Deputy People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR
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The Deputy People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR was a high-ranking Soviet military-administrative post responsible for assisting in the leadership and management of the Red Army and the country’s defense policy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Deputy People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3554189 — 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: Deputy People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR Context triple: [Kirill Meretskov, positionHeld, Deputy People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR]
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A.
People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR
The People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR was the top Soviet government post responsible for directing the Red Army and overseeing the military defense policy of the Soviet Union.
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B.
People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR
The People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR was the early Soviet government post responsible for directing the Red Army and Navy during and after the Russian Civil War.
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C.
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union was the highest military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces, bestowed upon the most senior and distinguished commanders.
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D.
First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation
The First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation is a senior government official who assists the Defence Minister in overseeing the country’s armed forces and implementing national defense policy.
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E.
People's Deputy of the USSR
People's Deputy of the USSR was an elected legislative role in the late Soviet Union’s highest representative body, created during Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms to broaden political participation and debate.
- 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: Deputy People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR Target entity description: The Deputy People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR was a high-ranking Soviet military-administrative post responsible for assisting in the leadership and management of the Red Army and the country’s defense policy.
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A.
People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR
The People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR was the top Soviet government post responsible for directing the Red Army and overseeing the military defense policy of the Soviet Union.
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B.
People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR
The People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR was the early Soviet government post responsible for directing the Red Army and Navy during and after the Russian Civil War.
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C.
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union was the highest military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces, bestowed upon the most senior and distinguished commanders.
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D.
First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation
The First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation is a senior government official who assists the Defence Minister in overseeing the country’s armed forces and implementing national defense policy.
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E.
People's Deputy of the USSR
People's Deputy of the USSR was an elected legislative role in the late Soviet Union’s highest representative body, created during Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms to broaden political participation and debate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet state position
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government office ⓘ military office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Soviet Union
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surface form:
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
|
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| field |
armed forces management
ⓘ
defense policy ⓘ military administration ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
World War II
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Russian ⓘ |
| nativeLabel | Заместитель народного комиссара обороны СССР ⓘ |
| officeHeldBy |
Alexander Novikov
NERFINISHED
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Alexander Vasilevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Andrey Khrulyov NERFINISHED ⓘ Andrey Yeryomenko NERFINISHED ⓘ August Kork ⓘ Boris Shaposhnikov ⓘ Efim Shchadenko NERFINISHED ⓘ Filipp Golikov NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgy Zhukov ⓘ Grigory Kulik ⓘ Ieronim Uborevich ⓘ Ivan Fedko NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivan Konev ⓘ Ivan Peresypkin NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivan Tyulenev NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivan Yakovlevich Yakovlev ⓘ Kirill Meretskov ⓘ Kliment Voroshilov ⓘ Konstantin Rokossovsky ⓘ Leonid Govorov NERFINISHED ⓘ Lev Mekhlis ⓘ Maksim Purkayev NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikhail Frinovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikhail Tukhachevsky ⓘ Nikolai Anisimov NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Bulganin ⓘ Nikolai Kuznetsov NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Paskutsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Voronov ⓘ Pavel Alekseyev NERFINISHED ⓘ Pavel Rybalko ⓘ Pavel Smirnov NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Eideman ⓘ Semyon Budyonny ⓘ Semyon Timoshenko ⓘ Vasily Kuznetsov NERFINISHED ⓘ Vasily Primakov ⓘ
surface form:
Vitaly Primakov
Yakov Alksnis ⓘ Yakov Smushkevich ⓘ Yan Gamarnik ⓘ |
| partOf |
People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs of the USSR
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surface form:
People’s Commissariat of Defense of the USSR
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| replacedBy | Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
assisting leadership of the Red Army
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implementation of Soviet defense policy ⓘ military planning and organization ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Council of People's Commissars
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surface form:
Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR
People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR ⓘ
surface form:
People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR
Soviet government ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Red Army
ⓘ
Soviet armed forces ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Armed Forces
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Deputy People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR Description of subject: The Deputy People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR was a high-ranking Soviet military-administrative post responsible for assisting in the leadership and management of the Red Army and the country’s defense policy.
Referenced by (1)
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