Alexander Fadeyev

E266722

Soviet writer novelist person public figure socialist realist author

Alexander Fadeyev was a prominent Soviet novelist and public figure best known for his works depicting the Russian Civil War and his influential role in the development of socialist realist literature.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Alexander Fadeyev canonical	4
Alexander Fadeev	2
Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev	1
Fadeyev	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1947345 — 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: Alexander Fadeyev
Context triple: [Soviet literature, notableAuthor, Alexander Fadeyev]

A. Mikhail Sholokhov
Mikhail Sholokhov was a Soviet Russian novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate best known for his epic work "And Quiet Flows the Don" depicting Cossack life during the Russian Revolution and Civil War.
B. Maksim Gorky
Maksim Gorky was a seminal Russian and Soviet writer, socialist realist pioneer, and political activist whose works and public life profoundly influenced 20th-century Russian literature and culture.
C. Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Bulgakov was a Russian writer and playwright best known for his satirical and fantastical novel "The Master and Margarita."
D. Vladimir Zamyatin
Vladimir Zamyatin is a Russian diplomat and politician best known for serving as the last Soviet ambassador to the United Kingdom and later participating in the negotiations that dissolved the Soviet Union.
E. Yevgeny Ginzburg
Yevgeny Ginzburg was a Soviet journalist and writer best known for her memoirs detailing her imprisonment during Stalin’s Great Purge and life in the Gulag.
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: Alexander Fadeyev
Target entity description: Alexander Fadeyev was a prominent Soviet novelist and public figure best known for his works depicting the Russian Civil War and his influential role in the development of socialist realist literature.

A. Mikhail Sholokhov
Mikhail Sholokhov was a Soviet Russian novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate best known for his epic work "And Quiet Flows the Don" depicting Cossack life during the Russian Revolution and Civil War.
B. Maksim Gorky
Maksim Gorky was a seminal Russian and Soviet writer, socialist realist pioneer, and political activist whose works and public life profoundly influenced 20th-century Russian literature and culture.
C. Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Bulgakov was a Russian writer and playwright best known for his satirical and fantastical novel "The Master and Margarita."
D. Vladimir Zamyatin
Vladimir Zamyatin is a Russian diplomat and politician best known for serving as the last Soviet ambassador to the United Kingdom and later participating in the negotiations that dissolved the Soviet Union.
E. Yevgeny Ginzburg
Yevgeny Ginzburg was a Soviet journalist and writer best known for her memoirs detailing her imprisonment during Stalin’s Great Purge and life in the Gulag.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet writer ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ public figure ⓘ socialist realist author ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Russia ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
familyName	Alexander Fadeyev self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fadeyev
fieldOfWork	Soviet literature ⓘ literature ⓘ socialist realist literature ⓘ
fullName	Alexander Fadeyev self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev
genre	historical fiction ⓘ socialist realist literature ⓘ war novel ⓘ
givenName	Alexander ⓘ
ideologyRepresentedInWorks	Soviet patriotism ⓘ socialist realism ⓘ
influencedBy	Bolshevik ideology ⓘ Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
knownFor	Soviet patriotic novels ⓘ leadership in Soviet writers’ organizations ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Russian ⓘ
literaryStyle	realism ⓘ socialist realism ⓘ
movement	socialist realism ⓘ
name	Alexander Fadeyev self-link ⓘ
nationality	Russian ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Russian ⓘ
notability	depictions of the Russian Civil War ⓘ influential role in development of socialist realism ⓘ
notableWork	The Rout ⓘ The Young Guard ⓘ
occupation	literary functionary ⓘ novelist ⓘ writer ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Soviet communism ⓘ communism ⓘ
portrayedHistoricalPeriod	Russian Civil War ⓘ early Soviet period ⓘ
roleInSociety	Soviet cultural official ⓘ public intellectual ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence	Soviet cultural life ⓘ Soviet literary policy ⓘ
workFocus	Russian Civil War ⓘ Soviet partisan struggle ⓘ heroism of Soviet youth ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet literature → notableAuthor → Alexander Fadeyev ⓘ

Union of Soviet Writers → hasMember → Alexander Fadeyev ⓘ

First Congress of Soviet Writers → attendee → Alexander Fadeyev ⓘ

Kuntsevo Cemetery → hasGraveOf → Alexander Fadeyev ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander Fadeev

Alexander Fadeyev → name → Alexander Fadeyev self-link ⓘ

Alexander Fadeyev → fullName → Alexander Fadeyev self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev

Alexander Fadeyev → familyName → Alexander Fadeyev self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fadeyev

Peredelkino → hasResident → Alexander Fadeyev ⓘ