Shamakhi Uyezd
E148212
Shamakhi Uyezd was an administrative district centered on the town of Shamakhi within the Russian Empire’s Caucasian territories.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shamakhi District | 4 |
| Shamakhi Uyezd canonical | 1 |
| Shirvan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1242117 — 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: Shamakhi Uyezd Context triple: [Baku Governorate, hadSubdivision, Shamakhi Uyezd]
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A.
Baku Uyezd
Baku Uyezd was an administrative district centered on the city of Baku within the former Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire.
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B.
Baku Governorate
Baku Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and later the early Soviet state, centered on the city of Baku in the South Caucasus region.
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C.
Shusha uezd
Shusha uezd was an administrative district of the Russian Empire’s Elisavetpol Governorate, centered on the historically significant city of Shusha in the South Caucasus.
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D.
Jevanshir uezd
Jevanshir uezd was an administrative district of the Russian Empire located in the South Caucasus within the Elisavetpol Governorate.
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E.
Lankaran Uyezd
Lankaran Uyezd was an administrative district of the Russian Empire located in the southern part of present-day Azerbaijan along the Caspian Sea.
- 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: Shamakhi Uyezd Target entity description: Shamakhi Uyezd was an administrative district centered on the town of Shamakhi within the Russian Empire’s Caucasian territories.
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A.
Baku Uyezd
Baku Uyezd was an administrative district centered on the city of Baku within the former Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire.
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B.
Baku Governorate
Baku Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and later the early Soviet state, centered on the city of Baku in the South Caucasus region.
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C.
Shusha uezd
Shusha uezd was an administrative district of the Russian Empire’s Elisavetpol Governorate, centered on the historically significant city of Shusha in the South Caucasus.
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D.
Jevanshir uezd
Jevanshir uezd was an administrative district of the Russian Empire located in the South Caucasus within the Elisavetpol Governorate.
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E.
Lankaran Uyezd
Lankaran Uyezd was an administrative district of the Russian Empire located in the southern part of present-day Azerbaijan along the Caspian Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative district
ⓘ
uyezd ⓘ |
| administrativeHierarchyLevel | below governorate ⓘ |
| administrativeType | second-level administrative division ⓘ |
| borderedBy | other uyezds of Baku Governorate ⓘ |
| capital |
Shamakhi
ⓘ
linked to:
Shirvan
|
| country | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dissolvedIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| governingEmpire | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| governorateCapital | Baku ⓘ |
| hasAdministrativeCenter |
Shamakhi
ⓘ
linked to:
Shirvan
|
| hasUrbanCenter |
Shamakhi
ⓘ
linked to:
Shirvan
|
| historicalJurisdiction |
Russian Empire Caucasus Viceroyalty
ⓘ
linked to:
Caucasus Viceroyalty
|
| historicalRegion | Caucasus ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Caucasus
ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Azerbaijan ⓘ |
| locatedOn | territory of modern Azerbaijan ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Shamakhi
ⓘ
linked to:
Shirvan
|
| partOf |
Baku Governorate
ⓘ
Transcaucasia ⓘ
linked to:
South Caucasus
|
| status | former administrative unit ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
Armenian
ⓘ
Azerbaijani ⓘ Lezgian ⓘ Russian ⓘ Tat ⓘ Tatar (Russian Empire census term) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shamakhi Uyezd Description of subject: Shamakhi Uyezd was an administrative district centered on the town of Shamakhi within the Russian Empire’s Caucasian territories.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shamakhi Uyezd
linked to: Shamakhi Uyezd
linked to: Shamakhi Uyezd
linked to: Shamakhi Uyezd
linked to: Shamakhi Uyezd