Vladimir Nabokov Sr.

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human journalist lawyer liberal politician politician

Vladimir Nabokov Sr. was a prominent Russian liberal politician, lawyer, and journalist, best known as the father of novelist Vladimir Nabokov and as an outspoken advocate for democracy who was assassinated in 1922.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Vladimir Nabokov Sr. canonical	4
Kirill Nabokov	1
Olga Nabokova	1
Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov	1
Vladimir Nabokov (senior)	1
Владимир Набоков-старший	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2250660 — 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: Vladimir Nabokov Sr.
Context triple: [Constitutional Democratic Party, hasMember, Vladimir Nabokov Sr.]

A. Evgeni Nabokov
Evgeni Nabokov is a former NHL goaltender best known for his standout career with the San Jose Sharks, where he became one of the franchise’s most successful and recognizable players.
B. Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Bulgakov was a Russian writer and playwright best known for his satirical and fantastical novel "The Master and Margarita."
C. Alexei Tolstoy
Alexei Tolstoy was a prominent Russian writer and novelist known for his historical epics, science fiction works, and contributions to Soviet literature.
D. Sergei Tolstoy
Sergei Tolstoy was a Russian nobleman and musician, best known as a son of the writer Leo Tolstoy and a member of the prominent Tolstoy family.
E. Anatoly Lukyanov
Anatoly Lukyanov was a Soviet politician and close ally of Mikhail Gorbachev who served as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet and later became known for his involvement in the failed August 1991 coup attempt.
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: Vladimir Nabokov Sr.
Target entity description: Vladimir Nabokov Sr. was a prominent Russian liberal politician, lawyer, and journalist, best known as the father of novelist Vladimir Nabokov and as an outspoken advocate for democracy who was assassinated in 1922.

A. Evgeni Nabokov
Evgeni Nabokov is a former NHL goaltender best known for his standout career with the San Jose Sharks, where he became one of the franchise’s most successful and recognizable players.
B. Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Bulgakov was a Russian writer and playwright best known for his satirical and fantastical novel "The Master and Margarita."
C. Alexei Tolstoy
Alexei Tolstoy was a prominent Russian writer and novelist known for his historical epics, science fiction works, and contributions to Soviet literature.
D. Sergei Tolstoy
Sergei Tolstoy was a Russian nobleman and musician, best known as a son of the writer Leo Tolstoy and a member of the prominent Tolstoy family.
E. Anatoly Lukyanov
Anatoly Lukyanov was a Soviet politician and close ally of Mikhail Gorbachev who served as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet and later became known for his involvement in the failed August 1991 coup attempt.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ journalist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ liberal politician ⓘ politician ⓘ
burialPlace	Berlin ⓘ
causeOfDeath	assassination ⓘ
child	Elena Nabokova ⓘ Kirill Nabokov ⓘ linked to: Vladimir Nabokov Sr. Olga Nabokova ⓘ linked to: Vladimir Nabokov Sr. Sergey Nabokov ⓘ Vladimir Nabokov ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Russian Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1870-07-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1922-03-28 ⓘ
educatedAt	Imperial Alexander Lyceum ⓘ linked to: Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum Saint Petersburg State University ⓘ linked to: Leningrad State University
employer	newspaper Rech ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Russian ⓘ
familyName	Nabokov ⓘ linked to: Vladimir Nabokov
fieldOfStudy	law ⓘ
givenName	Vladimir ⓘ
hasRelative	Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov ⓘ linked to: Vladimir Nabokov
killedBy	Russian monarchist extremists ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Russian ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	homicide ⓘ
memberOf	Constitutional Democratic Party ⓘ
movement	Russian liberal movement ⓘ
notableFor	advocacy of democracy ⓘ opposition to political extremism ⓘ
notableWork	articles in Rech ⓘ
occupation	editor ⓘ journalist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ publisher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Russian Empire ⓘ Saint Petersburg ⓘ linked to: Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
placeOfDeath	Berlin ⓘ Weimar Republic ⓘ
politicalAlignment	liberalism ⓘ
positionHeld	Minister of Justice of the Provisional Government of Russia ⓘ member of the First State Duma of the Russian Empire ⓘ member of the Provisional Government of Russia ⓘ member of the Second State Duma of the Russian Empire ⓘ
religion	Russian Orthodoxy ⓘ
residence	Berlin ⓘ Saint Petersburg ⓘ linked to: St. Petersburg
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Elena Rukavishnikova ⓘ

How these facts were elicited