And Quiet Flows the Don
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"And Quiet Flows the Don" is a classic epic novel by Mikhail Sholokhov that portrays the lives, struggles, and transformations of Don Cossacks during World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the Civil War.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1947361 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: And Quiet Flows the Don Context triple: [Soviet literature, notableWork, And Quiet Flows the Don]
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Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago is a classic 1965 epic romantic drama film set during the Russian Revolution, renowned for its sweeping cinematography, tragic love story, and Omar Sharif’s iconic lead performance.
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B.
Doctor Zhivago (novel)
Doctor Zhivago (novel) is Boris Pasternak’s epic 1957 Russian novel that follows the life and loves of a physician-poet amid the turmoil of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath.
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C.
War and Peace
War and Peace is a monumental 19th-century Russian novel that intertwines the lives of aristocratic families with the historical events of the Napoleonic Wars, exploring themes of history, fate, and human nature.
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War and Peace
"War and Peace" is a 1956 epic historical drama film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel, featuring Audrey Hepburn in a leading role.
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E.
The Life of Klim Samgin
The Life of Klim Samgin is a multi-volume novel by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that chronicles the life of an intellectual protagonist against the backdrop of Russia’s social and political upheavals from the late 19th century to the 1917 Revolution.
- 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: And Quiet Flows the Don Target entity description: "And Quiet Flows the Don" is a classic epic novel by Mikhail Sholokhov that portrays the lives, struggles, and transformations of Don Cossacks during World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the Civil War.
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A.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago is a classic 1965 epic romantic drama film set during the Russian Revolution, renowned for its sweeping cinematography, tragic love story, and Omar Sharif’s iconic lead performance.
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B.
Doctor Zhivago (novel)
Doctor Zhivago (novel) is Boris Pasternak’s epic 1957 Russian novel that follows the life and loves of a physician-poet amid the turmoil of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath.
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C.
War and Peace
War and Peace is a monumental 19th-century Russian novel that intertwines the lives of aristocratic families with the historical events of the Napoleonic Wars, exploring themes of history, fate, and human nature.
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D.
War and Peace
"War and Peace" is a 1956 epic historical drama film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel, featuring Audrey Hepburn in a leading role.
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E.
The Life of Klim Samgin
The Life of Klim Samgin is a multi-volume novel by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that chronicles the life of an intellectual protagonist against the backdrop of Russia’s social and political upheavals from the late 19th century to the 1917 Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
epic novel
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historical novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
And Quiet Flows the Don
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
And Quiet Flows the Don (1957 film)
And Quiet Flows the Don self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
And Quiet Flows the Don (TV series)
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| author | Mikhail Sholokhov ⓘ |
| awarded |
Nobel Prize in Literature
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surface form:
Nobel Prize in Literature (to its author)
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| completionYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
Nobel Prize in Literature
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surface form:
Nobel Prize in Literature 1965 for Mikhail Sholokhov
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| countryOfOrigin |
Russia
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| firstPublisherCountry | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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social realist novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasPart |
And Quiet Flows the Don
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surface form:
Book 1 of And Quiet Flows the Don
And Quiet Flows the Don self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Book 2 of And Quiet Flows the Don
And Quiet Flows the Don self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Book 3 of And Quiet Flows the Don
And Quiet Flows the Don self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Book 4 of And Quiet Flows the Don
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| literaryMovement | socialist realism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
considered one of the great Russian novels of the 20th century
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major work of Soviet literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Aksinia
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Daria ⓘ Grigori Melekhov ⓘ Ilinichna ⓘ Natalya ⓘ
surface form:
Natalia
Pantelei Melekhov ⓘ Piotr Melekhov ⓘ |
| mainLocation |
Don Cossack villages
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Don region ⓘ |
| notableTheme |
breakdown of traditional society
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conflict between personal feelings and duty ⓘ impact of war on rural communities ⓘ political polarization ⓘ tragedy of civil war ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| publicationForm | tetralogy ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Russian Civil War
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Russian Revolution ⓘ World War I ⓘ |
| subject |
Cossack traditions
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Don Cossacks ⓘ civil conflict ⓘ class struggle ⓘ love and family ⓘ peasant life ⓘ war and revolution ⓘ |
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Subject: And Quiet Flows the Don Description of subject: "And Quiet Flows the Don" is a classic epic novel by Mikhail Sholokhov that portrays the lives, struggles, and transformations of Don Cossacks during World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the Civil War.
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Mikhail Sholokhov novel And Quiet Flows the Don
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Quiet Flows the Don (film adaptation)
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Quiet Flows the Don (film adaptation)
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Quiet Flows the Don (film adaptation)
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Book 1 of And Quiet Flows the Don
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Book 2 of And Quiet Flows the Don
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Book 3 of And Quiet Flows the Don
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Book 4 of And Quiet Flows the Don
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And Quiet Flows the Don (1957 film)
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And Quiet Flows the Don (TV series)
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Quiet Flows the Don