Count Grigory Orlov
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Count Grigory Orlov was a powerful Russian nobleman, military officer, and favorite of Empress Catherine the Great, influential in her rise to the throne and a leading figure at the imperial court in the 18th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grigory Orlov | 2 |
| Count Grigory Orlov canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2004323 — 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.
Target entity: Count Grigory Orlov Context triple: [Marble Palace, originalOwner, Count Grigory Orlov]
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A.
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, better known by his pen name Maksim Gorky, was a prominent Russian and Soviet writer and political activist regarded as a founder of socialist realism in literature.
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B.
Yefim Rasputin
Yefim Rasputin was a Siberian peasant farmer and coachman known primarily as the father of the Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin.
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C.
Alexander Menshikov
Alexander Menshikov was a prominent Russian statesman and military leader, a close associate of Peter the Great who rose from humble origins to become one of the most powerful figures in early 18th-century Russia.
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D.
Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin
Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin was a Russian army officer and nobleman best known as one of the leaders of the Decembrist movement against Tsarist autocracy in the early 19th century.
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E.
Pavel Kutakhov
Pavel Kutakhov was a prominent Soviet military aviator and Marshal of Aviation who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Forces during the Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Count Grigory Orlov Target entity description: Count Grigory Orlov was a powerful Russian nobleman, military officer, and favorite of Empress Catherine the Great, influential in her rise to the throne and a leading figure at the imperial court in the 18th century.
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A.
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, better known by his pen name Maksim Gorky, was a prominent Russian and Soviet writer and political activist regarded as a founder of socialist realism in literature.
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B.
Yefim Rasputin
Yefim Rasputin was a Siberian peasant farmer and coachman known primarily as the father of the Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin.
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C.
Alexander Menshikov
Alexander Menshikov was a prominent Russian statesman and military leader, a close associate of Peter the Great who rose from humble origins to become one of the most powerful figures in early 18th-century Russia.
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D.
Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin
Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin was a Russian army officer and nobleman best known as one of the leaders of the Decembrist movement against Tsarist autocracy in the early 19th century.
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E.
Pavel Kutakhov
Pavel Kutakhov was a prominent Soviet military aviator and Marshal of Aviation who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Forces during the Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian nobleman
ⓘ
courtier ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Imperial Court of Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
court of Catherine II of Russia
|
| burialPlace | Alexander Nevsky Lavra ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1734 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1783 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | Russian historical records ⓘ |
| employer |
Imperial Court of Russia
ⓘ
Imperial Russian Army ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Orlov ⓘ |
| givenName | Grigory ⓘ |
| hasCauseOfDeath | mental illness (reported) ⓘ |
| influenced | politics of the Russian Empire in the 1760s ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Orlov family ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Count of the Russian Empire ⓘ |
| notableEvent | 1762 coup d’état against Peter III of Russia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being favorite of Empress Catherine II
ⓘ
influence at the Russian imperial court ⓘ role in Catherine the Great’s accession to the throne ⓘ |
| notableWork | participation in the 1762 coup d’état ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| participantIn |
1762 coup d’état in Russia
ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
surface form:
Seven Years’ War
|
| partOf | Russian nobility ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lyutkino, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Moscow
ⓘ
surface form:
Moscow, Russian Empire
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| positionHeld |
adjutant general
ⓘ
count of the Russian Empire ⓘ favorite of Catherine the Great ⓘ |
| religion | Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| residence |
St. Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
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| romanticallyInvolvedWith | Catherine II of Russia ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Alexei Orlov
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Fyodor Orlov ⓘ Ivan Orlov ⓘ Vladimir Orlov ⓘ |
| significantPerson | Catherine II of Russia ⓘ |
| spouse | Yekaterina Zinovyeva ⓘ |
| title | Count ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Count Grigory Orlov Description of subject: Count Grigory Orlov was a powerful Russian nobleman, military officer, and favorite of Empress Catherine the Great, influential in her rise to the throne and a leading figure at the imperial court in the 18th century.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.