Nikolai Ostrovsky
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Nikolai Ostrovsky was a Soviet writer best known for his socialist realist novel "How the Steel Was Tempered," which became a classic of communist literature.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nikolai Ostrovsky canonical | 10 |
| Nikolai Alexeevich Ostrovsky | 1 |
| Ostrovsky | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10108132 — 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: Nikolai Ostrovsky Context triple: [Union of Soviet Writers, hasMember, Nikolai Ostrovsky]
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A.
Maksim Gorky
Maksim Gorky was a seminal Russian and Soviet writer, socialist realist pioneer, and political activist whose works and public life profoundly influenced 20th-century Russian literature and culture.
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B.
Rafail Ostrovsky
Rafail Ostrovsky is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential contributions to cryptography, secure computation, and theoretical computer science.
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C.
Nikolai Goncharov
Nikolai Goncharov is a lesser-known relative of the Russian avant-garde artist Natalia Goncharova, noted primarily in biographical references to her family.
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D.
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev was a 19th-century Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright renowned for works such as "Fathers and Sons" that explored social change and intellectual life in Russia.
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E.
Alexander Fadeyev
Alexander Fadeyev was a prominent Soviet novelist and public figure best known for his works depicting the Russian Civil War and his influential role in the development of socialist realist literature.
- 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: Nikolai Ostrovsky Target entity description: Nikolai Ostrovsky was a Soviet writer best known for his socialist realist novel "How the Steel Was Tempered," which became a classic of communist literature.
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A.
Maksim Gorky
Maksim Gorky was a seminal Russian and Soviet writer, socialist realist pioneer, and political activist whose works and public life profoundly influenced 20th-century Russian literature and culture.
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B.
Rafail Ostrovsky
Rafail Ostrovsky is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential contributions to cryptography, secure computation, and theoretical computer science.
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C.
Nikolai Goncharov
Nikolai Goncharov is a lesser-known relative of the Russian avant-garde artist Natalia Goncharova, noted primarily in biographical references to her family.
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D.
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev was a 19th-century Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright renowned for works such as "Fathers and Sons" that explored social change and intellectual life in Russia.
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E.
Alexander Fadeyev
Alexander Fadeyev was a prominent Soviet novelist and public figure best known for his works depicting the Russian Civil War and his influential role in the development of socialist realist literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet writer
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human ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Nikolai Ostrovsky ⓘ |
| citizenship | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russia
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
iconic figure in Soviet culture
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symbol of communist heroism ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Russians ⓘ |
| familyName |
Ostrovsky
ⓘ
linked to:
Nikolai Ostrovsky
|
| fullName |
Nikolai Alexeevich Ostrovsky
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linked to:
Nikolai Ostrovsky
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
socialist realism
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socialist realist literature ⓘ |
| givenName |
Nikolai
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linked to:
Nikolay
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| hasWorkAdaptation |
film adaptations of How the Steel Was Tempered
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television adaptations of How the Steel Was Tempered ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism–Leninism
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communism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Soviet youth literature
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socialist realist writers ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Bolshevik ideology ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Soviet era ⓘ |
| movement |
Soviet literature
ⓘ
socialist realism ⓘ |
| name | Nikolai Ostrovsky ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notability |
author of a classic of socialist realist literature
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classic author of communist literature ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depicting the formation of the Soviet character
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portrayal of self-sacrifice for socialism ⓘ |
| notableWork | How the Steel Was Tempered ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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political activist ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro-communist ⓘ |
| workSubject |
Russian Civil War
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building of socialism ⓘ communist youth ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
didactic
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ideological ⓘ realist ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nikolai Ostrovsky Description of subject: Nikolai Ostrovsky was a Soviet writer best known for his socialist realist novel "How the Steel Was Tempered," which became a classic of communist literature.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.