Igor Girkin
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Igor Girkin, also known as Igor Strelkov, is a former Russian intelligence officer and separatist commander in eastern Ukraine who has been internationally implicated in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.
All labels observed (1)
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| Igor Girkin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16835409 — 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: Igor Girkin Context triple: [Joint Investigation Team (MH17), identifiedSuspect, Igor Girkin]
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A.
Serhiy Arbuzov
Serhiy Arbuzov is a Ukrainian politician and banker who briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Ukraine following the tenure of Mykola Azarov.
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B.
Alexander Zakharchenko
Alexander Zakharchenko was a pro-Russian separatist leader who served as the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic during the war in eastern Ukraine.
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C.
Ihor
Ihor is a Ukrainian given name, commonly considered the Ukrainian form of Igor.
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D.
Oleksiy
Oleksiy is a common Ukrainian male given name, equivalent to Alexei or Alexey in Russian and Alexius in Latin.
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E.
Serhiy Kivalov
Serhiy Kivalov is a Ukrainian politician and jurist known for his long-time role in Ukraine’s parliament and his influence over the country’s legal and electoral systems.
- 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: Igor Girkin Target entity description: Igor Girkin, also known as Igor Strelkov, is a former Russian intelligence officer and separatist commander in eastern Ukraine who has been internationally implicated in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.
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A.
Serhiy Arbuzov
Serhiy Arbuzov is a Ukrainian politician and banker who briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Ukraine following the tenure of Mykola Azarov.
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B.
Alexander Zakharchenko
Alexander Zakharchenko was a pro-Russian separatist leader who served as the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic during the war in eastern Ukraine.
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C.
Ihor
Ihor is a Ukrainian given name, commonly considered the Ukrainian form of Igor.
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D.
Oleksiy
Oleksiy is a common Ukrainian male given name, equivalent to Alexei or Alexey in Russian and Alexius in Latin.
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E.
Serhiy Kivalov
Serhiy Kivalov is a Ukrainian politician and jurist known for his long-time role in Ukraine’s parliament and his influence over the country’s legal and electoral systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Joint Investigation Team (MH17)