Moscow–Minsk railway
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The Moscow–Minsk railway is a major international rail line connecting Russia’s capital Moscow with Belarus’s capital Minsk, serving as a key transport corridor between the two countries and further into Europe.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moscow–Minsk railway canonical | 2 |
| Belarusian Railway line from Moscow | 1 |
| Moscow–Brest railway | 1 |
| Moscow–Minsk line | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5019901 — 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: Moscow–Minsk railway Context triple: [Smolensk Oblast, hasRailwayCorridor, Moscow–Minsk railway]
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A.
Moscow Railway
Moscow Railway is a regional branch of Russian Railways that manages and operates the railway network serving Moscow and the surrounding central regions of Russia.
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B.
Moscow–Saint Petersburg railway
The Moscow–Saint Petersburg railway is a major high-speed and conventional rail corridor linking Russia’s two largest cities and serving as one of the country’s most important transportation arteries.
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C.
Murmansk Railway
Murmansk Railway is a major rail line in northwestern Russia that connects the Arctic port city of Murmansk and the Kola Peninsula with the broader Russian railway network.
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D.
Obskaya–Bovanenkovo railway
The Obskaya–Bovanenkovo railway is a remote Russian Arctic rail line built primarily to support gas field development on the Yamal Peninsula.
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E.
Transcaucasian Railway
The Transcaucasian Railway was a major railway network of the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union that connected key cities and ports across the South Caucasus region.
- 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: Moscow–Minsk railway Target entity description: The Moscow–Minsk railway is a major international rail line connecting Russia’s capital Moscow with Belarus’s capital Minsk, serving as a key transport corridor between the two countries and further into Europe.
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A.
Moscow Railway
Moscow Railway is a regional branch of Russian Railways that manages and operates the railway network serving Moscow and the surrounding central regions of Russia.
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B.
Moscow–Saint Petersburg railway
The Moscow–Saint Petersburg railway is a major high-speed and conventional rail corridor linking Russia’s two largest cities and serving as one of the country’s most important transportation arteries.
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C.
Murmansk Railway
Murmansk Railway is a major rail line in northwestern Russia that connects the Arctic port city of Murmansk and the Kola Peninsula with the broader Russian railway network.
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D.
Obskaya–Bovanenkovo railway
The Obskaya–Bovanenkovo railway is a remote Russian Arctic rail line built primarily to support gas field development on the Yamal Peninsula.
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E.
Transcaucasian Railway
The Transcaucasian Railway was a major railway network of the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union that connected key cities and ports across the South Caucasus region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | railway line ⓘ |
| belongsToCorridor | east–west European rail corridor ⓘ |
| borderCrossing | Russia–Belarus border ⓘ |
| borderRegime | internal route within Union State of Russia and Belarus ⓘ |
| category | mainline railway ⓘ |
| connects |
Minsk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsCountry |
Belarus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Belarus
ⓘ
Russia ⓘ |
| electrification | yes ⓘ |
| electrificationSystem | 25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ |
| gauge | 1,520 mm broad gauge ⓘ |
| hasService |
long-distance trains
ⓘ
suburban and regional trains ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | important route between Russian Empire and Western Europe ⓘ |
| importance |
major axis for transit traffic between Russia and Europe
ⓘ
strategic for economic ties between Russia and Belarus ⓘ |
| infrastructureType | double-track main line ⓘ |
| locatedInContinent | Europe ⓘ |
| operator |
Belarusian Railway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
railway network of Belarus
ⓘ
railway network of Russia ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Orsha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Smolensk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | linking the capitals of Russia and Belarus ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Central Belarus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Belarus NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
key transport corridor between Russia and Belarus
ⓘ
part of transport corridor between Russia and Europe ⓘ |
| serves |
international freight trains
ⓘ
international passenger trains ⓘ |
| status | in operation ⓘ |
| terminus |
Minsk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| use |
freight traffic
ⓘ
passenger traffic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Moscow–Minsk railway Description of subject: The Moscow–Minsk railway is a major international rail line connecting Russia’s capital Moscow with Belarus’s capital Minsk, serving as a key transport corridor between the two countries and further into Europe.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Belarusian Railway line from Moscow
this entity surface form:
Moscow–Brest railway
this entity surface form:
Moscow–Minsk line