Alexei Tolstoy

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Russian writer Soviet writer human novelist playwright science fiction writer screenwriter writer

Alexei Tolstoy was a prominent Russian writer and novelist known for his historical epics, science fiction works, and contributions to Soviet literature.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Aleksey Tolstoy	2
Alexei Tolstoy canonical	2
Aleksei Tolstoy	1
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy	1
Alexei Nikolayevich Tolstoy	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T874369 — 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: Alexei Tolstoy
Context triple: [Tolstoy family, notableMember, Alexei Tolstoy]

A. Sophia Tolstaya
Sophia Tolstaya was a Russian diarist, editor, and wife of novelist Leo Tolstoy, known for managing his household, copying his manuscripts, and documenting their complex marriage.
B. Vasily Vasiliev
Vasily Vasiliev is a descendant of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin’s family line, being the son of Stalin’s son Vasily Stalin.
C. Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy was a Russian novelist, moral philosopher, and social reformer best known for epic works like "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina," whose ideas on nonviolence and spiritual life deeply impacted global thinkers and movements.
D. Anatoly Lukyanov
Anatoly Lukyanov was a Soviet politician and close ally of Mikhail Gorbachev who served as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet and later became known for his involvement in the failed August 1991 coup attempt.
E. Konstantin Vershinin
Konstantin Vershinin was a prominent Soviet military leader who served as a senior commander of the Soviet Air Forces during and after World War II.
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: Alexei Tolstoy
Target entity description: Alexei Tolstoy was a prominent Russian writer and novelist known for his historical epics, science fiction works, and contributions to Soviet literature.

A. Sophia Tolstaya
Sophia Tolstaya was a Russian diarist, editor, and wife of novelist Leo Tolstoy, known for managing his household, copying his manuscripts, and documenting their complex marriage.
B. Vasily Vasiliev
Vasily Vasiliev is a descendant of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin’s family line, being the son of Stalin’s son Vasily Stalin.
C. Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy was a Russian novelist, moral philosopher, and social reformer best known for epic works like "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina," whose ideas on nonviolence and spiritual life deeply impacted global thinkers and movements.
D. Anatoly Lukyanov
Anatoly Lukyanov was a Soviet politician and close ally of Mikhail Gorbachev who served as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet and later became known for his involvement in the failed August 1991 coup attempt.
E. Konstantin Vershinin
Konstantin Vershinin was a prominent Soviet military leader who served as a senior commander of the Soviet Air Forces during and after World War II.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Russian writer ⓘ Soviet writer ⓘ human ⓘ novelist ⓘ playwright ⓘ science fiction writer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ writer ⓘ
awardReceived	Stalin Prize ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Russian Empire ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Russian ⓘ
familyName	Tolstoy ⓘ
fullName	Alexei Tolstoy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alexei Nikolayevich Tolstoy
genre	historical fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ socialist realism ⓘ
givenName	Alexey ⓘ surface form: Alexei
influencedBy	Russian classical literature ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Russian ⓘ
memberOf	Tolstoy family ⓘ
movement	Soviet literature ⓘ socialist realism ⓘ
notableFor	children’s literature ⓘ historical epics ⓘ science fiction novels ⓘ
notableRole	prominent figure in Soviet cultural life ⓘ
notableWork	Aelita ⓘ Bread ⓘ Engineer Garin’s Hyperboloid ⓘ Peter the Great ⓘ surface form: Peter the First Sisters ⓘ The Blue Cities ⓘ The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino ⓘ The Ordeal ⓘ The Road to Calvary ⓘ Walking Through Torments ⓘ
occupation	journalist ⓘ novelist ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ writer ⓘ
patronymicName	Nikolaevich ⓘ surface form: Nikolayevich
positionHeld	Chairman of the Union of Soviet Writers ⓘ Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ⓘ
workLocation	Leningrad ⓘ Moscow ⓘ
writingPeriod	Soviet era ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tolstoy family → notableMember → Alexei Tolstoy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy

Alexei Tolstoy → fullName → Alexei Tolstoy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexei Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Tatyana Tolstaya → relative → Alexei Tolstoy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aleksei Tolstoy

Tolstoy → notableMember → Alexei Tolstoy ⓘ

Union of Soviet Writers → hasMember → Alexei Tolstoy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aleksey Tolstoy

First Congress of Soviet Writers → attendee → Alexei Tolstoy ⓘ