The Young Guard
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The Young Guard is a Soviet novel by Alexander Fadeyev that dramatizes the heroism and sacrifice of an underground Komsomol resistance group fighting Nazi occupation during World War II.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Young Guard canonical | 5 |
| The Young Guard (1948 film) | 1 |
| Молодая гвардия | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11267426 — 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: The Young Guard Context triple: [Alexander Fadeyev, notableWork, The Young Guard]
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A.
The White Guard
The White Guard is a semi-autobiographical novel by Mikhail Bulgakov that portrays the turmoil of the Russian Civil War through the experiences of an intellectual family in Kiev.
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B.
White Guard
The White Guard was a Finnish nationalist paramilitary organization that served as the main military force of the anti-socialist Whites during the Finnish Civil War and later functioned as a key component of the country’s internal security and defense.
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C.
Krimzon Guard
The Krimzon Guard is the authoritarian military police force in the Jak and Daxter video game series, known for enforcing Baron Praxis’s oppressive rule over Haven City.
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D.
How the Steel Was Tempered
How the Steel Was Tempered is a classic socialist realist novel by Nikolai Ostrovsky that follows the ideological and personal formation of a young Bolshevik during the Russian Civil War and early Soviet era.
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E.
Memories of Lenin
Memories of Lenin is a biographical memoir by Nadezhda Krupskaya that offers a personal account of Vladimir Lenin’s life and revolutionary activities.
- 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: The Young Guard Target entity description: The Young Guard is a Soviet novel by Alexander Fadeyev that dramatizes the heroism and sacrifice of an underground Komsomol resistance group fighting Nazi occupation during World War II.
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A.
The White Guard
The White Guard is a semi-autobiographical novel by Mikhail Bulgakov that portrays the turmoil of the Russian Civil War through the experiences of an intellectual family in Kiev.
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B.
White Guard
The White Guard was a Finnish nationalist paramilitary organization that served as the main military force of the anti-socialist Whites during the Finnish Civil War and later functioned as a key component of the country’s internal security and defense.
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C.
Krimzon Guard
The Krimzon Guard is the authoritarian military police force in the Jak and Daxter video game series, known for enforcing Baron Praxis’s oppressive rule over Haven City.
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D.
How the Steel Was Tempered
How the Steel Was Tempered is a classic socialist realist novel by Nikolai Ostrovsky that follows the ideological and personal formation of a young Bolshevik during the Russian Civil War and early Soviet era.
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E.
Memories of Lenin
Memories of Lenin is a biographical memoir by Nadezhda Krupskaya that offers a personal account of Vladimir Lenin’s life and revolutionary activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | Alexander Fadeyev ⓘ |
| awarded | Stalin Prize ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Young Guard resistance organization in Krasnodon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| depicts | Nazi occupation of Soviet territories ⓘ |
| genre |
historical novel
ⓘ
socialist realist novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Young Guard (1948 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Young Guard
theatrical adaptations ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Soviet war propaganda imagery
ⓘ
Soviet youth culture ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
first edition 1946
ⓘ
revised edition 1951 ⓘ |
| ideology |
Soviet patriotism
ⓘ
communism ⓘ |
| influencedBy | official Soviet war narrative ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | Soviet readers ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Socialist realism
ⓘ
linked to:
socialist realism
|
| mainSubject |
Komsomol underground movement
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ anti‑Nazi resistance ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Ivan Zemnukhov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lyubov Shevtsova ⓘ Oleg Koshevoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Tyulenin NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulyana Gromova ⓘ |
| organizationDepicted | Komsomol ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| partOf | Soviet World War II literature canon ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Moscow ⓘ |
| portrays |
collective resistance to fascism
ⓘ
heroism of Soviet youth ⓘ martyrdom of underground fighters ⓘ |
| publicationYear |
1946
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1951 ⓘ |
| publisher | Soviet publishing houses ⓘ |
| setDuring | German occupation of Krasnodon ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
Great Patriotic War
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Front of World War II
|
| theme |
collectivism
ⓘ
loyalty to the motherland ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ struggle against fascism ⓘ |
| title |
The Young Guard
ⓘ
Молодая гвардия ⓘ
linked to:
The Young Guard
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Subject: The Young Guard Description of subject: The Young Guard is a Soviet novel by Alexander Fadeyev that dramatizes the heroism and sacrifice of an underground Komsomol resistance group fighting Nazi occupation during World War II.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Young Guard
linked to: The Young Guard