Anatoly Dobrynin
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Anatoly Dobrynin was a long-serving Soviet diplomat best known for his influential role as ambassador to the United States during the Cold War, including the Cuban Missile Crisis.
All labels observed (1)
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| Anatoly Dobrynin canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4844750 — 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: Anatoly Dobrynin Context triple: [Soviet ambassadors, notableOfficeHolder, Anatoly Dobrynin]
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A.
Andrei Gromyko
Andrei Gromyko was a long-serving Soviet diplomat and politician who played a central role in Cold War foreign policy, including key negotiations on nuclear arms control and international crises.
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B.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Zbigniew Brzezinski was a Polish-American political scientist and diplomat who served as U.S. National Security Advisor under President Jimmy Carter and was a leading strategist of Cold War foreign policy.
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C.
Vladimir Ustinov
Vladimir Ustinov is a Russian politician and former Prosecutor General who later served as a presidential plenipotentiary envoy.
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D.
Yevgeny Primakov
Yevgeny Primakov was a Russian statesman, diplomat, and intelligence chief who served as prime minister during the late 1990s and played a key role in shaping post-Soviet Russian foreign policy.
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E.
Dmitry Ustinov
Dmitry Ustinov was a prominent Soviet military and political leader who served as Minister of Defence and was a key figure in shaping Soviet defense and military-industrial policy during the Cold War.
- 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: Anatoly Dobrynin Target entity description: Anatoly Dobrynin was a long-serving Soviet diplomat best known for his influential role as ambassador to the United States during the Cold War, including the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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A.
Andrei Gromyko
Andrei Gromyko was a long-serving Soviet diplomat and politician who played a central role in Cold War foreign policy, including key negotiations on nuclear arms control and international crises.
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B.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Zbigniew Brzezinski was a Polish-American political scientist and diplomat who served as U.S. National Security Advisor under President Jimmy Carter and was a leading strategist of Cold War foreign policy.
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C.
Vladimir Ustinov
Vladimir Ustinov is a Russian politician and former Prosecutor General who later served as a presidential plenipotentiary envoy.
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D.
Yevgeny Primakov
Yevgeny Primakov was a Russian statesman, diplomat, and intelligence chief who served as prime minister during the late 1990s and played a key role in shaping post-Soviet Russian foreign policy.
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E.
Dmitry Ustinov
Dmitry Ustinov was a prominent Soviet military and political leader who served as Minister of Defence and was a key figure in shaping Soviet defense and military-industrial policy during the Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet diplomat
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diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kremlin leadership during the Cold War
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linked to:
Cold War
United States–Soviet relations ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| diplomaticRank | ambassador ⓘ |
| employer |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR
ⓘ
Soviet government ⓘ |
| era | Cold War era ⓘ |
| familyName | Dobrynin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
diplomacy
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international relations ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Anatoly ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
ambassador
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diplomat ⓘ |
| hasRole |
channel of communication between Kremlin and White House
ⓘ
negotiator in U.S.–Soviet relations ⓘ |
| influenced | detente-era U.S.–Soviet diplomacy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influential role in U.S.–Soviet back-channel diplomacy
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long tenure as Soviet ambassador to the United States ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Anatoly Dobrynin ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableEvent | back-channel communications during Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in Cold War diplomacy
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role in the Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ service as Soviet ambassador in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| notableWork | memoirs about Cold War diplomacy ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Cold War
ⓘ
Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Soviet ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the United States ⓘ |
| represented | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| residence |
Moscow outside his foreign postings
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Washington, D.C. during his ambassadorship ⓘ |
| sphereOfActivity |
Soviet foreign service
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foreign policy ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Moscow
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Anatoly Dobrynin Description of subject: Anatoly Dobrynin was a long-serving Soviet diplomat best known for his influential role as ambassador to the United States during the Cold War, including the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Referenced by (3)
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