The Bronze Horseman
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The Bronze Horseman is a narrative poem by Alexander Pushkin that intertwines a legendary statue of Peter the Great with a tragic tale set during the catastrophic 1824 flood in St. Petersburg.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bronze Horseman | 7 |
| The Bronze Horseman canonical | 2 |
| Медный всадник | 2 |
| poem "The Bronze Horseman" by Alexander Pushkin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: The Bronze Horseman Context triple: [Alexander Pushkin, notableWork, The Bronze Horseman]
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The Russian Messenger
The Russian Messenger was a prominent 19th-century Russian literary journal that published major works of Russian literature, including novels by authors such as Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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House of Godunov
The House of Godunov was a short-lived Russian noble dynasty that came to power at the end of the 16th century, most notably through Tsar Boris Godunov’s reign.
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Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago is a classic 1965 epic romantic drama film set during the Russian Revolution, renowned for its sweeping cinematography, tragic love story, and Omar Sharif’s iconic lead performance.
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D.
The Life of Klim Samgin
The Life of Klim Samgin is a multi-volume novel by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that chronicles the life of an intellectual protagonist against the backdrop of Russia’s social and political upheavals from the late 19th century to the 1917 Revolution.
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E.
Emperor of All the Russias
Emperor of All the Russias was the formal title of the autocratic monarch who ruled the Russian Empire until the monarchy’s abolition in 1917.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Bronze Horseman Target entity description: The Bronze Horseman is a narrative poem by Alexander Pushkin that intertwines a legendary statue of Peter the Great with a tragic tale set during the catastrophic 1824 flood in St. Petersburg.
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A.
The Russian Messenger
The Russian Messenger was a prominent 19th-century Russian literary journal that published major works of Russian literature, including novels by authors such as Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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B.
House of Godunov
The House of Godunov was a short-lived Russian noble dynasty that came to power at the end of the 16th century, most notably through Tsar Boris Godunov’s reign.
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C.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago is a classic 1965 epic romantic drama film set during the Russian Revolution, renowned for its sweeping cinematography, tragic love story, and Omar Sharif’s iconic lead performance.
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D.
The Life of Klim Samgin
The Life of Klim Samgin is a multi-volume novel by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that chronicles the life of an intellectual protagonist against the backdrop of Russia’s social and political upheavals from the late 19th century to the 1917 Revolution.
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E.
Emperor of All the Russias
Emperor of All the Russias was the formal title of the autocratic monarch who ruled the Russian Empire until the monarchy’s abolition in 1917.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Alexander Pushkin ⓘ |
| censorshipHistory | subject to imperial censorship ⓘ |
| centralObject |
Bronze Horseman monument
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surface form:
equestrian statue of Peter the Great
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| compositionPeriod | 1833 ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Parasha
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Peter the Great ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1837 ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological drama
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romanticism ⓘ |
| historicalEventDepicted | 1824 Saint Petersburg flood ⓘ |
| influenced |
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Nikolai Gogol ⓘ Russian literature ⓘ |
| literaryForm | narrative verse ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Russian Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryStatus |
classic of Russian literature
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foundational Petersburg text ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Yevgeny
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surface form:
Evgeny
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| mainCharacterOccupation | poor clerk ⓘ |
| mainCharacterTrait | small man ⓘ |
| meter | iambic tetrameter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrator ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
ambivalent portrayal of Peter the Great
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blend of myth and historical reality ⓘ vivid description of flood ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | varied ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| settingFeature |
Neva River
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Senate Square ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
St. Petersburg
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surface form:
Saint Petersburg
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| settingYear | 1824 ⓘ |
| statueName |
Bronze Horseman monument
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surface form:
Bronze Horseman statue
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| structure | introduction and two parts ⓘ |
| subtitle | A Petersburg Tale ⓘ |
| symbol |
human insignificance before history
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imperial power ⓘ state violence ⓘ |
| theme |
autocracy and empire
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conflict between individual and state ⓘ fate and predestination ⓘ power of nature ⓘ urban modernity ⓘ |
| titleInRussian |
The Bronze Horseman
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Медный всадник
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Subject: The Bronze Horseman Description of subject: The Bronze Horseman is a narrative poem by Alexander Pushkin that intertwines a legendary statue of Peter the Great with a tragic tale set during the catastrophic 1824 flood in St. Petersburg.
Referenced by (12)
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