Saratov Governorate
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Saratov Governorate was a historical administrative region of the Russian Empire and early Soviet Russia along the middle Volga River, notable as a major settlement area for ethnic German colonists known as Volga Germans.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saratov Governorate canonical | 3 |
| Saratov Oblast (historical predecessor entities) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2561027 — 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: Saratov Governorate Context triple: [Volga Germans, historicallySettledIn, Saratov Governorate]
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A.
Saratov Oblast
Saratov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in the southeastern part of European Russia, known for its industrial centers, agricultural production, and strategic position along the Volga River.
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B.
Oryol Governorate
Oryol Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and early Russian SFSR centered on the city of Oryol, historically located in western Russia.
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C.
Tambov Governorate
Tambov Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and early Soviet Russia, located in central Russia and historically known as a major agricultural region.
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D.
Vyatka Governorate
Vyatka Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and early Russian SFSR located in northeastern European Russia, historically known for its forests, agriculture, and as the birthplace of Soviet leader Sergei Kirov.
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E.
Ryazan Governorate
Ryazan Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and early Russian SFSR, located southeast of Moscow and historically part of central Russia.
- 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: Saratov Governorate Target entity description: Saratov Governorate was a historical administrative region of the Russian Empire and early Soviet Russia along the middle Volga River, notable as a major settlement area for ethnic German colonists known as Volga Germans.
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A.
Saratov Oblast
Saratov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in the southeastern part of European Russia, known for its industrial centers, agricultural production, and strategic position along the Volga River.
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B.
Oryol Governorate
Oryol Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and early Russian SFSR centered on the city of Oryol, historically located in western Russia.
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C.
Tambov Governorate
Tambov Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and early Soviet Russia, located in central Russia and historically known as a major agricultural region.
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D.
Vyatka Governorate
Vyatka Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and early Russian SFSR located in northeastern European Russia, historically known for its forests, agriculture, and as the birthplace of Soviet leader Sergei Kirov.
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E.
Ryazan Governorate
Ryazan Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and early Russian SFSR, located southeast of Moscow and historically part of central Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative division of the Russian SFSR
ⓘ
governorate of the Russian Empire ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Saratov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Astrakhan Governorate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Penza Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Samara Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Tambov Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Voronezh Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Saratov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Russian Empire
ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
|
| dissolved | 1928 ⓘ |
| established | 1797 ⓘ |
| governmentType | imperial governorate ⓘ |
| hasEthnicMinority |
Germans
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPopulationGroup |
Chuvash
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mordvins NERFINISHED ⓘ Russians NERFINISHED ⓘ Tatars NERFINISHED ⓘ Ukrainians NERFINISHED ⓘ Volga Germans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
agriculture
ⓘ
grain production ⓘ settlement of Volga German colonists ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
European Russia
ⓘ
Povolzhye NERFINISHED ⓘ middle Volga region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Volga River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Saratov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Privolzhsky economic region (historical area)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Volga Federal District (historical territory now) NERFINISHED ⓘ Volga German settlement area NERFINISHED ⓘ Volga region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Saratov Viceroyalty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam
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Lutheranism ⓘ Russian Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | uyezd ⓘ |
| successor |
Lower Volga Krai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Penza Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Samara Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Saratov Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Stalingrad Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Tambov Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
19th century
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early 20th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Saratov Governorate Description of subject: Saratov Governorate was a historical administrative region of the Russian Empire and early Soviet Russia along the middle Volga River, notable as a major settlement area for ethnic German colonists known as Volga Germans.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Saratov Oblast (historical predecessor entities)