Alexander Kerensky
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Alexander Kerensky was a key moderate socialist leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917 who briefly led the Provisional Government before being overthrown by the Bolsheviks.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander Kerensky canonical | 35 |
| Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky | 1 |
| Kerensky | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T382765 — 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: Alexander Kerensky Context triple: [Russian Provisional Government, headOfGovernment, Alexander Kerensky]
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A.
Nikolai Yudenich
Nikolai Yudenich was a prominent Russian general who commanded anti-Bolshevik forces in the northwest during the Russian Civil War.
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B.
Georgy Lvov
Georgy Lvov was a Russian nobleman and liberal politician who served as the first prime minister of post-imperial Russia during the 1917 revolution.
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C.
Anton Denikin
Anton Denikin was a prominent White movement general who led anti-Bolshevik forces in southern Russia during the Russian Civil War.
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D.
Lavr Kornilov
Lavr Kornilov was a Russian general best known for his role in the Kornilov Affair of 1917 and later as a prominent commander in the anti-Bolshevik White movement during the Russian Civil War.
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E.
Yakov Sverdlov
Yakov Sverdlov was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary and early Soviet statesman who served as the first head of state of Soviet Russia following the October Revolution.
- 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: Alexander Kerensky Target entity description: Alexander Kerensky was a key moderate socialist leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917 who briefly led the Provisional Government before being overthrown by the Bolsheviks.
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A.
Nikolai Yudenich
Nikolai Yudenich was a prominent Russian general who commanded anti-Bolshevik forces in the northwest during the Russian Civil War.
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B.
Georgy Lvov
Georgy Lvov was a Russian nobleman and liberal politician who served as the first prime minister of post-imperial Russia during the 1917 revolution.
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C.
Anton Denikin
Anton Denikin was a prominent White movement general who led anti-Bolshevik forces in southern Russia during the Russian Civil War.
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D.
Lavr Kornilov
Lavr Kornilov was a Russian general best known for his role in the Kornilov Affair of 1917 and later as a prominent commander in the anti-Bolshevik White movement during the Russian Civil War.
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E.
Yakov Sverdlov
Yakov Sverdlov was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary and early Soviet statesman who served as the first head of state of Soviet Russia following the October Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Prime Minister of Russia
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human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| citizenship |
France
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Russian Empire ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1881-05-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1970-06-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Leningrad State University
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surface form:
Saint Petersburg State University
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| familyName |
Alexander Kerensky
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Kerensky
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| father | Fyodor Kerensky ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| fullName |
Alexander Kerensky
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky
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| givenName | Alexander ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a key moderate socialist leader of the Russian Revolution
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leading the Russian Provisional Government in 1917 ⓘ opposition to Bolshevik seizure of power ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Socialist Revolutionary Party
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Trudoviks ⓘ |
| movement | Russian Provisional Government ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Russia and History’s Turning Point
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The Catastrophe ⓘ The Crucifixion of Liberty ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
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lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Russian Revolution
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surface form:
February Revolution
Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form:
October Revolution
Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Revolution of 1917
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| patronymicName | Fyodorovich ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Simbirsk ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology |
social democracy
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socialism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Ministry of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government
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surface form:
Minister of Justice of the Russian Provisional Government
Minister of War of the Russian Provisional Government ⓘ Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government ⓘ deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Empire ⓘ head of the Russian Provisional Government ⓘ member of the Fourth State Duma ⓘ |
| religion | Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City
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Paris ⓘ Leningrad ⓘ
surface form:
Petrograd
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Lydia Tritton
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Olga Baranovskaya ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alexander Kerensky Description of subject: Alexander Kerensky was a key moderate socialist leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917 who briefly led the Provisional Government before being overthrown by the Bolsheviks.
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky
this entity surface form:
Kerensky
subject surface form:
Abdication of Nicholas II
Council of Ministers of the Russian Provisional Government
→
headOfGovernment
→
Alexander Kerensky
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