State Committee for Prices of the Soviet Union
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The State Committee for Prices of the Soviet Union was a central government body responsible for setting and regulating prices across the Soviet planned economy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| State Committee for Prices of the Soviet Union canonical | 1 |
| State Committee on Prices | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8283572 — 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: State Committee for Prices of the Soviet Union Context triple: [Minister of Foreign Trade of the Soviet Union, worksInCollaborationWith, State Committee for Prices of the Soviet Union]
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A.
Gosplan
Gosplan was the central Soviet state planning committee responsible for formulating and overseeing the USSR’s national economic plans.
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B.
State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR
The State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR was a group of hardline Soviet officials who attempted to seize power from Mikhail Gorbachev and halt his reforms during the failed August 1991 coup.
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C.
Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union
The Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union was the highest legislative, administrative, and supervisory body of state power in the USSR before it was replaced by the Supreme Soviet.
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D.
State Bank of the USSR
The State Bank of the USSR was the central bank of the Soviet Union, responsible for issuing currency, managing state credit, and overseeing the socialist planned economy’s financial system.
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E.
Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
The Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union was the highest executive and administrative authority of the USSR, responsible for implementing state policies and managing the government’s day-to-day operations.
- 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: State Committee for Prices of the Soviet Union Target entity description: The State Committee for Prices of the Soviet Union was a central government body responsible for setting and regulating prices across the Soviet planned economy.
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A.
Gosplan
Gosplan was the central Soviet state planning committee responsible for formulating and overseeing the USSR’s national economic plans.
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B.
State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR
The State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR was a group of hardline Soviet officials who attempted to seize power from Mikhail Gorbachev and halt his reforms during the failed August 1991 coup.
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C.
Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union
The Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union was the highest legislative, administrative, and supervisory body of state power in the USSR before it was replaced by the Supreme Soviet.
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D.
State Bank of the USSR
The State Bank of the USSR was the central bank of the Soviet Union, responsible for issuing currency, managing state credit, and overseeing the socialist planned economy’s financial system.
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E.
Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
The Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union was the highest executive and administrative authority of the USSR, responsible for implementing state policies and managing the government’s day-to-day operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
central economic planning body
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government agency ⓘ state committee ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
align prices with state economic plans
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control inflation through administrative measures ⓘ ensure stability of prices ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
all‑Union prices
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retail consumer prices ⓘ tariffs for certain services ⓘ wholesale industrial prices ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Gosplan
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Ministry of Finance of the Soviet Union ⓘ State Committee for Material and Technical Supply of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dissolvedWith | dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| field |
economic planning
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price regulation ⓘ public administration ⓘ |
| governs |
price lists for agricultural products
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price lists for consumer goods ⓘ price lists for industrial products ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
state enterprises in matters of pricing
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union‑republican ministries in matters of pricing ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
administrative price setting
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centralized price approval ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Moscow ⓘ |
| operatesIn | national economy of the USSR ⓘ |
| partOf |
Soviet central government
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet government
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| regulates |
price differentials between regions
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price levels ⓘ price structure for key goods ⓘ |
| replacedBy | price regulation bodies of post‑Soviet states ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
approving retail prices
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approving wholesale prices ⓘ coordinating price formation with other planning bodies ⓘ developing state price policy ⓘ monitoring compliance with state prices ⓘ regulating prices in the Soviet planned economy ⓘ setting prices in the Soviet planned economy ⓘ |
| subjectTo | Communist Party economic policy guidelines ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| supervises |
implementation of state price decisions
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observance of fixed prices by enterprises ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | centralized bureaucratic body ⓘ |
| usedInSystem |
planned economy
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state price system of the USSR ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet economy
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: State Committee for Prices of the Soviet Union Description of subject: The State Committee for Prices of the Soviet Union was a central government body responsible for setting and regulating prices across the Soviet planned economy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Minister of Foreign Trade of the Soviet Union
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worksInCollaborationWith
→
State Committee for Prices of the Soviet Union
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linked to: State Committee for Prices of the Soviet Union