glasnost
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Glasnost was a policy of increased openness, transparency, and freedom of information in the Soviet Union introduced under Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| glasnost canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2002456 — 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: glasnost Context triple: [Perestroika, associatedWith, glasnost]
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A.
Glavlit
Glavlit was the Soviet state censorship agency responsible for controlling and suppressing information in publications, media, and the arts.
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B.
glo
glo is a heated tobacco product brand developed by British American Tobacco as an alternative to traditional cigarettes.
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C.
Dopeness
"Dopeness" is a hip hop track by the Black Eyed Peas from their concept album *Masters of the Sun Vol. 1*, showcasing the group's return to a more classic rap sound.
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D.
gon
gon is the ISO 639-3 code for the Gondi language, a Dravidian language spoken by the Gond people in central India.
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E.
Godkowo
Godkowo is a small village and administrative center (gmina) in northern Poland’s Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
- 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: glasnost Target entity description: Glasnost was a policy of increased openness, transparency, and freedom of information in the Soviet Union introduced under Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s.
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A.
Glavlit
Glavlit was the Soviet state censorship agency responsible for controlling and suppressing information in publications, media, and the arts.
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B.
glo
glo is a heated tobacco product brand developed by British American Tobacco as an alternative to traditional cigarettes.
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C.
Dopeness
"Dopeness" is a hip hop track by the Black Eyed Peas from their concept album *Masters of the Sun Vol. 1*, showcasing the group's return to a more classic rap sound.
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D.
gon
gon is the ISO 639-3 code for the Gondi language, a Dravidian language spoken by the Gond people in central India.
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E.
Godkowo
Godkowo is a small village and administrative center (gmina) in northern Poland’s Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet policy
ⓘ
government reform policy ⓘ political policy ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
Soviet legal system ⓘ government institutions ⓘ media ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
|
| areaOfInfluence |
Soviet civil society
ⓘ
Soviet media ⓘ Soviet politics ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| follows | Brezhnev era censorship practices ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
delegitimization of Soviet censorship system
ⓘ
expansion of freedom of speech in the USSR ⓘ greater access to foreign information ⓘ greater transparency in state institutions ⓘ increased political activism ⓘ public exposure of government corruption ⓘ weakening of Communist Party control ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
democratization of Soviet society
ⓘ
freedom of information ⓘ increased openness ⓘ public discussion of political and social issues ⓘ reduction of censorship ⓘ transparency in government ⓘ |
| hasLiteralMeaning | openness ⓘ |
| implementedDuring |
Gorbachev era
ⓘ
Cold War ⓘ
surface form:
late Cold War
|
| influenced |
Soviet media liberalization
ⓘ
discussion of previously taboo topics ⓘ exposure of Stalin-era crimes ⓘ political pluralism in the Soviet Union ⓘ public criticism of government in the USSR ⓘ rise of nationalist movements in Soviet republics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
crisis of legitimacy of the Soviet system
ⓘ
need for economic reform in the USSR ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Russian ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Soviet government secrecy
ⓘ
strict state censorship ⓘ |
| partOf |
perestroika
ⓘ
surface form:
Gorbachev reforms
perestroika and glasnost program ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | reformist communism ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
perestroika
ⓘ
surface form:
Perestroika
Soviet Union dissolution ⓘ democratization in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| startTime |
1980s
ⓘ
1985 ⓘ |
| temporalLocation | final decade of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: glasnost Description of subject: Glasnost was a policy of increased openness, transparency, and freedom of information in the Soviet Union introduced under Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Perestroika