Meretskov
E367088
Meretskov was a prominent Soviet military commander, best known for his role as a Red Army general during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meretskov canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3554176 — 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: Meretskov Context triple: [Kirill Meretskov, familyName, Meretskov]
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A.
Mikhail Frunze
Mikhail Frunze was a prominent Bolshevik military commander and Soviet statesman who played a key role in the Russian Civil War and later served as People’s Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs.
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B.
Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military leader and politician, famed for his role in shaping Israel’s defense strategy and his iconic eye-patch symbolizing the country’s early wars.
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C.
Semyon Budyonny
Semyon Budyonny was a prominent Soviet cavalry commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union, known for leading the Red Army’s First Cavalry Army during the Russian Civil War and early Soviet conflicts.
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D.
Nikolay Krasnov
Nikolay Krasnov was a prominent Russian architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his palatial and eclectic designs in Crimea and later in Yugoslavia.
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E.
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
Mikhail Tukhachevsky was a prominent Soviet military commander and theorist, known for his leading role in early Red Army campaigns and for later being executed during Stalin’s Great Purge.
- 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: Meretskov Target entity description: Meretskov was a prominent Soviet military commander, best known for his role as a Red Army general during World War II.
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A.
Mikhail Frunze
Mikhail Frunze was a prominent Bolshevik military commander and Soviet statesman who played a key role in the Russian Civil War and later served as People’s Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs.
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B.
Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military leader and politician, famed for his role in shaping Israel’s defense strategy and his iconic eye-patch symbolizing the country’s early wars.
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C.
Semyon Budyonny
Semyon Budyonny was a prominent Soviet cavalry commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union, known for leading the Red Army’s First Cavalry Army during the Russian Civil War and early Soviet conflicts.
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D.
Nikolay Krasnov
Nikolay Krasnov was a prominent Russian architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his palatial and eclectic designs in Crimea and later in Yugoslavia.
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E.
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
Mikhail Tukhachevsky was a prominent Soviet military commander and theorist, known for his leading role in early Red Army campaigns and for later being executed during Stalin’s Great Purge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Red Army general
ⓘ
Soviet military commander ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Hero of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
Order of Kutuzov ⓘ Order of Lenin ⓘ Order of Suvorov ⓘ Order of the Red Banner ⓘ Order of the Red Star ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Kremlin Wall Necropolis ⓘ |
| conflict |
Russian Civil War
ⓘ
Soviet–Japanese War ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet–Japanese War (1945)
Winter War ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Russian SFSR
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1897-06-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1968-12-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Frunze Military Academy
ⓘ
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union ⓘ
linked to:
Voroshilov General Staff Academy
|
| familyName | Meretskov ⓘ |
| givenName | Kirill ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
ⓘ
linked to:
Red Army
|
| militaryRank | Marshal of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Command of Soviet forces in the Karelian Isthmus
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet Karelian Isthmus offensive
Planning and conducting operations to lift the Siege of Leningrad ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Leningrad–Novgorod offensive
ⓘ
linked to:
Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
Petsamo–Kirkenes offensive ⓘ
linked to:
Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive
Siege of Leningrad ⓘ Sinyavino offensive ⓘ
linked to:
Sinyavino offensives
Soviet invasion of Manchuria ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet–Japanese War (1945)
|
| placeOfBirth |
Nerovo
ⓘ
linked to:
Nevel
Russian Empire ⓘ Yaroslavl Governorate ⓘ
linked to:
Yaroslavl Oblast
|
| placeOfDeath |
Moscow
ⓘ
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to:
Russian SFSR
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army
ⓘ
linked to:
Chief of the General Staff
Commander of the Karelian Front ⓘ Commander of the Leningrad Front ⓘ Commander of the Volkhov Front ⓘ Deputy Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union ⓘ Deputy People's Commissar of Defense of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Meretskov Description of subject: Meretskov was a prominent Soviet military commander, best known for his role as a Red Army general during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Meretskov