People's Commissariat for Food
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The People's Commissariat for Food was a Soviet government body responsible for overseeing food production, distribution, and supply during the early years of the USSR.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1273816 — 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 Food Context triple: [Council of People's Commissars, hasPart, People's Commissariat for Food]
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A.
People's Commissariat for Agriculture
The People's Commissariat for Agriculture was the Soviet government ministry responsible for directing agricultural policy, collectivization, and rural administration in the early USSR.
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B.
People's Commissariat for Labour
The People's Commissariat for Labour was a Soviet government ministry responsible for overseeing labor policy, employment, and workers’ conditions in the early USSR.
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C.
Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture
The Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture was a Nazi German government department responsible for agricultural policy and food supply, playing a central role in exploitative and genocidal measures in occupied Europe during World War II.
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D.
Council of People's Commissars
The Council of People's Commissars was the highest executive and administrative authority of Soviet Russia (and later the USSR) in the early Bolshevik period, functioning as the government cabinet headed by Vladimir Lenin.
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E.
People's Commissariat for Finance
The People's Commissariat for Finance was the Soviet government ministry responsible for managing state finances, budgeting, and fiscal policy in the early USSR.
- 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 Food Target entity description: The People's Commissariat for Food was a Soviet government body responsible for overseeing food production, distribution, and supply during the early years of the USSR.
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A.
People's Commissariat for Agriculture
The People's Commissariat for Agriculture was the Soviet government ministry responsible for directing agricultural policy, collectivization, and rural administration in the early USSR.
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B.
People's Commissariat for Labour
The People's Commissariat for Labour was a Soviet government ministry responsible for overseeing labor policy, employment, and workers’ conditions in the early USSR.
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C.
Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture
The Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture was a Nazi German government department responsible for agricultural policy and food supply, playing a central role in exploitative and genocidal measures in occupied Europe during World War II.
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D.
Council of People's Commissars
The Council of People's Commissars was the highest executive and administrative authority of Soviet Russia (and later the USSR) in the early Bolshevik period, functioning as the government cabinet headed by Vladimir Lenin.
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E.
People's Commissariat for Finance
The People's Commissariat for Finance was the Soviet government ministry responsible for managing state finances, budgeting, and fiscal policy in the early USSR.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet government body
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government ministry ⓘ people's commissariat ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
ensure food security
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stabilize urban food supply ⓘ support the Red Army with provisions ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
RSFSR
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Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form:
USSR
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| country |
Russian SFSR
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surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| followedPolicy |
centralized planning
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nationalization of food trade ⓘ state control of food supply ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive branch ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
food distribution
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food production ⓘ food supply ⓘ grain procurement ⓘ rationing system ⓘ rural food supply ⓘ urban food supply ⓘ |
| industry |
agriculture
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food industry ⓘ logistics ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Moscow ⓘ |
| partOf |
Council of People's Commissars
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Soviet planned economy apparatus ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
People's Commissariat for Food
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ministry of Food Industry of the USSR
other Soviet economic ministries ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
control of food stocks
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distribution of food to the Red Army ⓘ distribution of food to urban population ⓘ food rationing during War Communism ⓘ implementation of food policy ⓘ organization of food supply ⓘ procurement of agricultural products ⓘ state grain monopoly ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Council of People's Commissars
ⓘ
surface form:
Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR
Council of People's Commissars ⓘ
surface form:
Council of People's Commissars of the USSR
Soviet government ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Russian Civil War
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War Communism ⓘ early Soviet period ⓘ |
| usedLegalSystem | Soviet law ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
central allocation of food resources
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compulsory grain requisitioning ⓘ state rationing system ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: People's Commissariat for Food Description of subject: The People's Commissariat for Food was a Soviet government body responsible for overseeing food production, distribution, and supply during the early years of the USSR.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
People's Commissar of Food Industry
this entity surface form:
People's Commissar of Food Industry of the RSFSR
People's Commissariat for Food
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replacedBy
→
People's Commissariat for Food
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Ministry of Food Industry of the USSR
Ministry of Food Supply of the Russian Provisional Government
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replacedBy
→
People's Commissariat for Food
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this entity surface form:
People's Commissariat for Food of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic