Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva
E164821
Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva was the first wife of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky, remembered primarily for her complex and troubled marriage to the author.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1258269 — 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: Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva Context triple: [Fyodor Dostoevsky, spouse, Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva]
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A.
Aleksandra Sokolovskaya
Aleksandra Sokolovskaya was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and early Bolshevik activist who was the first wife and political comrade of Leon Trotsky.
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B.
Galina Burdonskaya
Galina Burdonskaya was a Soviet woman best known as the wife of Vasily Stalin, the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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C.
Lidia Alexeeva
Lidia Alexeeva was a legendary Soviet basketball coach renowned for leading the USSR women’s national team to multiple Olympic and World Championship titles and is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in women’s basketball history.
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D.
Maria Miloslavskaya
Maria Miloslavskaya was the first wife of Tsar Alexis I of Russia and a Russian tsarina from the influential Miloslavsky noble family in the 17th century.
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E.
Raisa Maksimovna Titarenko
Raisa Maksimovna Titarenko, better known as Raisa Gorbacheva, was the influential and highly visible wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, noted for her public role and advocacy in cultural and charitable causes.
- 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: Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva Target entity description: Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva was the first wife of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky, remembered primarily for her complex and troubled marriage to the author.
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A.
Aleksandra Sokolovskaya
Aleksandra Sokolovskaya was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and early Bolshevik activist who was the first wife and political comrade of Leon Trotsky.
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B.
Galina Burdonskaya
Galina Burdonskaya was a Soviet woman best known as the wife of Vasily Stalin, the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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C.
Lidia Alexeeva
Lidia Alexeeva was a legendary Soviet basketball coach renowned for leading the USSR women’s national team to multiple Olympic and World Championship titles and is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in women’s basketball history.
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D.
Maria Miloslavskaya
Maria Miloslavskaya was the first wife of Tsar Alexis I of Russia and a Russian tsarina from the influential Miloslavsky noble family in the 17th century.
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E.
Raisa Maksimovna Titarenko
Raisa Maksimovna Titarenko, better known as Raisa Gorbacheva, was the influential and highly visible wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, noted for her public role and advocacy in cultural and charitable causes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| describedAs |
a complex personality
ⓘ
a source of emotional turmoil for Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Isaeva ⓘ |
| givenName | Maria ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
remembered mainly through Dostoevsky’s life and correspondence
ⓘ
symbol of Dostoevsky’s early marital struggles ⓘ |
| hasMarriageCharacteristic |
complex
ⓘ
troubled ⓘ |
| influenced | Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
Dostoevsky’s early married life
ⓘ
Dostoevsky’s emotional development ⓘ Dostoevsky’s portrayal of complex female characters ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Russian ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | widow ⓘ |
| marriageType |
love marriage
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socially difficult marriage ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
letters of Fyodor Dostoevsky
ⓘ
linked to:
Fyodor Dostoevsky
memoirs of contemporaries of Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first wife of Fyodor Dostoevsky
ⓘ
her complex and troubled marriage to Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| notableIn | biographies of Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| occupation | teacher ⓘ |
| partOf | personal life of Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| patronymicName | Dmitrievna ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| relationshipToFyodorDostoevsky |
emotional dependence
ⓘ
source of jealousy and insecurity ⓘ |
| religion |
Russian Orthodoxy
ⓘ
linked to:
Russian Orthodox Church
|
| residence |
Kuznetsk
ⓘ
Saint Petersburg ⓘ
linked to:
St. Petersburg
Semipalatinsk ⓘ |
| roleInDostoevskyBiography | central figure of his first marriage ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| socialStatus | lower middle class ⓘ |
| spouse |
Fyodor Dostoevsky
ⓘ
Isaeva (first husband) ⓘ Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva ⓘ |
| spouseOrder | first wife of Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva Description of subject: Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva was the first wife of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky, remembered primarily for her complex and troubled marriage to the author.
Referenced by (5)
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