Martin Latsis
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Martin Latsis was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet security official known for his leading role in the early Cheka and the implementation of Red Terror policies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Martin Latsis canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3709322 — 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: Martin Latsis Context triple: [Cheka, hasLeader, Martin Latsis]
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A.
Walter Hallstein
Walter Hallstein was a German academic, diplomat, and key architect of European integration who became the first president of the European Economic Community’s executive body, later known as the European Commission.
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B.
Frits Bolkestein
Frits Bolkestein is a Dutch liberal politician and former European Commissioner known for his influential role in shaping free-market and deregulation policies in the Netherlands and the European Union.
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C.
Altiero Spinelli
Altiero Spinelli was an Italian political theorist and leading federalist who became a key architect of European integration and a founding figure of the European Union.
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D.
Thomas Hammarberg
Thomas Hammarberg is a Swedish diplomat and human rights expert known for his prominent role in European and international human rights advocacy and monitoring.
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E.
Günther Oettinger
Günther Oettinger is a German politician from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg and later as a European Commissioner.
- 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: Martin Latsis Target entity description: Martin Latsis was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet security official known for his leading role in the early Cheka and the implementation of Red Terror policies.
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A.
Walter Hallstein
Walter Hallstein was a German academic, diplomat, and key architect of European integration who became the first president of the European Economic Community’s executive body, later known as the European Commission.
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B.
Frits Bolkestein
Frits Bolkestein is a Dutch liberal politician and former European Commissioner known for his influential role in shaping free-market and deregulation policies in the Netherlands and the European Union.
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C.
Altiero Spinelli
Altiero Spinelli was an Italian political theorist and leading federalist who became a key architect of European integration and a founding figure of the European Union.
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D.
Thomas Hammarberg
Thomas Hammarberg is a Swedish diplomat and human rights expert known for his prominent role in European and international human rights advocacy and monitoring.
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E.
Günther Oettinger
Günther Oettinger is a German politician from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg and later as a European Commissioner.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bolshevik revolutionary
ⓘ
Cheka officer ⓘ Latvian Bolshevik ⓘ Soviet security official ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Soviet Russia
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet Union
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| arrestedBy | NKVD ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1888-12-14 ⓘ |
| birthName | Jānis Sudrabs ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Kolka, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russian Empire
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1938-02-20 ⓘ |
| employer |
Cheka
ⓘ
GPU ⓘ Soviet government ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Latvian ⓘ |
| executedBy | Soviet authorities ⓘ |
| ideology | Marxism–Leninism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of class-based terror
ⓘ
implementation of Red Terror policies ⓘ leading role in the early Cheka ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Latvian
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | state execution ⓘ |
| memberOf |
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
ⓘ
linked to:
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ |
| movement | Bolshevism ⓘ |
| name | Martin Latsis ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Red Terror in Russia
ⓘ
linked to:
Red Terror
|
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
revolutionary ⓘ security officer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Red Terror
ⓘ
Russian Civil War ⓘ Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
linked to:
Russian Revolution
|
| placeOfDeath | Moscow, Soviet Union ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro-Lenin Bolshevik ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
head of the Cheka in Ukraine
ⓘ
leading official of the Cheka ⓘ member of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (Cheka) ⓘ official of the GPU ⓘ |
| victimOf | Great Purge ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
class struggle in the civil war
ⓘ
methods of revolutionary terror ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Martin Latsis Description of subject: Martin Latsis was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet security official known for his leading role in the early Cheka and the implementation of Red Terror policies.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.