Trubetskoy Bastion
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Trubetskoy Bastion is a historic fortification within the Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for housing a notorious political prison of the Russian Empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trubetskoy Bastion canonical | 1 |
| Трубецкой бастион | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7190207 — 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: Trubetskoy Bastion Context triple: [Trubetskoy Bastion Prison, namedAfter, Trubetskoy Bastion]
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A.
Miltiades Bastion
Miltiades Bastion is one of the defensive bastions of the Venetian-era Palamidi fortress in Nafplio, Greece, named after the ancient Athenian general Miltiades.
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B.
Borovitskaya Tower
Borovitskaya Tower is one of the historic defensive and ceremonial towers of the Moscow Kremlin, located near the Kremlin’s southwestern corner by the Moskva River.
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C.
Belogorsky Fortress
Belogorsky Fortress is the remote Russian stronghold that serves as the central setting of Alexander Pushkin’s historical novel "The Captain’s Daughter."
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D.
Smolensk fortress wall
The Smolensk fortress wall is a massive 16th–17th century defensive fortification encircling the Russian city of Smolensk, renowned as one of the largest and strongest stone city walls of its time.
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E.
Ivangorod Fortress
Ivangorod Fortress is a late 15th-century Russian border stronghold on the Narva River, historically significant for guarding the western approaches to Russia opposite the Estonian city of Narva.
- 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: Trubetskoy Bastion Target entity description: Trubetskoy Bastion is a historic fortification within the Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for housing a notorious political prison of the Russian Empire.
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A.
Miltiades Bastion
Miltiades Bastion is one of the defensive bastions of the Venetian-era Palamidi fortress in Nafplio, Greece, named after the ancient Athenian general Miltiades.
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B.
Borovitskaya Tower
Borovitskaya Tower is one of the historic defensive and ceremonial towers of the Moscow Kremlin, located near the Kremlin’s southwestern corner by the Moskva River.
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C.
Belogorsky Fortress
Belogorsky Fortress is the remote Russian stronghold that serves as the central setting of Alexander Pushkin’s historical novel "The Captain’s Daughter."
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D.
Smolensk fortress wall
The Smolensk fortress wall is a massive 16th–17th century defensive fortification encircling the Russian city of Smolensk, renowned as one of the largest and strongest stone city walls of its time.
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E.
Ivangorod Fortress
Ivangorod Fortress is a late 15th-century Russian border stronghold on the Narva River, historically significant for guarding the western approaches to Russia opposite the Estonian city of Narva.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bastion
ⓘ
fortification ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | military architecture ⓘ |
| city |
St. Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
|
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| currentUse |
museum site
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
detention of political opponents
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fortified defense of the fortress ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfLocality | Russian ⓘ |
| heritage | Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
imprisonment of political prisoners
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political prison ⓘ state prison of the Russian Empire ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Peter and Paul Fortress
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russia ⓘ St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
|
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+3 ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Zayachy Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
brick
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stone ⓘ |
| operator |
Russian Empire authorities
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Tsarist secret police ⓘ |
| partOf |
Peter and Paul Fortress
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
defensive system of Saint Petersburg ⓘ historical and cultural monument of federal significance in Russia ⓘ |
| significance | symbol of political repression in Imperial Russia ⓘ |
| usedAs |
political prison
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prison ⓘ state security prison ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Trubetskoy Bastion Description of subject: Trubetskoy Bastion is a historic fortification within the Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for housing a notorious political prison of the Russian Empire.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Трубецкой бастион