor Zhivago
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