Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building

E382918

Seven Sisters skyscraper Stalinist high-rise residential building skyscraper

The Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building is a prominent Stalinist high-rise in Moscow, known for its ornate spire-topped silhouette and its role as one of the city’s iconic “Seven Sisters” skyscrapers.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building canonical	4
House on the Embankment residential complex	1
Kotelnicheskaya Naberezhnaya 1/15	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3708190 — 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: Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building
Context triple: [Seven Sisters (Moscow skyscrapers), hasPart, Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building]

A. All-Russia Insurance Company building
The All-Russia Insurance Company building is a historic Moscow structure best known today as the Lubyanka Building, long associated with Soviet and Russian security services.
B. Anichkov Palace
Anichkov Palace is a historic Baroque and Neoclassical royal residence on Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg, Russia, long associated with the Russian imperial family and later used for various state and cultural purposes.
C. Sevastyanov House
Sevastyanov House is a lavish 19th-century neo-Gothic and neo-Baroque mansion in Yekaterinburg, Russia, renowned for its ornate façade and status as one of the city’s most iconic architectural landmarks.
D. Mikhailovsky Palace
Mikhailovsky Palace is a grand neoclassical former imperial residence in Saint Petersburg that now serves as the main building of the State Russian Museum.
E. Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace
Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace is a grand 19th-century Neo-Baroque aristocratic residence in Saint Petersburg, Russia, noted for its ornate façade and richly decorated interiors.
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: Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building
Target entity description: The Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building is a prominent Stalinist high-rise in Moscow, known for its ornate spire-topped silhouette and its role as one of the city’s iconic “Seven Sisters” skyscrapers.

A. All-Russia Insurance Company building
The All-Russia Insurance Company building is a historic Moscow structure best known today as the Lubyanka Building, long associated with Soviet and Russian security services.
B. Anichkov Palace
Anichkov Palace is a historic Baroque and Neoclassical royal residence on Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg, Russia, long associated with the Russian imperial family and later used for various state and cultural purposes.
C. Sevastyanov House
Sevastyanov House is a lavish 19th-century neo-Gothic and neo-Baroque mansion in Yekaterinburg, Russia, renowned for its ornate façade and status as one of the city’s most iconic architectural landmarks.
D. Mikhailovsky Palace
Mikhailovsky Palace is a grand neoclassical former imperial residence in Saint Petersburg that now serves as the main building of the State Russian Museum.
E. Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace
Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace is a grand 19th-century Neo-Baroque aristocratic residence in Saint Petersburg, Russia, noted for its ornate façade and richly decorated interiors.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Seven Sisters skyscraper ⓘ Stalinist high-rise ⓘ residential building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ
architect	Andrei Rostkovsky ⓘ Dmitry Chechulin ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Soviet neoclassicism ⓘ Stalinist architecture ⓘ
cityPanoramaRole	Moscow skyline landmark ⓘ
cladding	stone ⓘ
constructionEndDate	1952 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1938 ⓘ
contains	apartments ⓘ cinema ⓘ offices ⓘ shops ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
developer	Soviet government ⓘ
era	Stalin era ⓘ
hasAddress	Kotelnicheskaya Naberezhnaya 1/15 ⓘ linked to: Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building
hasFeature	central tower with spire ⓘ decorative pinnacles ⓘ ornate façade ⓘ riverfront location ⓘ symmetrical side wings ⓘ
hasSpire	true ⓘ
hasViewOf	Kremlin area ⓘ linked to: Kremlin Moskva River bend ⓘ Zamoskvorechye ⓘ
height	176 m ⓘ
heritageStatus	cultural heritage monument of regional significance in Russia ⓘ
inception	mid-20th century ⓘ
locatedAtWaterbody	Moskva River ⓘ
locatedIn	Moscow ⓘ Tagansky District ⓘ
locatedOn	Kotelnicheskaya Embankment ⓘ
mainUse	residential ⓘ
notableResidents	Russian artists ⓘ Soviet cultural elite ⓘ Soviet film actors ⓘ
numberOfFloors	32 ⓘ
openingDate	1952 ⓘ
partOf	Seven Sisters ⓘ
region	Central Federal District of Russia ⓘ
roofType	spire-topped ⓘ
significance	iconic symbol of Stalinist skyscraper architecture in Moscow ⓘ
structuralSystem	steel frame ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Seven Sisters (Moscow skyscrapers) → hasPart → Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building ⓘ

Stalinist architecture → majorExample → Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building ⓘ

Tagansky District → contains → Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building ⓘ

Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building → hasAddress → Kotelnicheskaya Naberezhnaya 1/15 ⓘ

linked to: Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building

Stalin’s skyscrapers → hasPart → Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building ⓘ

House on the Embankment (vicinity / border area) → adjacentTo → House on the Embankment residential complex ⓘ