Vladimir Lenin
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Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary leader, Marxist theorist, and the founding head of the Soviet state who played a central role in the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vladimir Lenin canonical | 208 |
| Lenin | 7 |
| Vladimir Ilyich Lenin | 6 |
| Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | 5 |
| Lenin in 1918 | 1 |
| Vladimir Lenin (Ulyanov) | 1 |
| death of Vladimir Lenin | 1 |
| Владимир Ильич Ленин | 1 |
| Владимир Ленин | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18410 — 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: Vladimir Lenin Context triple: [Soviet Union, notableLeader, Vladimir Lenin]
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A.
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky was a Marxist revolutionary, key leader of the Russian Revolution, founder of the Red Army, and later a principal critic and exile of Stalinist rule.
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B.
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin was the authoritarian leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, overseeing rapid industrialization, World War II victory, and brutal political repression.
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C.
Vasily Stalin
Vasily Stalin was a Soviet Air Force officer and the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, known for his privileged yet troubled life within the Soviet elite.
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D.
Yakov Dzhugashvili
Yakov Dzhugashvili was the eldest son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, a Red Army officer who was captured by the Germans during World War II and died in Nazi captivity under disputed circumstances.
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E.
Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Bakunin was a 19th-century Russian revolutionary anarchist whose anti-authoritarian ideas and advocacy of stateless socialism were foundational for the development of libertarian socialism.
- 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: Vladimir Lenin Target entity description: Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary leader, Marxist theorist, and the founding head of the Soviet state who played a central role in the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
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A.
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky was a Marxist revolutionary, key leader of the Russian Revolution, founder of the Red Army, and later a principal critic and exile of Stalinist rule.
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B.
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin was the authoritarian leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, overseeing rapid industrialization, World War II victory, and brutal political repression.
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C.
Vasily Stalin
Vasily Stalin was a Soviet Air Force officer and the son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, known for his privileged yet troubled life within the Soviet elite.
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D.
Yakov Dzhugashvili
Yakov Dzhugashvili was the eldest son of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, a Red Army officer who was captured by the Germans during World War II and died in Nazi captivity under disputed circumstances.
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E.
Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Bakunin was a 19th-century Russian revolutionary anarchist whose anti-authoritarian ideas and advocacy of stateless socialism were foundational for the development of libertarian socialism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (91)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marxist theorist
ⓘ
communist leader ⓘ head of state ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1870-04-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Simbirsk, Russian Empire
ⓘ
Ulyanovsk Oblast ⓘ
surface form:
Ulyanovsk, Russia
|
| burialPlace |
Lenin Mausoleum
ⓘ
surface form:
Lenin’s Mausoleum
Red Square ⓘ
surface form:
Red Square, Moscow
|
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Lenin Mausoleum
ⓘ
surface form:
Lenin’s Mausoleum on Red Square
city of Ulyanovsk named after his family ⓘ numerous streets and squares named Lenin ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russian Empire
ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1924-01-21 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Gorki, Moscow Oblast
ⓘ
surface form:
Gorki, Moscow Governorate, Russian SFSR
|
| education |
Kazan University
ⓘ
Leningrad State University ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg University
|
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Ulyanov ⓘ |
| father | Ilya Ulyanov ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economics
ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ revolutionary politics ⓘ |
| founded |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bolshevik Party
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| fullName |
Vladimir Lenin
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
|
| givenName | Vladimir ⓘ |
| heritage |
Chuvash
ⓘ
Jewish (distant ancestry) ⓘ Kalmyk ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| ideology |
Leninism
ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ communism ⓘ |
| implemented |
New Economic Policy
ⓘ
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ho Chi Minh
ⓘ
Joseph Stalin ⓘ Leon Trotsky ⓘ Mao Zedong ⓘ global communist movements ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Engels
ⓘ
Georgi Plekhanov ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bolshevik faction
Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
|
| mother |
Maria Ulyanova
ⓘ
surface form:
Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova
|
| movement |
Russian Revolution
ⓘ
surface form:
October Revolution
Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Revolution of 1917
Comintern ⓘ
surface form:
international communist movement
|
| notableEvent |
Russian Revolution
ⓘ
surface form:
October Revolution of 1917
Russian Civil War ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
democratic centralism
ⓘ
dictatorship of the proletariat ⓘ imperialism as highest stage of capitalism ⓘ vanguard party ⓘ |
| notableWork |
April Theses
ⓘ
Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism ⓘ Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder ⓘ The State and Revolution ⓘ What Is to Be Done? ⓘ |
| opposed |
Russian Provisional Government
ⓘ
surface form:
Provisional Government of Russia
World War I participation by Russia ⓘ |
| patronymicName | Ilyich ⓘ |
| portraitSubjectOf | Lenin statues and monuments worldwide ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Russian SFSR
ⓘ
Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union ⓘ Head of Government of Soviet Russia ⓘ Head of Government of the Soviet Union ⓘ Leader of the Bolshevik Party ⓘ |
| pseudonym |
Vladimir Lenin
ⓘ
surface form:
Lenin
|
| religion | atheism ⓘ |
| residence |
Geneva
ⓘ
surface form:
Geneva, Switzerland
Kremlin ⓘ
surface form:
Kremlin, Moscow
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London, United Kingdom
Paris ⓘ
surface form:
Paris, France
Zurich ⓘ
surface form:
Zurich, Switzerland
|
| sibling |
Alexander Ulyanov
ⓘ
Maria Ulyanova ⓘ |
| spouse | Nadezhda Krupskaya ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vladimir Lenin Description of subject: Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary leader, Marxist theorist, and the founding head of the Soviet state who played a central role in the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
Referenced by (231)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form:
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
this entity surface form:
Lenin