Yuri Shchekochikhin
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Yuri Shchekochikhin was a prominent Russian investigative journalist, writer, and politician known for his hard-hitting reporting on corruption and organized crime, particularly through his work at Novaya Gazeta.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yuri Shchekochikhin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T862598 — 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 Shchekochikhin Context triple: [Novaya Gazeta, notableJournalist, Yuri Shchekochikhin]
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A.
Vladimir Yurzinov
Vladimir Yurzinov is a prominent Russian ice hockey coach and former player, best known for his successful leadership of top Soviet and Russian clubs and contributions to the national team.
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B.
Andrei Voronkov
Andrei Voronkov is a computer scientist known for his influential work in automated reasoning and theorem proving.
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C.
Oleg Baklanov
Oleg Baklanov was a Soviet politician and high-ranking official who played a key role as one of the hardline plotters in the failed 1991 coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev.
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D.
Boris Shakhlin
Boris Shakhlin was a Soviet artistic gymnast and multiple Olympic champion, renowned as one of the sport’s dominant figures in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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E.
Andrei Zelentsov
Andrei Zelentsov was a Soviet military commander best known for leading Red Army forces during the Winter War against Finland, including in the Battle of Suomussalmi.
- 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 Shchekochikhin Target entity description: Yuri Shchekochikhin was a prominent Russian investigative journalist, writer, and politician known for his hard-hitting reporting on corruption and organized crime, particularly through his work at Novaya Gazeta.
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A.
Vladimir Yurzinov
Vladimir Yurzinov is a prominent Russian ice hockey coach and former player, best known for his successful leadership of top Soviet and Russian clubs and contributions to the national team.
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B.
Andrei Voronkov
Andrei Voronkov is a computer scientist known for his influential work in automated reasoning and theorem proving.
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C.
Oleg Baklanov
Oleg Baklanov was a Soviet politician and high-ranking official who played a key role as one of the hardline plotters in the failed 1991 coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev.
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D.
Boris Shakhlin
Boris Shakhlin was a Soviet artistic gymnast and multiple Olympic champion, renowned as one of the sport’s dominant figures in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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E.
Andrei Zelentsov
Andrei Zelentsov was a Soviet military commander best known for leading Red Army forces during the Winter War against Finland, including in the Battle of Suomussalmi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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investigative journalist ⓘ politician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| allegedVictimOf | politically motivated poisoning ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Troyekurovskoye Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suspected poisoning ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russia
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1950-06-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2003-07-03 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Novaya Gazeta archives
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linked to:
Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta
reports by international human rights organizations ⓘ |
| employer |
Novaya Gazeta
ⓘ
linked to:
Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta
|
| ethnicGroup | Russians ⓘ |
| familyName | Shchekochikhin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
investigative journalism
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literature ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| fullName | Yuri Petrovich Shchekochikhin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime reporting
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journalism ⓘ political writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Yuri ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
State Duma of the Russian Federation
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linked to:
State Duma
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| memberOfPoliticalParty | Yabloko ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy for press freedom in Russia
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anti-corruption activism ⓘ criticism of Russian security services ⓘ exposing high-level corruption in Russia ⓘ reporting on organized crime in Russia ⓘ |
| notableWork |
investigations into corruption in Russia
ⓘ
investigations into organized crime in Russia ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
ⓘ
politician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTerm |
State Duma second convocation
ⓘ
linked to:
State Duma
State Duma third convocation ⓘ |
| patronymicName | Petrovich ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kirov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Moscow, Russia
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linked to:
Moscow
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| positionHeld | deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation ⓘ |
| workedOn |
investigations into links between business, organized crime, and security services
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investigations into the Three Whales corruption scandal ⓘ |
| workLocation | Moscow ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yuri Shchekochikhin Description of subject: Yuri Shchekochikhin was a prominent Russian investigative journalist, writer, and politician known for his hard-hitting reporting on corruption and organized crime, particularly through his work at Novaya Gazeta.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta