Dmitry Ustinov
E115140
Dmitry Ustinov was a prominent Soviet military and political leader who served as Minister of Defence and was a key figure in shaping Soviet defense and military-industrial policy during the Cold War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dmitry Ustinov canonical | 6 |
| Dmitriy Ustinov | 1 |
| Marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitry Ustinov | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T656031 — 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: Dmitry Ustinov Context triple: [Soviet armed forces, notableCommander, Dmitry Ustinov]
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A.
Vladimir Kryuchkov
Vladimir Kryuchkov was a Soviet politician and KGB chairman best known as one of the leading organizers of the failed August 1991 coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev.
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B.
Dmitry Yazov
Dmitry Yazov was the last Marshal of the Soviet Union and Minister of Defense, known for his role in the failed August 1991 Soviet coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev.
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C.
Boris Shaposhnikov
Boris Shaposhnikov was a prominent Soviet military commander and theorist who served as Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army and played a key role in developing Soviet military doctrine before and during World War II.
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D.
Mikhail Suslov
Mikhail Suslov was a powerful Soviet politician and chief ideologue of the Communist Party, known as one of the principal architects of postwar Soviet orthodoxy and policy.
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E.
Alexei Kosygin
Alexei Kosygin was a Soviet statesman who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Premier) of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1980 and was a key figure in economic policy and reforms during the Brezhnev era.
- 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: Dmitry Ustinov Target entity description: Dmitry Ustinov was a prominent Soviet military and political leader who served as Minister of Defence and was a key figure in shaping Soviet defense and military-industrial policy during the Cold War.
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A.
Vladimir Kryuchkov
Vladimir Kryuchkov was a Soviet politician and KGB chairman best known as one of the leading organizers of the failed August 1991 coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev.
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B.
Dmitry Yazov
Dmitry Yazov was the last Marshal of the Soviet Union and Minister of Defense, known for his role in the failed August 1991 Soviet coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev.
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C.
Boris Shaposhnikov
Boris Shaposhnikov was a prominent Soviet military commander and theorist who served as Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army and played a key role in developing Soviet military doctrine before and during World War II.
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D.
Mikhail Suslov
Mikhail Suslov was a powerful Soviet politician and chief ideologue of the Communist Party, known as one of the principal architects of postwar Soviet orthodoxy and policy.
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E.
Alexei Kosygin
Alexei Kosygin was a Soviet statesman who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Premier) of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1980 and was a key figure in economic policy and reforms during the Brezhnev era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet military leader
ⓘ
Soviet politician ⓘ defence minister ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Hero of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
Lenin Prize ⓘ Order of Kutuzov ⓘ Order of Lenin ⓘ Order of Suvorov ⓘ Order of the October Revolution ⓘ Order of the Red Banner ⓘ Stalin Prize ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| employer |
Soviet government
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of the Soviet Union
Ministry of Defense of the USSR ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Defence of the Soviet Union
People's Commissariat of Armaments of the USSR ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Russians ⓘ |
| familyName | Ustinov ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
defence industry
ⓘ
military policy ⓘ military-industrial policy ⓘ |
| givenName |
Dimitri
ⓘ
surface form:
Dmitry
|
| hasOccupation |
military officer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| ideology | Marxism–Leninism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Marshal of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of the Soviet military-industrial complex
ⓘ
leadership of the Soviet armed forces ⓘ shaping Soviet defence policy during the Cold War ⓘ |
| notableRole |
key figure in Soviet arms procurement
ⓘ
key figure in Soviet defence planning ⓘ key figure in Soviet military modernization ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Cold War
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| partOf |
Soviet military–industrial complex
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet military-industrial complex
|
| positionHeld |
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union ⓘ People's Commissar of Armaments of the USSR ⓘ People's Commissar of Armaments of the USSR ⓘ
surface form:
People's Commissar of Weapons of the USSR
Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| residence | Moscow ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Moscow ⓘ |
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: Dmitry Ustinov Description of subject: Dmitry Ustinov was a prominent Soviet military and political leader who served as Minister of Defence and was a key figure in shaping Soviet defense and military-industrial policy during the Cold War.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitry Ustinov
this entity surface form:
Dmitriy Ustinov