Kirilov
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Kirilov is a philosophical and tormented character in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel "Demons," known for his radical ideas about freedom, God, and suicide.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5581375 — 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: Kirilov Context triple: [Demons, mainCharacter, Kirilov]
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A.
Kirillov
Kirillov is a small historic town in Russia known for its medieval monasteries and traditional northern architecture.
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B.
Kirillovich
Kirillovich is the Russian patronymic of Pierre Bezukhov, indicating he is the son of a man named Kirill.
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C.
Kostylev
Kostylev is a philosophical, disillusioned former intellectual in Maxim Gorky’s play "The Lower Depths," known for his cynical reflections on truth, faith, and human suffering.
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D.
Ivan Kalyayev
Ivan Kalyayev was a Russian Socialist Revolutionary and terrorist who assassinated Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich in 1905 as part of the revolutionary struggle against the tsarist regime.
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E.
Rodion
Rodion is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, most notably borne by Soviet military commander Rodion Malinovsky.
- 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: Kirilov Target entity description: Kirilov is a philosophical and tormented character in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel "Demons," known for his radical ideas about freedom, God, and suicide.
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A.
Kirillov
Kirillov is a small historic town in Russia known for its medieval monasteries and traditional northern architecture.
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B.
Kirillovich
Kirillovich is the Russian patronymic of Pierre Bezukhov, indicating he is the son of a man named Kirill.
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C.
Kostylev
Kostylev is a philosophical, disillusioned former intellectual in Maxim Gorky’s play "The Lower Depths," known for his cynical reflections on truth, faith, and human suffering.
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D.
Ivan Kalyayev
Ivan Kalyayev was a Russian Socialist Revolutionary and terrorist who assassinated Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich in 1905 as part of the revolutionary struggle against the tsarist regime.
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E.
Rodion
Rodion is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, most notably borne by Soviet military commander Rodion Malinovsky.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ philosophical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Demons
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The Devils ⓘ The Possessed ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pyotr Verkhovensky
ⓘ
Shatov ⓘ Stavrogin ⓘ
linked to:
Nikolai Stavrogin
|
| centralTheme |
God
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existentialism ⓘ freedom ⓘ nihilism ⓘ suicide ⓘ the death of God ⓘ the problem of evil ⓘ |
| characterIn | novel Demons ⓘ |
| commits | suicide ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| creator | Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| deathCause | suicide ⓘ |
| deathManner | self-inflicted gunshot ⓘ |
| deathMotivation | to demonstrate his theory of freedom ⓘ |
| fictionalNationality | Russian ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
ascetic
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fanatical ⓘ introverted ⓘ obsessive ⓘ tormented ⓘ |
| influenced | later existentialist interpretations of Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | one of Dostoevsky’s most radical philosophical characters ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
desire to prove human divinity
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revolt against traditional religion ⓘ search for absolute freedom ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodiment of extreme existential freedom
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embodiment of radical atheism ⓘ philosophical foil to other characters in Demons ⓘ |
| occupation | engineer ⓘ |
| philosophicalIdea |
absolute human freedom
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if God does not exist everything is permitted ⓘ logical suicide ⓘ man must become God by asserting his will ⓘ suicide as ultimate affirmation of freedom ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
consequences of radical atheism
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destructive potential of abstract ideology ⓘ |
| usedBy | Pyotr Verkhovensky ⓘ |
| usedByFor | political conspiracy cover-up ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kirilov Description of subject: Kirilov is a philosophical and tormented character in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel "Demons," known for his radical ideas about freedom, God, and suicide.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kirilov