Stalingrad Tractor Factory
E415180
The Stalingrad Tractor Factory was a major Soviet industrial plant in Stalingrad that became famous for producing T-34 tanks and serving as a key battleground during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stalingrad Tractor Factory canonical | 1 |
| Stalingrad Tractor Plant | 1 |
| Stalingrad industrial district | 1 |
| Volgograd Tractor Plant industrial area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4133296 — 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: Stalingrad Tractor Factory Context triple: [T-34 medium tank, manufacturer, Stalingrad Tractor Factory]
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A.
Kovrov Mechanical Plant
Kovrov Mechanical Plant is a Russian arms manufacturer historically known for producing notable Soviet small arms, including the SVT-40 semi-automatic rifle.
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B.
Uralvagonzavod plant
The Uralvagonzavod plant is a major Russian industrial complex and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of tanks and railway rolling stock.
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C.
Izhevsk Mechanical Plant
Izhevsk Mechanical Plant is a major Russian arms manufacturer known for producing a wide range of firearms and military equipment.
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D.
Brest Fortress
Brest Fortress is a historic 19th-century Russian fortress in Brest, Belarus, renowned for its fierce Soviet resistance during the early days of the German invasion in World War II.
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E.
Tula Arsenal
Tula Arsenal is a historic Russian arms manufacturer renowned for producing a wide range of military firearms, including iconic Soviet-era rifles.
- 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: Stalingrad Tractor Factory Target entity description: The Stalingrad Tractor Factory was a major Soviet industrial plant in Stalingrad that became famous for producing T-34 tanks and serving as a key battleground during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
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A.
Kovrov Mechanical Plant
Kovrov Mechanical Plant is a Russian arms manufacturer historically known for producing notable Soviet small arms, including the SVT-40 semi-automatic rifle.
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B.
Uralvagonzavod plant
The Uralvagonzavod plant is a major Russian industrial complex and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of tanks and railway rolling stock.
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C.
Izhevsk Mechanical Plant
Izhevsk Mechanical Plant is a major Russian arms manufacturer known for producing a wide range of firearms and military equipment.
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D.
Brest Fortress
Brest Fortress is a historic 19th-century Russian fortress in Brest, Belarus, renowned for its fierce Soviet resistance during the early days of the German invasion in World War II.
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E.
Tula Arsenal
Tula Arsenal is a historic Russian arms manufacturer renowned for producing a wide range of military firearms, including iconic Soviet-era rifles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
industrial plant
ⓘ
tank factory ⓘ tractor factory ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
STZ
ⓘ
Stalingradskiy Traktornyy Zavod ⓘ
linked to:
Volgograd Tractor Plant
Volgograd Tractor Plant ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eastern Front of World War II
ⓘ
Soviet agricultural mechanization ⓘ Soviet tank industry ⓘ |
| attackedBy |
German Wehrmacht
ⓘ
linked to:
Wehrmacht
|
| battle | Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ |
| battleDate | 1942–1943 ⓘ |
| builtDuring | First Five-Year Plan ⓘ |
| constructionStart | late 1920s ⓘ |
| convertedToWarProduction | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| defendedBy | Red Army ⓘ |
| frontLineReached | 1942 ⓘ |
| heritage |
site of intense urban combat
ⓘ
symbol of Soviet resistance at Stalingrad ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Cold War
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ interwar period ⓘ |
| industry |
agricultural machinery manufacturing
ⓘ
armored vehicle manufacturing ⓘ |
| inOperationBy | early 1930s ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Russia
ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ Stalingrad ⓘ Volgograd ⓘ |
| locatedOn | western bank of the Volga River ⓘ |
| namedAfter | city of Stalingrad ⓘ |
| notableEvent | tanks were driven directly from the assembly line into combat ⓘ |
| postwarNameChange | Volgograd Tractor Plant ⓘ |
| postwarStatus |
rebuilt after World War II
ⓘ
resumed tractor production ⓘ |
| product |
T-34 medium tanks
ⓘ
linked to:
T-34 medium tank
T-34/76 tanks ⓘ
linked to:
T-34 medium tank
artillery tractors ⓘ diesel engines ⓘ tractors ⓘ |
| roleInConflict |
key battleground in the Battle of Stalingrad
ⓘ
major producer of T-34 tanks for the Red Army ⓘ |
| significance |
one of the first major tractor plants in the Soviet Union
ⓘ
symbol of Soviet industrialization ⓘ |
| statusDuringBattle |
heavily bombed
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partially destroyed ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Stalingrad Tractor Factory Description of subject: The Stalingrad Tractor Factory was a major Soviet industrial plant in Stalingrad that became famous for producing T-34 tanks and serving as a key battleground during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Stalingrad Tractor Factory
linked to: Stalingrad Tractor Factory
linked to: Stalingrad Tractor Factory