GKChP
E207495
GKChP was the hardline Soviet leadership group that attempted a coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in August 1991 to halt his reforms and preserve the USSR.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GKChP canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1854733 — 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: GKChP Context triple: [State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR, alsoKnownAs, GKChP]
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A.
GSP
GSP is a regional vehicle registration code used on license plates issued in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.
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B.
GSP
GSP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Garden State Parkway, a major toll highway running the length of New Jersey.
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C.
GHS
GHS is the official ISO 4217 currency code for the Ghanaian cedi, the national currency of Ghana.
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D.
GCH
GCH is the vehicle registration code assigned to a specific district within Poland’s Pomeranian Voivodeship.
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E.
GLP
GLP is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Guadeloupe, an overseas region of France in the Caribbean.
- 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: GKChP Target entity description: GKChP was the hardline Soviet leadership group that attempted a coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in August 1991 to halt his reforms and preserve the USSR.
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A.
GSP
GSP is a regional vehicle registration code used on license plates issued in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.
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B.
GSP
GSP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Garden State Parkway, a major toll highway running the length of New Jersey.
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C.
GHS
GHS is the official ISO 4217 currency code for the Ghanaian cedi, the national currency of Ghana.
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D.
GCH
GCH is the vehicle registration code assigned to a specific district within Poland’s Pomeranian Voivodeship.
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E.
GLP
GLP is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Guadeloupe, an overseas region of France in the Caribbean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coup plotter group
ⓘ
political organization ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR
ⓘ
surface form:
State Committee on the State of Emergency
|
| chairman | Gennady Yanayev ⓘ |
| consequence |
acceleration of the dissolution of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
strengthening of Boris Yeltsin's political position ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| countryOfFormation | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dateDissolved | 1991-08-22 ⓘ |
| dateFounded | 1991-08-18 ⓘ |
| event |
August 1991 Soviet coup attempt
ⓘ
surface form:
1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt
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| fullName |
State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR
ⓘ
surface form:
Gosudarstvenny Komitet po Chrezvychaynomu Polozheniyu v SSSR
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| fullNameEnglish | State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR ⓘ |
| goal |
declare a state of emergency in the USSR
ⓘ
halt Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms ⓘ preserve the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late Soviet period ⓘ |
| ideology | Soviet hardline communism ⓘ |
| leader | Gennady Yanayev ⓘ |
| legalStatusAfterCoup | declared unconstitutional ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | Moscow ⓘ |
| member |
Alexander Tizyakov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boris Pugo ⓘ Dmitry Yazov ⓘ Gennady Yanayev ⓘ Oleg Baklanov NERFINISHED ⓘ Valentin Pavlov NERFINISHED ⓘ Vasily Starodubtsev NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Kryuchkov ⓘ |
| membersFate | arrested after coup failure ⓘ |
| opposed |
Mikhail Gorbachev
ⓘ
New Union Treaty ⓘ glasnost policies ⓘ perestroika reforms ⓘ |
| positionHeldByMembers |
Chairman of the KGB
ⓘ
Chairman of the Peasants' Union of the USSR ⓘ First Deputy Chairman of the Defense Council ⓘ Minister of Defense of the USSR ⓘ Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
surface form:
Minister of Internal Affairs of the USSR
President of the Association of State Enterprises ⓘ Head of Government of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form:
Prime Minister of the USSR
Vice President of the USSR ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
August 1991 events in Moscow
ⓘ
dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| resultOfActions | failure of the August 1991 coup attempt ⓘ |
| shortName | GKChP self-link ⓘ |
| significantEvent | announcement of state of emergency in the USSR ⓘ |
| significantEventDate | 1991-08-19 ⓘ |
| significantPlace |
Russian White House
ⓘ
surface form:
Moscow White House
|
| usedMedium |
Soviet radio
ⓘ
Soviet state television ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: GKChP Description of subject: GKChP was the hardline Soviet leadership group that attempted a coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in August 1991 to halt his reforms and preserve the USSR.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.