Ipatiev House
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Ipatiev House was a merchant's residence in Yekaterinburg, Russia, best known as the site where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were executed in 1918.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ipatiev House canonical | 17 |
| Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg | 9 |
| Ipatiev House execution site | 1 |
| Ipatiev House martyrdom site | 1 |
| Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg, Russia | 1 |
| former Ipatiev House | 1 |
| merchant family Ipatiev | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T171704 — 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: Ipatiev House Context triple: [Nicholas II of Russia, deathPlace, Ipatiev House]
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A.
Stalin Museum
The Stalin Museum is a historical museum in Gori, Georgia, dedicated to the life and legacy of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, featuring exhibits, personal artifacts, and preserved buildings from his early years.
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B.
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
The Kremlin Wall Necropolis is a prestigious burial site in Moscow’s Red Square where many prominent Soviet leaders and figures are interred.
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C.
Alexander Palace
Alexander Palace is a historic neoclassical imperial residence in Tsarskoye Selo near St. Petersburg, best known as the primary home of Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II, and his family.
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D.
Novodevichy Cemetery
Novodevichy Cemetery is a prestigious Moscow burial ground known as the resting place of many of Russia’s most prominent political, cultural, and scientific figures.
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E.
Yasnaya Polyana
Yasnaya Polyana is a historic Russian country estate best known as the longtime home and creative retreat of writer Leo Tolstoy, where he wrote major works like "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina."
- 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: Ipatiev House Target entity description: Ipatiev House was a merchant's residence in Yekaterinburg, Russia, best known as the site where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were executed in 1918.
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A.
Stalin Museum
The Stalin Museum is a historical museum in Gori, Georgia, dedicated to the life and legacy of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, featuring exhibits, personal artifacts, and preserved buildings from his early years.
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B.
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
The Kremlin Wall Necropolis is a prestigious burial site in Moscow’s Red Square where many prominent Soviet leaders and figures are interred.
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C.
Alexander Palace
Alexander Palace is a historic neoclassical imperial residence in Tsarskoye Selo near St. Petersburg, best known as the primary home of Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II, and his family.
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D.
Novodevichy Cemetery
Novodevichy Cemetery is a prestigious Moscow burial ground known as the resting place of many of Russia’s most prominent political, cultural, and scientific figures.
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E.
Yasnaya Polyana
Yasnaya Polyana is a historic Russian country estate best known as the longtime home and creative retreat of writer Leo Tolstoy, where he wrote major works like "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building
ⓘ
execution site ⓘ historic house ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
House of Special Purpose
ⓘ
Дом Ипатьева ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | late 19th-century Russian urban mansion ⓘ |
| builtFor |
merchant family Ipatiev
ⓘ
linked to:
Ipatiev House
|
| cityHistoricalName |
Ekaterinburg
ⓘ
linked to:
Yekaterinburg
|
| citySovietName |
Sverdlovsk
ⓘ
linked to:
Yekaterinburg
|
| coordinateApprox | 56.836°N 60.605°E ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| demolishedBy |
Soviet authorities
ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR
order of Boris Yeltsin ⓘ |
| demolishedOn | 1977-09-16 ⓘ |
| demolitionOrderedBy | Boris Yeltsin ⓘ |
| demolitionReason |
fear of monarchist pilgrimage site
ⓘ
political sensitivity ⓘ |
| era |
early Soviet period
ⓘ
late Russian Empire ⓘ |
| event |
execution of Alexei Nikolaevich
ⓘ
execution of Anastasia Nikolaevna ⓘ execution of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna ⓘ execution of Maria Nikolaevna ⓘ execution of Olga Nikolaevna ⓘ execution of Romanov servants ⓘ execution of Tatiana Nikolaevna ⓘ execution of Tsar Nicholas II ⓘ |
| eventDate | 1918-07-17 ⓘ |
| hasUse |
execution site
ⓘ
government property ⓘ merchant residence ⓘ prison house ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | no longer extant ⓘ |
| knownFor |
execution of Nicholas II and his family
ⓘ
execution of the Romanovs ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Russian Empire
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ Sverdlovsk Oblast ⓘ Ural Federal District ⓘ
linked to:
Ural region
Yekaterinburg ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Church on the Blood
ⓘ
linked to:
Church on Spilled Blood
|
| locatedOnStreet | Voznesensky Prospekt ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Nikolai Ipatiev ⓘ |
| notableFigureAssociated |
Alexandra Feodorovna
ⓘ
linked to:
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna
Nicholas II of Russia ⓘ
linked to:
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
Yakov Yurovsky ⓘ |
| partOf | Romanov execution sites ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Church on the Blood
ⓘ
linked to:
Church on Spilled Blood
|
| usedBy |
Bolsheviks
ⓘ
Ural Soviet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ipatiev House Description of subject: Ipatiev House was a merchant's residence in Yekaterinburg, Russia, best known as the site where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were executed in 1918.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
linked to: Ipatiev House
linked to: Ipatiev House
linked to: Ipatiev House
linked to: Ipatiev House
linked to: Ipatiev House
linked to: Ipatiev House
subject linked to:
Ganina Yama area near Yekaterinburg
linked to: Ipatiev House
subject linked to:
Church on the Blood in Yekaterinburg (associated site)
linked to: Ipatiev House
subject linked to:
Nikolai Ipatiev
linked to: Ipatiev House
linked to: Ipatiev House
subject linked to:
Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
linked to: Ipatiev House
linked to: Ipatiev House
subject linked to:
Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
linked to: Ipatiev House
subject linked to:
Nicholas II of Russia (son-in-law)
linked to: Ipatiev House
subject linked to:
Maria