Aleksandr Matrosov
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Aleksandr Matrosov was a Soviet Red Army soldier famed for sacrificing his life by blocking an enemy machine-gun with his body during World War II, becoming a symbol of wartime heroism in the USSR.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aleksandr Matrosov canonical | 1 |
| Matrosov | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1342017 — 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: Aleksandr Matrosov Context triple: [Hero of the Soviet Union, notableRecipient, Aleksandr Matrosov]
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A.
Vassili Zaitsev
Vassili Zaitsev is a legendary Soviet sniper of World War II, renowned for his exploits during the Battle of Stalingrad and later popularized in film and literature.
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B.
Vasily Chuikov
Vasily Chuikov was a Soviet general best known for leading the 62nd Army in the brutal urban defense that turned the tide against Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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C.
Pavel Batov
Pavel Batov was a distinguished Soviet general who commanded key formations on the Eastern Front during World War II and later held senior military and political posts in the USSR.
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D.
Sergei Sedov
Sergei Sedov was the younger son of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, known primarily for his persecution and execution during Stalin’s Great Purge.
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E.
Semyon Budyonny
Semyon Budyonny was a prominent Soviet cavalry commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union, known for leading the Red Army’s First Cavalry Army during the Russian Civil War and early Soviet conflicts.
- 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: Aleksandr Matrosov Target entity description: Aleksandr Matrosov was a Soviet Red Army soldier famed for sacrificing his life by blocking an enemy machine-gun with his body during World War II, becoming a symbol of wartime heroism in the USSR.
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A.
Vassili Zaitsev
Vassili Zaitsev is a legendary Soviet sniper of World War II, renowned for his exploits during the Battle of Stalingrad and later popularized in film and literature.
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B.
Vasily Chuikov
Vasily Chuikov was a Soviet general best known for leading the 62nd Army in the brutal urban defense that turned the tide against Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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C.
Pavel Batov
Pavel Batov was a distinguished Soviet general who commanded key formations on the Eastern Front during World War II and later held senior military and political posts in the USSR.
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D.
Sergei Sedov
Sergei Sedov was the younger son of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, known primarily for his persecution and execution during Stalin’s Great Purge.
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E.
Semyon Budyonny
Semyon Budyonny was a prominent Soviet cavalry commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union, known for leading the Red Army’s First Cavalry Army during the Russian Civil War and early Soviet conflicts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hero of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
Soviet military personnel ⓘ World War II military personnel ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Hero of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
Order of Lenin ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn |
Soviet school textbooks
ⓘ
Soviet wartime posters ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Russian ⓘ |
| familyName |
Aleksandr Matrosov
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Matrosov
|
| genreOfWork |
subject of Soviet films
ⓘ
subject of Soviet literature ⓘ subject of Soviet songs ⓘ |
| givenName | Aleksandr ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalExample | self-sacrificial attack on enemy machine-gun embrasure ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | inspired similar stories of battlefield self-sacrifice in Soviet media ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Soviet wartime patriotic education
ⓘ
postwar Soviet heroic narratives ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | term “Matrosov feat” used for similar acts of self-sacrifice ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | soldier ⓘ |
| hasRepresentation |
memorial plaques at educational institutions
ⓘ
statues in various Soviet cities ⓘ |
| hasRole | machine gunner ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | military death ⓘ |
| memorializedBy |
monuments in the former Soviet Union
ⓘ
schools named in his honor ⓘ streets named in his honor ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Red Army ⓘ |
| movement | Soviet war hero cult ⓘ |
| notableFor |
sacrificing his life by blocking an enemy machine-gun with his body
ⓘ
symbol of wartime heroism in the USSR ⓘ |
| partOf |
Soviet propaganda of heroic self-sacrifice
ⓘ
pantheon of Soviet war heroes ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Soviet patriotism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
ideal Soviet soldier
ⓘ
personal heroism ⓘ self-sacrifice for the motherland ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Patriotic War
|
| usedFor |
mobilizing civilian support for the war effort
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morale boosting among Soviet troops ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Aleksandr Matrosov Description of subject: Aleksandr Matrosov was a Soviet Red Army soldier famed for sacrificing his life by blocking an enemy machine-gun with his body during World War II, becoming a symbol of wartime heroism in the USSR.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Matrosov