Boris Yeltsin
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Boris Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, known for his pivotal role in opposing the August 1991 Soviet coup attempt and overseeing Russia’s transition from Soviet rule.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boris Yeltsin canonical | 50 |
| President Boris Yeltsin | 1 |
| Yeltsin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T315770 — 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: Boris Yeltsin Context triple: [August 1991 Soviet coup attempt, hasParticipant, Boris Yeltsin]
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A.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union, known for his reform policies of perestroika and glasnost that helped end the Cold War and ultimately led to the dissolution of the USSR.
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B.
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Nikolai Ryzhkov is a Soviet statesman and politician who served as the last full-term head of government of the Soviet Union during the late 1980s under Mikhail Gorbachev.
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C.
Gennady Zyuganov
Gennady Zyuganov is a Russian politician who has long led the country’s main communist opposition and repeatedly ran for president after the Soviet Union’s collapse.
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D.
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin is the long-serving Russian leader and former KGB officer who has played a central and often controversial role in post-Soviet Russian politics and global affairs.
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E.
Gennady Yanayev
Gennady Yanayev was a Soviet politician who served as the USSR’s first and only vice president and became a key leader of the failed August 1991 coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev.
- 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: Boris Yeltsin Target entity description: Boris Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, known for his pivotal role in opposing the August 1991 Soviet coup attempt and overseeing Russia’s transition from Soviet rule.
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A.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union, known for his reform policies of perestroika and glasnost that helped end the Cold War and ultimately led to the dissolution of the USSR.
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B.
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Nikolai Ryzhkov is a Soviet statesman and politician who served as the last full-term head of government of the Soviet Union during the late 1980s under Mikhail Gorbachev.
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C.
Gennady Zyuganov
Gennady Zyuganov is a Russian politician who has long led the country’s main communist opposition and repeatedly ran for president after the Soviet Union’s collapse.
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D.
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin is the long-serving Russian leader and former KGB officer who has played a central and often controversial role in post-Soviet Russian politics and global affairs.
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E.
Gennady Yanayev
Gennady Yanayev was a Soviet politician who served as the USSR’s first and only vice president and became a key leader of the failed August 1991 coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
President of Russia
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head of state ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Order of Lenin
ⓘ
Order of the October Revolution ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Novodevichy Cemetery
ⓘ
surface form:
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
|
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| child | Tatyana Dyachenko ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russia
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-02-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2007-04-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Ural Federal University
ⓘ
surface form:
Ural State Technical University
|
| familyName |
Boris Yeltsin
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Yeltsin
|
| fieldOfStudy | engineering ⓘ |
| givenName | Boris ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment |
Sergei Kiriyenko
ⓘ
Sergei Stepashin ⓘ Viktor Chernomyrdin ⓘ Vladimir Putin ⓘ Yegor Gaidar ⓘ Yevgeny Primakov ⓘ |
| knownFor |
initiating economic shock therapy reforms in Russia
ⓘ
leading the dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ opposing the August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ overseeing Russia’s transition to a market economy ⓘ resigning the presidency on 1999-12-31 ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
Democratic Russia ⓘ Our Home – Russia ⓘ |
| militaryConflict |
First Chechen War
ⓘ
Second Chechen War ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1999-12-31 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1991-07-10 ⓘ |
| participatedIn | August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Butka, Ural Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Moscow
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surface form:
Moscow, Russia
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| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
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First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the CPSU ⓘ President of the Russian Federation ⓘ member of the Politburo of the CPSU ⓘ member of the State Duma of Russia ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mikhail Gorbachev as de facto leader of Russia ⓘ |
| religion | Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Vladimir Putin ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | leader of resistance to the August 1991 coup ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| signature | Boris Yeltsin signature image file (commons media) ⓘ |
| signed | Belavezha Accords ⓘ |
| spouse | Naina Yeltsina ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Boris Yeltsin Description of subject: Boris Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, known for his pivotal role in opposing the August 1991 Soviet coup attempt and overseeing Russia’s transition from Soviet rule.
Referenced by (52)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
President Boris Yeltsin
this entity surface form:
Yeltsin