People's Commissariat for Finance
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The People's Commissariat for Finance was the Soviet government ministry responsible for managing state finances, budgeting, and fiscal policy in the early USSR.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1273812 — 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: People's Commissariat for Finance Context triple: [Council of People's Commissars, hasPart, People's Commissariat for Finance]
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A.
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance is the Government of India’s key economic ministry responsible for managing public finances, taxation, economic policy, and the preparation of the national budget.
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B.
Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire
The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire was the central government body responsible for managing imperial fiscal policy, taxation, state budgets, and overall financial administration from the early 19th century until the empire’s collapse in 1917.
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C.
Imperial Ministry of Finance
The Imperial Ministry of Finance was the central government department responsible for managing the fiscal and financial affairs of the German Empire prior to its replacement by the Reich Ministry of Finance.
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D.
Ministry of Finance (Japan)
The Ministry of Finance (Japan) is a central government ministry responsible for the country’s fiscal policy, public finance, and economic stability.
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E.
Secretariat for the Economy
The Secretariat for the Economy is a Vatican department responsible for overseeing and coordinating the Holy See’s economic and administrative affairs.
- 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: People's Commissariat for Finance Target entity description: The People's Commissariat for Finance was the Soviet government ministry responsible for managing state finances, budgeting, and fiscal policy in the early USSR.
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A.
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance is the Government of India’s key economic ministry responsible for managing public finances, taxation, economic policy, and the preparation of the national budget.
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B.
Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire
The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire was the central government body responsible for managing imperial fiscal policy, taxation, state budgets, and overall financial administration from the early 19th century until the empire’s collapse in 1917.
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C.
Imperial Ministry of Finance
The Imperial Ministry of Finance was the central government department responsible for managing the fiscal and financial affairs of the German Empire prior to its replacement by the Reich Ministry of Finance.
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D.
Ministry of Finance (Japan)
The Ministry of Finance (Japan) is a central government ministry responsible for the country’s fiscal policy, public finance, and economic stability.
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E.
Secretariat for the Economy
The Secretariat for the Economy is a Vatican department responsible for overseeing and coordinating the Holy See’s economic and administrative affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet government ministry
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people's commissariat ⓘ |
| appliesPolicy |
Soviet budgetary policy
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Soviet fiscal policy ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Soviet planned economy ⓘ |
| archivesAt | State Archive of the Russian Federation ⓘ |
| budget | state budget of the USSR ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
Gosplan
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Ministry of Foreign Trade of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form:
People's Commissariat for Foreign Trade
State Bank of the USSR ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1946 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
macroeconomic policy
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public finance ⓘ state budgeting ⓘ taxation ⓘ |
| followedBy |
People's Commissariat for Finance
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ministry of Finance of the USSR
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| governmentBranch | executive branch of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| hasPart |
central apparatus of Narkomfin
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local financial inspectorates ⓘ regional financial departments ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Moscow ⓘ |
| inception | 1917 ⓘ |
| industry | public administration ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Russian SFSR
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surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form:
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
|
| legalForm | state body ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Moscow Governorate
ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| nativeName |
People's Commissariat for Finance
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Народный комиссариат финансов
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| nativeNameLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Soviet government ⓘ |
| partOf | Council of People's Commissars ⓘ |
| precededBy | Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
People's Commissariat for Finance
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ministry of Finance of the USSR
|
| responsibleFor |
fiscal policy in the Soviet Union
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state budgeting in the Soviet Union ⓘ state finances of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| shortName | Narkomfin ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
creation after the October Revolution
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transformation into the Ministry of Finance in 1946 ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
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surface form:
Council of Ministers of the USSR
Council of People's Commissars ⓘ |
| use | Soviet ruble ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: People's Commissariat for Finance Description of subject: The People's Commissariat for Finance was the Soviet government ministry responsible for managing state finances, budgeting, and fiscal policy in the early USSR.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
People's Commissariat for Finance of the RSFSR
this entity surface form:
Ministry of Finance of the USSR
People's Commissariat for Finance
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nativeName
→
People's Commissariat for Finance
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Народный комиссариат финансов
People's Commissariat for Finance
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followedBy
→
People's Commissariat for Finance
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Ministry of Finance of the USSR
People's Commissariat for Finance
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replacedBy
→
People's Commissariat for Finance
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Ministry of Finance of the USSR
Minister of Foreign Trade of the Soviet Union
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worksInCollaborationWith
→
People's Commissariat for Finance
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this entity surface form:
Ministry of Finance of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form:
People's Commissariat of Finance