Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery
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Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery is a historic burial ground near Paris that serves as the principal resting place for many notable Russian émigrés and members of the White Russian diaspora.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3483048 — 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: Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery Context triple: [Georgy Lvov, burialPlace, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery]
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Lazarevskoe Cemetery
Lazarevskoe Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for being the resting place of many prominent Russian figures and forming part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra complex.
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Vostryakovskoye Cemetery
Vostryakovskoye Cemetery is a major Moscow burial ground known for being the resting place of prominent Soviet and Russian figures, including dissident physicist Andrei Sakharov.
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Tikhvin Cemetery
Tikhvin Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Saint Petersburg, Russia, renowned as the resting place of many prominent Russian cultural figures, including Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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Borisovskoye Cemetery, Moscow
Borisovskoye Cemetery in Moscow is a Russian burial ground known internationally as the final resting place of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
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Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery is a vast war memorial and burial ground in Saint Petersburg, Russia, honoring hundreds of thousands of victims and defenders of the Siege of Leningrad during World War II.
- 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: Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery Target entity description: Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery is a historic burial ground near Paris that serves as the principal resting place for many notable Russian émigrés and members of the White Russian diaspora.
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A.
Lazarevskoe Cemetery
Lazarevskoe Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for being the resting place of many prominent Russian figures and forming part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra complex.
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B.
Vostryakovskoye Cemetery
Vostryakovskoye Cemetery is a major Moscow burial ground known for being the resting place of prominent Soviet and Russian figures, including dissident physicist Andrei Sakharov.
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C.
Tikhvin Cemetery
Tikhvin Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Saint Petersburg, Russia, renowned as the resting place of many prominent Russian cultural figures, including Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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Borisovskoye Cemetery, Moscow
Borisovskoye Cemetery in Moscow is a Russian burial ground known internationally as the final resting place of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
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E.
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery is a vast war memorial and burial ground in Saint Petersburg, Russia, honoring hundreds of thousands of victims and defenders of the Siege of Leningrad during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian émigré cemetery
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cemetery ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Russian diaspora in France
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White émigrés ⓘ
linked to:
White Russian émigrés
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| burialPlaceOf |
Alexander Galich
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Alexei Kaledin ⓘ
linked to:
Aleksei Kaledin
Andrei Amalrik ⓘ Andrei Tarkovsky ⓘ Anton Denikin ⓘ Boris Poplavsky ⓘ Boris Zaitsev ⓘ Dmitri Merezhkovsky ⓘ Felix Yusupov ⓘ Irina Odoevtseva ⓘ Ivan Bunin ⓘ Lydia Lopokova (memorial) ⓘ
linked to:
Lydia Lopokova
Nadezhda Teffi ⓘ Nikita Struve ⓘ Pyotr Wrangel (memorial cenotaph) ⓘ Rostislav Alexeyevich of Russia ⓘ
linked to:
Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich of Russia
Vaslav Nijinsky ⓘ Zinaida Gippius ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
icon-decorated tombstones
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landscaped alleys of graves ⓘ traditional Russian Orthodox grave markers ⓘ |
| hasSection | Russian necropolis ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | site of cultural and historical interest ⓘ |
| inception | 1927 ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
French
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Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Essonne
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Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois ⓘ Île-de-France ⓘ
linked to:
Île-de-France region
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| locatedNear | Paris ⓘ |
| notableFor |
concentration of graves of prominent Russian artists
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concentration of graves of prominent Russian clergy ⓘ concentration of graves of prominent Russian writers ⓘ symbolic importance for Russian émigré identity ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| significance |
major burial site of the White Russian diaspora
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principal resting place for Russian émigrés in France ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
burial of Russian cultural figures
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burial of Russian military émigrés ⓘ burial of Russian political exiles ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery Description of subject: Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery is a historic burial ground near Paris that serves as the principal resting place for many notable Russian émigrés and members of the White Russian diaspora.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery
Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia
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burialPlace
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Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery
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Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich of Russia
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burialPlace
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Russian Orthodox cemetery, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, France
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linked to: Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery