Federation Council of Russia
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The Federation Council of Russia is the upper house of the Federal Assembly, serving as the chamber that represents the federal subjects in the Russian national legislature.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T86927 — 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: Federation Council of Russia Context triple: [Moscow, isSeatOf, Federation Council of Russia]
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A.
State Duma
The State Duma is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, responsible for federal legislation, approving the prime minister, and overseeing the executive branch.
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B.
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was the collective head of state and highest permanent governing body in the Soviet Union, empowered to issue decrees, interpret laws, and oversee key state functions between sessions of the Supreme Soviet.
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C.
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union was the highest legislative body and nominal supreme authority of the USSR, functioning as its national parliament from 1938 until the country's dissolution in 1991.
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Moscow City Duma
The Moscow City Duma is the unicameral regional parliament responsible for passing laws and overseeing governance in Russia’s capital city.
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E.
Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
The Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union was the highest legislative body of the USSR from 1989 to 1991, created under Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms to introduce a more pluralistic and partially competitive political system.
- 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: Federation Council of Russia Target entity description: The Federation Council of Russia is the upper house of the Federal Assembly, serving as the chamber that represents the federal subjects in the Russian national legislature.
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A.
State Duma
The State Duma is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, responsible for federal legislation, approving the prime minister, and overseeing the executive branch.
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B.
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was the collective head of state and highest permanent governing body in the Soviet Union, empowered to issue decrees, interpret laws, and oversee key state functions between sessions of the Supreme Soviet.
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C.
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union was the highest legislative body and nominal supreme authority of the USSR, functioning as its national parliament from 1938 until the country's dissolution in 1991.
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D.
Moscow City Duma
The Moscow City Duma is the unicameral regional parliament responsible for passing laws and overseeing governance in Russia’s capital city.
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E.
Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
The Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union was the highest legislative body of the USSR from 1989 to 1991, created under Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms to introduce a more pluralistic and partially competitive political system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chamber of the Federal Assembly of Russia
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legislative body ⓘ upper house of parliament ⓘ |
| addressCity | Moscow ⓘ |
| building | Federation Council building on Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street ⓘ |
| compositionRule | two representatives from each federal subject of Russia ⓘ |
| constitutionalStatus | constitutional body of state power of the Russian Federation ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Constitution of the Russian Federation
ⓘ
surface form:
Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993
|
| currentPresidingOfficer | Valentina Matviyenko ⓘ |
| currentPresidingOfficerStartDate | 2011 ⓘ |
| emblem | Emblem of the Federation Council of Russia ⓘ |
| foundationDate | 1993 ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | legislative branch of Russia ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Federation
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| hasPower |
appoint and dismiss deputy chairmen and auditors of the Accounts Chamber of Russia
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appoint judges of the Constitutional Court of Russia ⓘ appoint judges of the Supreme Court of Russia ⓘ appoint the Prosecutor General of Russia ⓘ approve changes in borders between federal subjects ⓘ approve presidential decrees on martial law ⓘ approve presidential decrees on state of emergency ⓘ call presidential elections ⓘ decide on the use of the Armed Forces of Russia outside the country ⓘ impeach the President of Russia ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Russian ⓘ |
| legislativeBodyOf |
Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Federation
|
| legislativeProcessRole | reviews and approves federal laws passed by the State Duma ⓘ |
| legislatureNumbering | convocations of the Federation Council ⓘ |
| meetingPlace | Moscow ⓘ |
| memberRepresents | federal subject of Russia ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Federation Council of Russia
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации
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| nativeNameLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 170 ⓘ |
| officialName |
Federation Council of Russia
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
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| partOf | Federal Assembly of Russia ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet of Nationalities of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet of the Republic of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
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| presidingOfficerTitle | Chairman of the Federation Council ⓘ |
| quorumRequirement | majority of total number of members ⓘ |
| represents | federal subjects of Russia ⓘ |
| role | upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | indirect appointment ⓘ |
| sessionLocation | Moscow ⓘ |
| sharesLegislativePowerWith |
State Duma
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surface form:
State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russia
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| shortName |
Federation Council of Russia
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Federation Council
|
| termLength | no fixed term for the body as a whole ⓘ |
| votingSystem | open voting ⓘ |
| website | http://council.gov.ru/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Federation Council of Russia Description of subject: The Federation Council of Russia is the upper house of the Federal Assembly, serving as the chamber that represents the federal subjects in the Russian national legislature.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Federation Council
Federation Council of Russia
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officialName
→
Federation Council of Russia
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
this entity surface form:
Federation Council
this entity surface form:
Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации
this entity surface form:
Federation Council
this entity surface form:
Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
this entity surface form:
Federation Council
this entity surface form:
Federation Council
Federation Council building on Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street
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occupant
→
Federation Council of Russia
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this entity surface form:
Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
Federation Council building on Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street
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governmentBodyServed
→
Federation Council of Russia
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Federation Council
this entity surface form:
Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
this entity surface form:
Federation Council
Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation
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appointmentRequiresConsentOf
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Federation Council of Russia
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this entity surface form:
Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
this entity surface form:
Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
this entity surface form:
Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
this entity surface form:
Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
subject surface form:
Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
this entity surface form:
Federation Council
subject surface form:
Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
this entity surface form:
Federation Council
this entity surface form:
Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
this entity surface form:
Federation Council