Siege of Narva (1704)
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The Siege of Narva (1704) was a major Russian victory over Sweden during the Great Northern War, resulting in the capture of the strategic Baltic fortress city of Narva.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Second Battle of Narva (1704) | 1 |
| Siege of Narva (1704) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T938910 — 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: Siege of Narva (1704) Context triple: [Great Northern War, significantSiege, Siege of Narva (1704)]
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A.
Battle of Narva (1700)
The Battle of Narva (1700) was an early Great Northern War clash in which outnumbered Swedish forces under Charles XII decisively defeated the Russian army near the city of Narva.
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B.
Siege of Riga (1700)
The Siege of Riga (1700) was an early and pivotal Russian-led attempt to capture the Swedish-held Baltic port city of Riga during the opening phase of the Great Northern War.
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C.
Siege of Perekop (1736)
The Siege of Perekop (1736) was a major Russo-Turkish War engagement in which Russian forces under Field Marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich captured the Crimean Peninsula’s main land gateway from the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire.
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D.
Battle of Vyborg
The Battle of Vyborg was a key 1918 engagement of the Finnish Civil War in which White forces captured the strategic city of Vyborg from the Reds, helping secure their overall victory.
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E.
Battle of Friedberg (1761)
The Battle of Friedberg (1761) was a minor engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick clashed with French troops in western Germany.
- 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: Siege of Narva (1704) Target entity description: The Siege of Narva (1704) was a major Russian victory over Sweden during the Great Northern War, resulting in the capture of the strategic Baltic fortress city of Narva.
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A.
Battle of Narva (1700)
The Battle of Narva (1700) was an early Great Northern War clash in which outnumbered Swedish forces under Charles XII decisively defeated the Russian army near the city of Narva.
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B.
Siege of Riga (1700)
The Siege of Riga (1700) was an early and pivotal Russian-led attempt to capture the Swedish-held Baltic port city of Riga during the opening phase of the Great Northern War.
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C.
Siege of Perekop (1736)
The Siege of Perekop (1736) was a major Russo-Turkish War engagement in which Russian forces under Field Marshal Burkhard Christoph von Münnich captured the Crimean Peninsula’s main land gateway from the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire.
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D.
Battle of Vyborg
The Battle of Vyborg was a key 1918 engagement of the Finnish Civil War in which White forces captured the strategic city of Vyborg from the Reds, helping secure their overall victory.
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E.
Battle of Friedberg (1761)
The Battle of Friedberg (1761) was a minor engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick clashed with French troops in western Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle of the Great Northern War
ⓘ
siege ⓘ |
| conflictIn | Great Northern War ⓘ |
| followed | Battle of Narva (1700) ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Siege of Narva (1704)
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Battle of Narva (1704)
|
| hasApproximateStrengthRussian | about 20,000–40,000 soldiers ⓘ |
| hasApproximateStrengthSwedish | about 3,000–4,500 soldiers ⓘ |
| hasAttackers | Russian field army ⓘ |
| hasBelligerent |
Swedish Empire
ⓘ
Tsardom of Russia ⓘ |
| hasCasualtiesAndLossesRussian | several thousand killed and wounded ⓘ |
| hasCasualtiesAndLossesSwedish | majority of garrison killed, wounded or captured ⓘ |
| hasCommander |
Boris Sheremetev
ⓘ
Georg Johann Maydell ⓘ Henning Rudolf Horn af Rantzien ⓘ Peter the Great ⓘ
surface form:
Peter I of Russia
|
| hasDefenders | Swedish garrison of Narva ⓘ |
| hasEndDate | 1704-08-09 ⓘ |
| hasEndYear | 1704 ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Baltic Sea coast region
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic region
Estonia ⓘ Narva ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | Russian victory ⓘ |
| hasStartDate | 1704-06-27 ⓘ |
| hasStartYear | 1704 ⓘ |
| hasStrategicObjective |
secure route to Gulf of Finland
ⓘ
seizure of key Baltic fortress ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfWarfare | siege warfare ⓘ |
| hasWeaponUsed |
cannon
ⓘ
mortars ⓘ small arms ⓘ |
| involved |
Russian artillery bombardment
ⓘ
assault on city fortifications ⓘ |
| isPartOfCampaign | Russian Baltic campaign in Great Northern War ⓘ |
| isRevengeFor |
Battle of Narva (1700)
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian defeat at Battle of Narva (1700)
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| isSignificantFor |
consolidation of Russian presence on eastern Baltic coast
ⓘ
weakening of Swedish defensive system in the Baltic ⓘ |
| ledTo |
Russian access to important Baltic stronghold
ⓘ
strengthening of Russian position in Ingria and Estonia ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Northern War ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Russian invasion of Swedish Estonia
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian capture of Dorpat (Tartu)
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| resultedIn |
Russian control of Narva fortress
ⓘ
capture of Narva by Russia ⓘ loss of Narva by Sweden ⓘ |
| tookPlaceDuringReignOf | Peter the Great ⓘ |
| tookPlaceInModernCountry | Estonia ⓘ |
| tookPlaceInPoliticalEntity | Swedish Estonia ⓘ |
| tookPlaceOn | Narva River ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Siege of Narva (1704) Description of subject: The Siege of Narva (1704) was a major Russian victory over Sweden during the Great Northern War, resulting in the capture of the strategic Baltic fortress city of Narva.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Second Battle of Narva (1704)