April Theses
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The April Theses were a series of directives issued by Vladimir Lenin in 1917 that called for Soviet power, an immediate end to Russia’s involvement in World War I, and the transfer of land to the peasantry, profoundly shaping the course of the Russian Revolution.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| April Theses canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: April Theses Context triple: [Russian Revolution, significantDocument, April Theses]
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Six Acts
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Hundred Days
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Hundred Days
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The Protester
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Crown-in-Parliament
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: April Theses Target entity description: The April Theses were a series of directives issued by Vladimir Lenin in 1917 that called for Soviet power, an immediate end to Russia’s involvement in World War I, and the transfer of land to the peasantry, profoundly shaping the course of the Russian Revolution.
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A.
Six Acts
The Six Acts were a series of repressive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1819 to curb political dissent and public assembly in the wake of the Peterloo Massacre.
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B.
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days refers to the intense early period of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency in 1933 when a flurry of New Deal legislation was rapidly enacted to combat the Great Depression.
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C.
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days was the brief 1815 period between Napoleon Bonaparte’s return from exile and his final defeat at Waterloo, marking the last phase of the Napoleonic Wars.
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D.
The Protester
The Protester is the collective title Time magazine gave in 2011 to individuals worldwide who participated in mass demonstrations and uprisings, symbolizing the power of grassroots activism in shaping global events.
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E.
Crown-in-Parliament
The Crown-in-Parliament is the constitutional doctrine in the United Kingdom that vests supreme legislative authority jointly in the monarch, the House of Commons, and the House of Lords.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical document
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political manifesto ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
breaking with moderate socialists
ⓘ
preparing for socialist revolution ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Lenin’s April Theses ⓘ |
| author | Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| calledFor |
Soviet power
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all power to the Soviets ⓘ confiscation of landed estates ⓘ end to Russia’s participation in World War I ⓘ merger of all banks into a single national bank ⓘ nationalization of land ⓘ no support for the Provisional Government ⓘ transfer of land to the peasantry ⓘ transformation of the imperialist war into a civil war ⓘ workers’ control over production ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| criticized |
defensism
ⓘ
support for the Provisional Government by socialists ⓘ |
| date | 1917-04-04 ⓘ |
| documentType | set of directives ⓘ |
| hasPart | ten points ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | World War I ⓘ |
| ideology |
Leninism
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Marxism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bolshevik Party program
ⓘ
Bolshevik strategy in 1917 ⓘ October Revolution ⓘ
linked to:
Russian Revolution
|
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| mainSlogan |
All power to the Soviets
ⓘ
Peace, Land, and Bread ⓘ |
| opposed |
Russian Provisional Government
ⓘ
imperialist war ⓘ |
| placeOfPresentation |
Finland Station
ⓘ
Petrograd ⓘ
linked to:
Leningrad
|
| politicalContext |
Russian Revolution of 1917
ⓘ
linked to:
Russian Revolution
|
| politicalPosition | far-left ⓘ |
| presentedTo |
Bolshevik Party
ⓘ
meetings of Bolshevik delegates ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Bolshevik Party leader ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Pravda ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
radicalization of Bolshevik policy
ⓘ
shift of Bolshevik Party towards immediate seizure of power ⓘ |
| significance |
foundation for Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917
ⓘ
key turning point in the Russian Revolution ⓘ |
| theoreticalBasis |
Lenin’s analysis of imperialist war
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism
Marxist theory of imperialism ⓘ |
| year | 1917 ⓘ |
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Subject: April Theses Description of subject: The April Theses were a series of directives issued by Vladimir Lenin in 1917 that called for Soviet power, an immediate end to Russia’s involvement in World War I, and the transfer of land to the peasantry, profoundly shaping the course of the Russian Revolution.
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