Smutnoye vremya
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Smutnoye vremya is the Russian name for the Time of Troubles, a period of political crisis, famine, and foreign intervention in Russia between the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Smutnoye vremya canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T382655 — 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: Smutnoye vremya Context triple: [Time of Troubles, alsoKnownAs, Smutnoye vremya]
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- 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: Smutnoye vremya Target entity description: Smutnoye vremya is the Russian name for the Time of Troubles, a period of political crisis, famine, and foreign intervention in Russia between the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
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A.
Ten Days of Repentance
Ten Days of Repentance is the Jewish High Holy Days period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur devoted to introspection, seeking forgiveness, and spiritual renewal.
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B.
Privolnoye
Privolnoye is a rural village in southern Russia best known as the birthplace of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
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C.
Ivan the Terrible, Part II
Ivan the Terrible, Part II is a 1958 Soviet historical drama film directed by Sergei Eisenstein that continues his epic portrayal of Tsar Ivan IV’s reign and psychological descent.
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D.
White Nights
White Nights is a natural phenomenon in St. Petersburg where, around the summer solstice, the sun barely sets and the city remains bathed in twilight almost all night.
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E.
Yezhovshchina
Yezhovshchina refers to the most intense phase of Stalin’s Great Purge in the late 1930s, marked by mass arrests, executions, and widespread political repression under NKVD chief Nikolai Yezhov.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical period
ⓘ
political crisis ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Time of Troubles ⓘ |
| chronologicalPredecessor | reign of Feodor I of Russia ⓘ |
| chronologicalSuccessor | early Romanov period ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| endCause | election of Mikhail Romanov as tsar ⓘ |
| endResult |
establishment of the Romanov dynasty
ⓘ
restoration of political stability in Russia ⓘ |
| endTime | 1613 ⓘ |
| featuresEvent |
Siege of Moscow
ⓘ
surface form:
Polish occupation of Moscow
Zemsky Sobor of 1613 ⓘ appearance of False Dmitrys ⓘ reign of Boris Godunov ⓘ uprising led by Ivan Bolotnikov ⓘ |
| hasCause |
death of Tsar Feodor I without an heir
ⓘ
dynastic crisis in Russia ⓘ end of the Rurik dynasty ⓘ famine in Russia (1601–1603) ⓘ foreign intervention in Russia ⓘ social unrest ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
economic decline in Russia
ⓘ
rise of Romanov autocracy ⓘ severe depopulation in parts of Russia ⓘ strengthening of serfdom in Russia ⓘ |
| involves |
Cossacks
ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ Russian nobility (boyars) ⓘ Sweden ⓘ Tsardom of Russia ⓘ peasant uprisings ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Russian ⓘ |
| location | Muscovy ⓘ |
| mainConflict |
Polish–Muscovite War
ⓘ
civil war in Russia ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Time of Troubles
ⓘ
surface form:
Смутное время
|
| relatedTo |
Bolotnikov Rebellion
ⓘ
False Dmitry I ⓘ False Dmitry II ⓘ Polish–Muscovite War ⓘ
surface form:
Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618)
Russian famine of 1601–1603 ⓘ |
| significantPlace |
Moscow
ⓘ
Novgorod ⓘ Smolensk ⓘ |
| startTime | 1598 ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 17th century
ⓘ
late 16th century ⓘ |
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