Nikolai Karamzin
E161931
Nikolai Karamzin was a prominent Russian historian, writer, and reformer of the Russian literary language, best known for his monumental "History of the Russian State."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nikolai Karamzin canonical | 4 |
| Karamzin | 1 |
| Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Nikolai Karamzin Context triple: [Alexander Nevsky Lavra, burialPlaceOf, Nikolai Karamzin]
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Alexander Herzen
Alexander Herzen was a 19th-century Russian writer, thinker, and early socialist often regarded as the “father of Russian socialism” and a key critic of both Tsarist autocracy and dogmatic revolutionaries.
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Sergey Lvovich Pushkin
Sergey Lvovich Pushkin was a Russian nobleman and landowner best known as the father of the great poet Alexander Pushkin.
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Alexander Pechersky
Alexander Pechersky was a Soviet Jewish Red Army officer who became a key leader of the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp, one of the most significant acts of armed resistance during the Holocaust.
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Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin was a pioneering 19th-century Russian poet, playwright, and novelist widely regarded as the founder of modern Russian literature.
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Vasily Zhukovsky
Vasily Zhukovsky was a prominent Russian Romantic poet and translator, best known for his ballads and for shaping early 19th-century Russian literature while serving as a tutor to the future Tsar Alexander II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Nikolai Karamzin Target entity description: Nikolai Karamzin was a prominent Russian historian, writer, and reformer of the Russian literary language, best known for his monumental "History of the Russian State."
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A.
Alexander Herzen
Alexander Herzen was a 19th-century Russian writer, thinker, and early socialist often regarded as the “father of Russian socialism” and a key critic of both Tsarist autocracy and dogmatic revolutionaries.
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B.
Sergey Lvovich Pushkin
Sergey Lvovich Pushkin was a Russian nobleman and landowner best known as the father of the great poet Alexander Pushkin.
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C.
Alexander Pechersky
Alexander Pechersky was a Soviet Jewish Red Army officer who became a key leader of the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp, one of the most significant acts of armed resistance during the Holocaust.
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D.
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin was a pioneering 19th-century Russian poet, playwright, and novelist widely regarded as the founder of modern Russian literature.
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E.
Vasily Zhukovsky
Vasily Zhukovsky was a prominent Russian Romantic poet and translator, best known for his ballads and for shaping early 19th-century Russian literature while serving as a tutor to the future Tsar Alexander II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian Enlightenment figure
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historian ⓘ human ⓘ journalist ⓘ literary critic ⓘ translator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Tikhvin Cemetery
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surface form:
Tikhvin Cemetery, Alexander Nevsky Lavra, Saint Petersburg
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| countryOfCitizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1766-12-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1826-06-03 ⓘ |
| edited | Moscow Journal ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Moscow State University
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surface form:
Moscow University
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| employer | Imperial Court of Russia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Russians ⓘ |
| familyName |
Nikolai Karamzin
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Karamzin
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| fieldOfWork |
Russian history
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linguistic reform ⓘ literary theory ⓘ |
| fullName |
Nikolai Karamzin
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin
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| genre |
history
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sentimental prose ⓘ short story ⓘ travel literature ⓘ |
| givenName |
Nikolay
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surface form:
Nikolai
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| influenced |
Alexander Pushkin
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Russian Romanticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Laurence Sterne ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Russian Academy of Sciences
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surface form:
Russian Academy
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| movement |
Russian Enlightenment
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Sentimentalism ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
authored a comprehensive narrative of Russian history
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introduced sentimentalism into Russian literature ⓘ reformer of the Russian literary language ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Aglaia (almanac)
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History of the Russian State by Nikolai Karamzin ⓘ
surface form:
History of the Russian State
Letters of a Russian Traveller ⓘ Poor Liza ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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historian ⓘ journalist ⓘ publisher ⓘ translator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Бедная Лиза
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History of the Russian State by Nikolai Karamzin ⓘ
surface form:
История государства Российского
Московский журнал ⓘ Letters of a Russian Traveller ⓘ
surface form:
Письма русского путешественника
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| patronymicName |
Mikhail
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surface form:
Mikhailovich
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| placeOfBirth | Mikhailovka, Simbirsk Governorate, Russian Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire ⓘ |
| positionHeld | imperial historiographer of Russia ⓘ |
| religion | Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Moscow
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St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
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Referenced by (6)
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