Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government

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The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government was the governmental body responsible for legal affairs and the judicial system in Russia during the brief rule of the Provisional Government in 1917.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government canonical	3
Minister of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government	1
Ministry of Justice (Provisional Government)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2218652 — 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: Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government
Context triple: [Council of Ministers, hasPart, Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government]

A. Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Provisional Government
The Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Provisional Government was the central governmental body responsible for internal affairs and domestic administration in Russia during the brief period between the February and October Revolutions of 1917.
B. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Provisional Government
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Provisional Government was the state body responsible for conducting Russia’s external relations and diplomacy during the brief period between the February and October Revolutions of 1917.
C. Council of Ministers of the Russian Provisional Government
The Council of Ministers of the Russian Provisional Government was the executive governing body that administered Russia between the February and October Revolutions of 1917.
D. Ministry of Education of the Russian Provisional Government
The Ministry of Education of the Russian Provisional Government was the state body responsible for overseeing and reforming education policy in Russia during the brief period of the Provisional Government in 1917.
E. Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Russian Provisional Government
The Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Russian Provisional Government was the state body responsible for overseeing commerce, industrial policy, and economic regulation in Russia during the brief rule of the Provisional Government in 1917.
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: Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government
Target entity description: The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government was the governmental body responsible for legal affairs and the judicial system in Russia during the brief rule of the Provisional Government in 1917.

A. Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Provisional Government
The Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Provisional Government was the central governmental body responsible for internal affairs and domestic administration in Russia during the brief period between the February and October Revolutions of 1917.
B. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Provisional Government
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Provisional Government was the state body responsible for conducting Russia’s external relations and diplomacy during the brief period between the February and October Revolutions of 1917.
C. Council of Ministers of the Russian Provisional Government
The Council of Ministers of the Russian Provisional Government was the executive governing body that administered Russia between the February and October Revolutions of 1917.
D. Ministry of Education of the Russian Provisional Government
The Ministry of Education of the Russian Provisional Government was the state body responsible for overseeing and reforming education policy in Russia during the brief period of the Provisional Government in 1917.
E. Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Russian Provisional Government
The Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Russian Provisional Government was the state body responsible for overseeing commerce, industrial policy, and economic regulation in Russia during the brief rule of the Provisional Government in 1917.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government ministry ⓘ justice ministry ⓘ
aimedTo	democratize the judicial system ⓘ reform tsarist legal institutions ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Russia ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
country	Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing	October Revolution ⓘ linked to: Russian Revolution
endTime	November 1917 ⓘ
followedBy	People's Commissariat of Justice of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ linked to: People's Commissariat for Justice
governmentBranch	executive branch ⓘ
governmentTypeContext	transitional government ⓘ
hasMinister	Alexander Kerensky ⓘ Alexander Zarudny ⓘ Pavel Pereverzev ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Petrograd ⓘ linked to: Leningrad
historicalPeriod	Provisional Government period of 1917 ⓘ linked to: Russian Provisional Government
historicalRegion	Russian Empire territory ⓘ
jurisdiction	Russian Republic ⓘ linked to: Russian Provisional Government
languageOfWorkOrName	Russian ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law ⓘ
locatedIn	Petrograd ⓘ linked to: Leningrad
operatedDuring	1917 Russian Revolution ⓘ linked to: Russian Revolution
oversaw	judges ⓘ prison administration ⓘ prosecutors ⓘ
partOf	Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
reasonForAbolition	Bolshevik seizure of power ⓘ
replaces	Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire ⓘ
responsibleFor	courts administration ⓘ judicial system ⓘ legal affairs ⓘ legal reforms ⓘ penal policy ⓘ prosecution system ⓘ
shortName	Ministry of Justice (Provisional Government) ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government
startTime	March 1917 ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
subordinateTo	Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
timePeriod	World War I ⓘ late Russian Empire ⓘ
usedCalendarContext	Julian calendar (Old Style) dates in official acts ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Council of Ministers → hasPart → Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government ⓘ

Alexander Kerensky → positionHeld → Minister of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government ⓘ

linked to: Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government

Council of Ministers of the Russian Provisional Government → hasPart → Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government ⓘ

Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Provisional Government → coordinatesWith → Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government ⓘ

Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government → shortName → Ministry of Justice (Provisional Government) ⓘ