Battle of Golymin
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The Battle of Golymin was a 1806 engagement during Napoleon’s Polish campaign in which French forces clashed with a Russian rearguard in harsh winter conditions, contributing to the broader strategic maneuvers of the War of the Fourth Coalition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Golymin canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1499046 — 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: Battle of Golymin Context triple: [War of the Fourth Coalition, majorBattle, Battle of Golymin]
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A.
Battle of Maloyaroslavets
The Battle of Maloyaroslavets was a key engagement during Napoleon’s 1812 Russian campaign that forced the French army to retreat along the devastated route of its advance, contributing significantly to its eventual destruction.
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B.
Battle of Kulm
The Battle of Kulm was a significant 1813 engagement in the Napoleonic Wars in which Coalition forces halted and defeated a French corps in Bohemia, contributing to the rollback of Napoleon’s influence in Central Europe.
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C.
Battle of the Moskva
The Battle of the Moskva, better known as the Battle of Borodino, was a major 1812 clash between Napoleon’s Grande Armée and Russian forces near Moscow, often regarded as one of the bloodiest single-day battles of the Napoleonic Wars.
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D.
Battle of Lesnaya
The Battle of Lesnaya was a 1708 engagement in the Great Northern War in which Peter the Great’s Russian forces dealt a crucial blow to a Swedish supply corps, helping to undermine Charles XII’s campaign before Poltava.
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E.
Battle of Tikhvin
The Battle of Tikhvin was a World War II Eastern Front engagement in late 1941 in which Soviet forces halted and pushed back a German offensive threatening to cut off Leningrad.
- 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: Battle of Golymin Target entity description: The Battle of Golymin was a 1806 engagement during Napoleon’s Polish campaign in which French forces clashed with a Russian rearguard in harsh winter conditions, contributing to the broader strategic maneuvers of the War of the Fourth Coalition.
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A.
Battle of Maloyaroslavets
The Battle of Maloyaroslavets was a key engagement during Napoleon’s 1812 Russian campaign that forced the French army to retreat along the devastated route of its advance, contributing significantly to its eventual destruction.
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B.
Battle of Kulm
The Battle of Kulm was a significant 1813 engagement in the Napoleonic Wars in which Coalition forces halted and defeated a French corps in Bohemia, contributing to the rollback of Napoleon’s influence in Central Europe.
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C.
Battle of the Moskva
The Battle of the Moskva, better known as the Battle of Borodino, was a major 1812 clash between Napoleon’s Grande Armée and Russian forces near Moscow, often regarded as one of the bloodiest single-day battles of the Napoleonic Wars.
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D.
Battle of Lesnaya
The Battle of Lesnaya was a 1708 engagement in the Great Northern War in which Peter the Great’s Russian forces dealt a crucial blow to a Swedish supply corps, helping to undermine Charles XII’s campaign before Poltava.
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E.
Battle of Tikhvin
The Battle of Tikhvin was a World War II Eastern Front engagement in late 1941 in which Soviet forces halted and pushed back a German offensive threatening to cut off Leningrad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
First French Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
French Empire
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| campaign | Napoleon’s 1806–1807 campaign in Poland ⓘ |
| combatant |
First French Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
French Empire
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| commander |
Marshal Auguste de Marmont
ⓘ
surface form:
Auguste de Marmont
Dmitry Golitsyn ⓘ Jean-Baptiste Bessières ⓘ Louis-Nicolas Davout ⓘ |
| conflict | War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ |
| date | 26 December 1806 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Eylau ⓘ |
| FrenchCommander |
Marshal Auguste de Marmont
ⓘ
surface form:
Auguste de Marmont
Jean-Baptiste Bessières ⓘ Louis-Nicolas Davout ⓘ |
| involvedForce |
French cavalry
ⓘ
French infantry ⓘ Russian artillery ⓘ Russian infantry ⓘ |
| location |
Masovia
NERFINISHED
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Poland ⓘ near Pułtusk ⓘ |
| outcome | French forces failed to destroy Russian rearguard ⓘ |
| partOf |
French campaign in East Prussia
ⓘ
surface form:
Napoleon’s Polish campaign
War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ |
| place | Golymin ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Battle of Czarnowo
ⓘ
Battle of Pultusk ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Pultusk (approach operations)
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| result |
Russian rearguard successfully withdrew
ⓘ
inconclusive ⓘ |
| RussianCommander | Dmitry Golitsyn ⓘ |
| significance |
contributed to broader maneuvering before winter quarters in Poland
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illustrated logistical and terrain difficulties of winter campaigning in Poland ⓘ |
| simultaneousWith |
Battle of Pultusk
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Pułtusk
|
| strategicRole | covered Russian retreat after defeats in Prussia ⓘ |
| tacticalSituation | Russian forces delaying superior French forces ⓘ |
| theater |
French campaign in East Prussia
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surface form:
Eastern Front of the War of the Fourth Coalition
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| typeOfAction | rearguard action ⓘ |
| weather |
harsh winter conditions
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muddy terrain ⓘ snow ⓘ |
| year | 1806 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Golymin Description of subject: The Battle of Golymin was a 1806 engagement during Napoleon’s Polish campaign in which French forces clashed with a Russian rearguard in harsh winter conditions, contributing to the broader strategic maneuvers of the War of the Fourth Coalition.
Referenced by (3)
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subject surface form:
Battle of Pułtusk