Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
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The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet was the Bolshevik-led body that directed and coordinated the armed seizure of power in Petrograd during the October Revolution of 1917.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2343144 — 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: Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet Context triple: [Storming of the Winter Palace, organizedBy, Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet]
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A.
Petrograd Soviet
The Petrograd Soviet was a powerful council of workers' and soldiers' deputies in Petrograd that became a key revolutionary body in 1917, rivaling and undermining the authority of the Russian Provisional Government.
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B.
Leningrad City Soviet
The Leningrad City Soviet was the main local governing council of Leningrad during the Soviet era, responsible for municipal administration and political oversight.
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C.
State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR
The State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR was a group of hardline Soviet officials who attempted to seize power from Mikhail Gorbachev and halt his reforms during the failed August 1991 coup.
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D.
Council of People's Commissars
The Council of People's Commissars was the highest executive and administrative authority of Soviet Russia (and later the USSR) in the early Bolshevik period, functioning as the government cabinet headed by Vladimir Lenin.
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E.
Council of the Revolution
The Council of the Revolution was the governing military-political body that led Portugal’s transition from dictatorship to democracy following the Carnation Revolution of 1974.
- 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: Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet Target entity description: The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet was the Bolshevik-led body that directed and coordinated the armed seizure of power in Petrograd during the October Revolution of 1917.
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A.
Petrograd Soviet
The Petrograd Soviet was a powerful council of workers' and soldiers' deputies in Petrograd that became a key revolutionary body in 1917, rivaling and undermining the authority of the Russian Provisional Government.
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B.
Leningrad City Soviet
The Leningrad City Soviet was the main local governing council of Leningrad during the Soviet era, responsible for municipal administration and political oversight.
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C.
State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR
The State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR was a group of hardline Soviet officials who attempted to seize power from Mikhail Gorbachev and halt his reforms during the failed August 1991 coup.
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D.
Council of People's Commissars
The Council of People's Commissars was the highest executive and administrative authority of Soviet Russia (and later the USSR) in the early Bolshevik period, functioning as the government cabinet headed by Vladimir Lenin.
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E.
Council of the Revolution
The Council of the Revolution was the governing military-political body that led Portugal’s transition from dictatorship to democracy following the Carnation Revolution of 1974.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military organization
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organ of the Petrograd Soviet ⓘ revolutionary committee ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
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surface form:
MRC of the Petrograd Soviet
Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet ⓘ
surface form:
Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee
Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet ⓘ
surface form:
VRK of the Petrograd Soviet
|
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Leningrad
ⓘ
surface form:
Petrograd
|
| chairperson | Leon Trotsky ⓘ |
| commanded |
Red Guards
ⓘ
revolutionary sailors ⓘ revolutionary soldiers ⓘ |
| country |
Russia
ⓘ
Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Republic
|
| dissolved | 1918 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | revolutionary military planning ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Petrograd Soviet Military Department
|
| foundedBy |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
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surface form:
Bolsheviks
Petrograd Soviet ⓘ |
| hasRole |
coordination of revolutionary forces
ⓘ
directing armed seizure of power in Petrograd ⓘ organization of the uprising against the Provisional Government ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism
ⓘ
communism ⓘ revolutionary socialism ⓘ |
| inception | October 1917 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| location |
Leningrad
ⓘ
surface form:
Petrograd
Smolny Institute ⓘ |
| member |
Felix Dzerzhinsky
ⓘ
Iosif Unshlikht ⓘ Mikhail Lashevich ⓘ Nikolai Podvoisky ⓘ Pavel Dybenko ⓘ Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko ⓘ Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich ⓘ |
| opposed |
Alexander Kerensky
ⓘ
Russian Provisional Government ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bolshevik seizure of power in Russia
ⓘ
Petrograd Soviet ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
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surface form:
Bolsheviks
|
| purpose |
defense of Petrograd Revolution
ⓘ
preparation of armed uprising ⓘ |
| significantAction |
arrest of members of the Provisional Government
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issuance of revolutionary orders to garrisons ⓘ seizure of the Winter Palace ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Russian Revolution
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surface form:
October Revolution
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| timePeriod |
Russian Revolution
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surface form:
Russian Revolution of 1917
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How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet Description of subject: The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet was the Bolshevik-led body that directed and coordinated the armed seizure of power in Petrograd during the October Revolution of 1917.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Storming of the Winter Palace
→
organizedBy
→
Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
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this entity surface form:
Petrograd Soviet Military Revolutionary Committee
Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
→
alsoKnownAs
→
Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
MRC of the Petrograd Soviet
Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
→
alsoKnownAs
→
Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
VRK of the Petrograd Soviet
Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
→
alsoKnownAs
→
Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
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this entity surface form:
Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee
Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
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followedBy
→
Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Petrograd Soviet Military Department