Felix Dzerzhinsky
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Felix Dzerzhinsky was a Polish-born Bolshevik revolutionary best known as the founder and first head of the Soviet secret police, the Cheka, which evolved into the KGB.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Felix Dzerzhinsky canonical | 30 |
| Dzerzhinsky | 2 |
| Феликс Дзержинский | 2 |
| Felix Dzerzhinsky (for the alternative name Dzyarzhynskaya Hara) | 1 |
| Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T86972 — 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: Felix Dzerzhinsky Context triple: [Kremlin Wall Necropolis, notableBurial, Felix Dzerzhinsky]
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A.
Alexander Kolchak
Alexander Kolchak was a Russian admiral and anti-Bolshevik leader who headed the White movement in Siberia during the Russian Civil War and briefly ruled as "Supreme Ruler" of Russia.
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B.
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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C.
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
Mikhail Tukhachevsky was a prominent Soviet military commander and theorist, known for his leading role in early Red Army campaigns and for later being executed during Stalin’s Great Purge.
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D.
Kuzma Derevyanko
Kuzma Derevyanko was a Soviet general who served as the USSR’s representative at the Japanese surrender ceremony ending World War II.
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E.
Mikhail Kovalyov
Mikhail Kovalyov was a Soviet military commander who played a leading role in the Red Army’s operations during the 1939 invasion of Poland, known as the September Campaign.
- 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: Felix Dzerzhinsky Target entity description: Felix Dzerzhinsky was a Polish-born Bolshevik revolutionary best known as the founder and first head of the Soviet secret police, the Cheka, which evolved into the KGB.
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A.
Alexander Kolchak
Alexander Kolchak was a Russian admiral and anti-Bolshevik leader who headed the White movement in Siberia during the Russian Civil War and briefly ruled as "Supreme Ruler" of Russia.
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B.
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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C.
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
Mikhail Tukhachevsky was a prominent Soviet military commander and theorist, known for his leading role in early Red Army campaigns and for later being executed during Stalin’s Great Purge.
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D.
Kuzma Derevyanko
Kuzma Derevyanko was a Soviet general who served as the USSR’s representative at the Japanese surrender ceremony ending World War II.
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E.
Mikhail Kovalyov
Mikhail Kovalyov was a Soviet military commander who played a leading role in the Red Army’s operations during the 1939 invasion of Poland, known as the September Campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bolshevik
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Soviet politician ⓘ human ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ secret police chief ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Kremlin Wall Necropolis ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | statues and monuments in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russian Empire
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1877-09-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1926-07-20 ⓘ |
| employer | Soviet government ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Poles ⓘ |
| familyName |
Felix Dzerzhinsky
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Dzerzhinsky
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| founderOf | Cheka ⓘ |
| fullName |
Felix Dzerzhinsky
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky
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| givenName | Felix ⓘ |
| hasAlias | Iron Felix ⓘ |
| ideology |
Leninism
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Marxism ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Mensheviks ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ |
| movement |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bolshevik movement
|
| nativeLanguage | Polish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding the Soviet secret police
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leading the Red Terror ⓘ |
| notableWork | establishment of the Cheka ⓘ |
| opposedBy | anti-Bolshevik forces ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Russian Revolution
ⓘ
surface form:
October Revolution
Russian Civil War ⓘ Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Revolution of 1917
|
| patronymicName | Edmundovich ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Dzerzhinovo
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Minsk Governorate ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Moscow
ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Cheka
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Chairman of the GPU ⓘ Chairman of the OGPU ⓘ Chairman of the Supreme Council of the National Economy ⓘ People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the RSFSR ⓘ member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| religion | atheism ⓘ |
| residence | Moscow ⓘ |
| significantEvent | appointment as head of the Cheka in 1917 ⓘ |
| successor | Vyacheslav Menzhinsky ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Moscow
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Leningrad ⓘ
surface form:
Petrograd
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Felix Dzerzhinsky Description of subject: Felix Dzerzhinsky was a Polish-born Bolshevik revolutionary best known as the founder and first head of the Soviet secret police, the Cheka, which evolved into the KGB.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky
this entity surface form:
Dzerzhinsky
subject surface form:
Felix Dzerzhinsky
this entity surface form:
Dzerzhinsky
Eleventh Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
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hasParticipant
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Felix Dzerzhinsky
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this entity surface form:
Felix Dzerzhinsky (for the alternative name Dzyarzhynskaya Hara)
subject surface form:
Дзяржынская гара
subject surface form:
Гора Дзержинская
Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия по борьбе с контрреволюцией и саботажем
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firstLeader
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Felix Dzerzhinsky
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this entity surface form:
Феликс Дзержинский
Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия по борьбе с контрреволюцией и саботажем
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chairperson
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Felix Dzerzhinsky
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this entity surface form:
Феликс Дзержинский