Karl Radek
E144912
Karl Radek was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet politician, and journalist who became a victim of Stalin’s Great Purge and was tried in the infamous Moscow show trials.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Karl Radek canonical | 8 |
| Karl Bernhardovich Radek | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1259480 — 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: Karl Radek Context triple: [Trial of the Twenty-One, defendant, Karl Radek]
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A.
Ludvík Svoboda
Ludvík Svoboda was a Czechoslovak army general and communist politician who served as President of Czechoslovakia during the late 1960s, notably navigating the country through the turbulent period of the Prague Spring and its subsequent suppression.
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B.
Wilhelm Pieck
Wilhelm Pieck was a German communist politician who became the first (and only) president of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) after World War II.
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C.
Ruth Fischer
Ruth Fischer was a prominent German communist politician and activist who played a key role in the early Communist Party of Germany before later becoming an anti-Stalinist critic and writer.
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D.
Vladimír Dzurilla
Vladimír Dzurilla was a legendary Czechoslovak ice hockey goaltender, widely regarded as one of the best European goalies of his era and a key figure in international competitions during the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Vojtech Tuka
Vojtech Tuka was a leading Slovak nationalist politician and Nazi collaborator who served as prime minister of the wartime Slovak state and was later executed for war crimes.
- 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: Karl Radek Target entity description: Karl Radek was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet politician, and journalist who became a victim of Stalin’s Great Purge and was tried in the infamous Moscow show trials.
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A.
Ludvík Svoboda
Ludvík Svoboda was a Czechoslovak army general and communist politician who served as President of Czechoslovakia during the late 1960s, notably navigating the country through the turbulent period of the Prague Spring and its subsequent suppression.
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B.
Wilhelm Pieck
Wilhelm Pieck was a German communist politician who became the first (and only) president of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) after World War II.
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C.
Ruth Fischer
Ruth Fischer was a prominent German communist politician and activist who played a key role in the early Communist Party of Germany before later becoming an anti-Stalinist critic and writer.
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D.
Vladimír Dzurilla
Vladimír Dzurilla was a legendary Czechoslovak ice hockey goaltender, widely regarded as one of the best European goalies of his era and a key figure in international competitions during the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Vojtech Tuka
Vojtech Tuka was a leading Slovak nationalist politician and Nazi collaborator who served as prime minister of the wartime Slovak state and was later executed for war crimes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bolshevik
ⓘ
Soviet dissident ⓘ Soviet politician ⓘ journalist ⓘ person ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| birthName | Karl Berngardovich Sobelsohn ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | murder ⓘ |
| chargedWith |
Trotskyist activities
ⓘ
counter-revolutionary activities ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Russian Empire
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Austria-Hungary
|
| countryOfDeath | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dateOfArrest | 1936-09-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1885-10-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1939-05-19 ⓘ |
| era | Soviet era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jews ⓘ |
| fullName |
Karl Radek
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Karl Bernhardovich Radek
|
| knownFor |
Bolshevik revolutionary activity
ⓘ
Soviet political leadership ⓘ being a victim of the Great Purge ⓘ journalistic work in the Soviet press ⓘ role in the Communist International ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
German
ⓘ
Polish ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in prison ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bolsheviks
Comintern ⓘ
surface form:
Communist International
Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ Russian Social Democratic Labour Party ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Moscow Trials
ⓘ
surface form:
Moscow show trials
Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Revolution of 1917
|
| notableWork |
articles in Pravda
ⓘ
writings on international politics ⓘ writings on the German question ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Moscow Trials
ⓘ
1905 Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Revolution of 1905
Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Revolution of 1917
activities of the Communist International ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Austria-Hungary
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria ⓘ Lwów ⓘ
surface form:
Lemberg
Lwów ⓘ
surface form:
Lviv
|
| placeOfDeath |
Chelyabinsk Oblast
ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ Verkhneuralsk prison ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology |
Marxism
ⓘ
communism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Soviet government official
ⓘ
editor at Pravda ⓘ member of the Executive Committee of the Communist International ⓘ |
| religion | atheism ⓘ |
| victimOf | Great Purge ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Karl Radek Description of subject: Karl Radek was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet politician, and journalist who became a victim of Stalin’s Great Purge and was tried in the infamous Moscow show trials.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Karl Bernhardovich Radek